ByteDance
Headquarters at Building 2, Dazhongsi Square (also known as 1733 Commercial Space), Beijing | |
Native name | 字节跳动有限公司 |
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| Formerly | Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd. (2012-2018) Douyin Group (HK) Ltd. (2018–2022) |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Internet |
| Founded | 13 March 2012 |
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Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | US$120 billion (2023) |
| US$2 billion (2022) | |
| Owner | Zhang Yiming Sequoia Capital SoftBank Group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
Number of employees | c. 150,000 (2023) |
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| ASNs | 396986, 138699 |
| Website | bytedance |
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| Chinese | 字节跳动 | ||||||||||||||
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ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo, and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing apps TikTok, Douyin. The company is also the developer of the news platform Toutiao, the video-editing app CapCut, and Lemon8 which is a video sharing mobile app.
ByteDance has attracted regulatory and media attention in several countries over security, surveillance, and censorship concerns.