Zhihu

Zhihu Inc.
Type of businessPublic
Type of site
Knowledge markets, Q&A software
Available inChinese
Traded as
HeadquartersBeijing, China
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)
  • Zhou Yuan (周源)
  • Li Shenshen (李申申)
  • Huang Jixin (黄继新)
Key peopleZhou Yuan (CEO)
Revenue
  • CN¥3.60 billion (US$523 million, 2022)
  • CN¥2.96 billion (2021)
  • CN¥1.35 billion (2020)
URLwww.zhihu.com
LaunchedJanuary 2011 (January 2011)
Current statusActive
Zhihu
Chinese
Literal meaningDo you know
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhīhū
Bopomofoㄓ ㄏㄨ
IPA[ʈʂɻ̩́.xú]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzi1 fu4

Zhihu (Chinese: 知乎; pinyin: Zhīhū) is a Quora-type question and answer site and news aggregator. Originally based in Chengdu and with creators from Sichuan, China, the website launched on January 26, 2011. The number of registered users on Zhihu exceeded 10 million by the end of 2013, and reached 17 million as of May 2015, with 250 million monthly page views.