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Also known as scribd.com, Everand

Scribd Inc. (pronounced ) is an American media company that operates four primary platforms: Scribd, Everand, SlideShare, and Fable. Scribd is a digital document library that hosts over 240 million documents. Everand is a digital content subscription service offering a wide selection of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, podcasts, and sheet music. SlideShare is an online platform featuring 25 million presentations uploaded by subject matter experts.

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Website.name
Scribd, Inc.
Website.logo
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Website.logocaption
Logo used since February 26, 2025
Website.location
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Website.services
Social reading and publishing platform
Website.subsid
SlideShare Everand
Website.language
English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish
Website.company_type
Private
Website.founder
Trip Adler Jared Friedman Tikhon Bernstam
Website.CEO
Tony Grimminck

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Company

State of incorporation
DE
Entity type
other
Latest filing
D · 2019-11-25

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Type
Company
Founded
2007
Location
San Francisco, United States
Status
Active

GRID grid.431519.b · ISNI 0000 0000 8621 7147

Official website

Scribd: Home to the world's documents.

Get the world's best ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, magazines, documents, and more. Find anywhere else. Home to the world's documents, 300M+ and counting.

scribd.com

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Described at

Scribd: World's largest online library. | Y Combinator

World's largest online library. Founded in 2007 by Jared Friedman, Scribd has 300 employees based in San Francisco.

ycombinator.com

Scribd gives you access to millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, podcasts, and more — all in one place, for one price. OUR VISION Inspire the world through stories and knowledge. OUR MISSION Build the largest and most accessible library connecting storytellers with their audience. If you love working with smart, motivated people, you’ll love working at Scribd. We value our employees, we demonstrate accountability, and we take action. We’re one team with a common goal: helping our customers flourish. Jared dropped out Harvard and started Scribd which was in YC's S06 batch. He joined YC in 2015. Jared dropped out Harvard and started Scribd which was in YC's S06 batch. He joined YC in 2015.

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.scribd.com
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search formatter URL
scribd.com/search?query=$1
inception
2006-03-00
Alexa rank
210
Commons category
Scribd
social media followers
84466
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18 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Founding (2007–2013)
  • Subscription service (2013–2023)
  • Audiobooks
  • Comics
  • Unbundling (2023 - present)
  • Timeline
  • Financials
  • Technology
  • Reception
  • Accusations of defrauding and stealing from users
  • Accusations of copyright infringement
  • Controversies
  • BookID
  • Supported file formats
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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