Scribd
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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.
Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- 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.
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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
- described at URL
- www.ycombinator.com/companies/356
- social media followers
- 84466
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18 sectionsContents
- 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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