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Scribd is an online document library founded in 2007 by Jared Friedman, based in San Francisco, United States. It has been described as the world's largest online library, with around 300 employees. The company remains active and is classified under SEC EDGAR with the entity type 'other,' incorporated in Delaware; its latest filing, a Form D, was recorded on 25 November 2019.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, SEC EDGAR, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Vinony's link graph records 577 inbound references to Scribd, and connects out to Microsoft PowerPoint, PDF and ebook.
Vinony files it under 2007 establishments in California, American companies established in 2007 and Android (operating system) software.
Vinony links it to 26 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Website.name
- Scribd, Inc.
- Website.logo
- frameless|class=skin-invert
- 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
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
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- San Francisco
- Industry
- publishing
- Legal form
- privately held company
- 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
- language used
- Portuguese
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · 中文
Scribd(pronounced /ˈskrɪbd/)是一家文档分享网站,可以发布并分享管理如word文档、pdf、ppt等多种格式文档的网络公司。它由特里普·阿德勒等人在2006年创办 Scribd主要竞争对手有、、、Issuu、SlideShare等.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA