ByteDance
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 Headquarters at Building 2, 1733 Commercial Space (also known as Dazhongsi Square), 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) |
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Internet |
| Incorporated | Cayman Islands (associated VIE) |
| Founded | 13 March 2012 |
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Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue |  US$155 billion (2024) |
| US$50 billion (2025, projected) | |
| Owner | Zhang Yiming (over 50% voting control) Sequoia Capital SoftBank Group KKR & Co. |
Number of employees | c. 120,000 (2025) |
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| Website | bytedance |
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| Chinese | 字节跳动 | ||||||||||||||
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ByteDance is a Chinese internet technology company based in Haidian, Beijing. Its associated variable interest entity, ByteDance Ltd, is incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
Founded by Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo, and a team of others in 2012, ByteDance developed the video-sharing app 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. Furthermore, the company develops generative AI models both for the Chinese and international markets.
ByteDance has attracted regulatory and media attention in several countries over security, surveillance, cybersecurity, and censorship concerns.