Tumblr
Screenshot Homepage showing a feed | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Available in | 15 languages |
List of languages Chinese (Simplified and Traditional, including Hong Kong and Taiwan), English, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian and Portugal), Russian, Spanish, Turkish | |
| Founded | February 2007 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California , {{{location_country}}} |
Country of origin | United States |
| Founder | David Karp |
| Key people | Matt Mullenweg (former CEO) |
| Industry | Microblogging, social networking service |
| Employees | 411 (as of June 2017) |
| Parent | Tumblr, Inc. |
| Website | tumblr |
| Registration | Optional (required for blogging and reblogging, commenting, liking and following blogs) |
Tumblr (/ˈtʌmblər/ TUM-blər) is a microblogging and social media platform founded by David Karp in 2007 and operated by American company Tumblr, Inc., a subsidiary of Automattic. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. It has attracted significant attention and controversy for hosting a wide range of progressive user-generated content.