Tumblr

Tumblr
Tumblr's logo; the word "tumblr" written in lowercase and in a serif font
Screenshot
Homepage showing a feed
Company typeSubsidiary
Available in15 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
FoundedFebruary 2007 (2007-02)
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
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Country of origin
United States
FounderDavid Karp
Key peopleMatt Mullenweg (former CEO)
IndustryMicroblogging, social networking service
Employees411 (as of June 2017)
ParentTumblr, Inc.
Websitetumblr.com Edit this at Wikidata
RegistrationOptional (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.