ASKfm
Sign in to saveASKfm (Ask.fm until ) was a Latvian question and answer network launched in June 2010 as a competitor to Formspring. After registration, the user filled out their profile and could ask questions (anonymously or openly), reply on their profile, create photo polls. Also from 2021, app users could communicate anonymously or openly in public chats or tête-à-tête in private chats. The platform had 300 million registered users as of November 2021.
Key facts
- Website.name
- Ask.fm
- Website.logo
- ASKfm-logo.svg
- Website.company_type
- Social networking
- Website.traded_as
- Ask.fm Europe Limited
- Website.authors
- Ilja Terebin, Mark Terebin
- Website.location_city
- Riga
- Website.location_country
- Latvia
- Website.area_served
- Worldwide
- Website.registration
- Required to view profiles, ask questions and post responses
- Website.current_status
- Closed since
- Website.industry
- Internet
- Website.language
- 49 languages
- Website.advertising
- Yes
- Website.website_type
- Social Q&A website
- Website.num_users
- 215 million
- Website.former_name
- Ask.fm (until )
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ASKfm (Ask.fm until ) was a Latvian question and answer network launched in June 2010 as a competitor to Formspring. After registration, the user filled out their profile and could ask questions (anonymously or openly), reply on their profile, create photo polls. Also from 2021, app users could communicate anonymously or openly in public chats or tête-à-tête in private chats. The platform had 300 million registered users as of November 2021.
The site was founded in 2010 in Riga, Latvia. Its headquarters was moved to Dublin, Ireland following its 2014 acquisition by IAC (who also own Ask.com).
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