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Also known as Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd., Douyin Group, Douyin Limited., Douyin Company Limited, Douyin Co., Ltd.

ByteDance is a Chinese internet technology company headquartered in Haidian, Beijing. Its associated variable-interest entity ByteDance Ltd is incorporated in the Cayman Islands.

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Company.name
ByteDance Ltd.
Company.logo
ByteDance logo English.svg
Company.logo_upright
1.1
Company.image
ByteDance 1733 Commercial Space (20240731145554).jpg
Company.image_upright
1.1
Company.image_caption
Headquarters at Building 2, 1733 Commercial Space (also known as Dazhongsi Square), Beijing
Company.native_name
字节跳动有限公司
Company.native_name_lang
ZH
Company.former_name
Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd. (2012-2018) Douyin Group (HK) Ltd. (2018–2022)
Company.type
Private
Company.industry
Internet
Company.revenue
US$155 billion (2024)
Company.area_served
Worldwide
Company.owner
Zhang Yiming (over 50% voting control)Sequoia Capital SoftBank Group KKR & Co.
Company.num_employees
(2025)
Company.incorporated
Cayman Islands
Network service provider.child
yes
Chinese.title
Zijie Tiaodong

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Company

Jurisdiction
CN
Headquarters
海淀区, CN

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Type
Company
Founded
2012
Location
Beijing, China
Status
Active

ISNI 0000 0005 0777 2385

Official website

ByteDance - Inspire Creativity, Enrich Life

ByteDance is a technology company operating a range of content platforms that inform, educate, entertain and inspire people across languages, cultures and geographies.

bytedance.com

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Described at

ByteDance - Inspire Creativity, Enrich Life

ByteDance is a technology company operating a range of content platforms that inform, educate, entertain and inspire people across languages, cultures and geographies.

bytedance.com

At ByteDance, we call our values "ByteStyles." They help guide how we work together, and how we aim to bring our Mission and Vision to life. ByteDance was founded in 2012 by a team led by Yiming Zhang and Rubo Liang, who saw opportunities in the then-nascent mobile internet market, and aspired to build platforms that could enrich people's lives. The company launched Toutiao, one of its flagship products, in August 2012. It followed that success with the launch of Douyin in September 2016. Approximately a year later, ByteDance accelerated globalization with the launch of its global short video product, TikTok. It quickly took off in markets like Southeast Asia, signaling a new opportunity for the company. ByteDance acquired Musical.ly in November 2017 and subsequently merged it with TikTok. Today, the TikTok platform, which is available outside of China, has become the leading destination for short-form mobile videos worldwide. In support of its mission to Inspire Creativity and Enrich Life, ByteDance has made it easy and fun for people to connect with, create and consume content. People are also able to discover and transact with a suite of more than a dozen products and services such as TikTok, CapCut, TikTok Shop, Lark, Pico and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, as well as products and services specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, Fanqie, Xigua, Feishu and Douyin E-commerce. ByteDance has over 150,000 employees based out of nearly 120 cities globally, including Austin, Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, Jakarta, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Tokyo. We believe at ByteDance that high ethical standards and a culture of integrity play a pivotal role throughout the development of the company. Therefore, we have developed the ByteDance Code of Conduct and ByteDance Partner Code of Conduct.

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Wikidata facts

Official website
bytedance.com
Image
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described at URL
bytedance.com/en/about
estimated value
105000000000
inception
2016-05-03
Commons category
ByteDance
social media followers
6620
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38 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Launch of first apps
  • 2016 to present
  • Corporate affairs
  • Funding and ownership
  • Management
  • Board of Directors
  • Partnerships
  • Lobbying and political ad campaigns
  • Products
  • CapCut
  • Doubao
  • Douyin
  • Lark
  • TikTok
  • TikTok Music
  • Toutiao
  • Xigua Video
  • Nuverse
  • Volcano Engine
  • Whee
  • Seed and Seed-oss
  • Seedream
  • Seedance
  • Other products and acquisitions
  • Censorship, surveillance, and data privacy concerns
  • Government regulation
  • China
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Taiwan
  • Turkey
  • United States
  • ''TikTok, Inc. v. Garland''
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

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