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Scribd

Summary

Scribd is a business[1]. Scribd ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,928 views/month, #295 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scribd is in the country of United States[3].
  • Scribd's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Scribd's instance of is recorded as organization[5].
  • Scribd's instance of is recorded as online service[6].
  • Scribd's founder is recorded as Trip Adler[7].
  • Scribd's founder is recorded as Jared Friedman[8].
  • Scribd's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[9].
  • Scribd's Commons category is recorded as Scribd[10].
  • Scribd's industry is recorded as publishing[11].
  • March 2006 marks the founding of Scribd[12].
  • Scribd's significant event is recorded as Scribd 2013 data breach[13].
  • Scribd's official website is recorded as https://www.scribd.com/[14].
  • Scribd's described at URL is recorded as https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/356[15].
  • Scribd's legal form is recorded as privately held company[16].
  • Scribd's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+210'}[17].
  • Scribd's main Wikidata property is recorded as P7199[18].
  • Scribd's main Wikidata property is recorded as P7234[19].
  • Scribd's investor is recorded as Khosla Ventures[20].
  • Scribd's investor is recorded as Q2616400[21].
  • Scribd's investor is recorded as Charles River Ventures[22].
  • Scribd's investor is recorded as Redpoint Ventures[23].
  • Scribd's language used is recorded as Portuguese[24].
  • Scribd's search formatter URL is recorded as https://scribd.com/search?query=$1[25].
  • Scribd's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+82871'}[26].
  • Scribd's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+82727'}[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Trip Adler[7] and Jared Friedman[8]. March 2006 marks the founding of Scribd[12].

Operations

Scribd's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[9].

Industry

Scribd's industry is recorded as publishing[11].

Why It Matters

Scribd ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,928 views/month, #295 of 29,529).[2] Scribd has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Scribd is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · מ. רובין · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Headquarters location San Francisco
    Inception +2006-03-00T00:00:00Z
    Significant event Scribd 2013 data breach
    Inception
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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