9gag
9gag is a YC Summer 2012 (S12) company. Based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Remote. Team of 36.
About 9gag
Summary
9GAG operates a global entertainment and social media platform where users share and discover humorous content, memes, and videos. It serves a general consumer audience seeking casual entertainment and conversation, replacing passive broadcast media with peer-driven, community-curated content. The platform distributes across web, mobile, and major social networks including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Go-to-market
9GAG reaches consumers directly through its website and mobile app in a self-serve model, with additional distribution built through its own large followings on third-party social platforms.
From the Y Combinator listing
Make the world happier.
9GAG is the global cross-platform entertainment media network. It is a place for fun, conversation, and engagement. Founded in 2008, 9GAG’s mission is to make the world happier. 9GAG has a total of 150 million global audience with 39 million followers on Facebook, 44 million on Instagram and 15 million on Twitter. Being #1 ranked global social media platform in entertainment & gaming, #1 ranked US's cross-platform video creators, we distribute 2.2 billion social video views on a monthly basis (source: tubular labs). 9GAG.com is #6 most followed brand on Instagram and is a top 200 website globally. 9GAG is backed by: Freestyle Capital, True Ventures, First Round Capital, Greycroft Partners, 500 Startups, Y Combinator and a group of great angel investors in the United States. eg Anthony Soohoo, Benjamin Ling, BoxGroup, Gary Vaynerchuk, James Hong, Kevin Rose, Karl Jacob, Lowercase Capital, Maneesh Arora, Naval Ravikant, Othman Laraki, Philip Kaplan, Rich Chen, Rich Lefurgy, Scott and Cyan Banister, Tim Ferriss.
Facts
- Consumer / Consumer -> Social
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Remote
- 36
- Active
- Growth
Founders (5)
- Chris Chan
- Derek Chan
- Marco Fung
- Ray Chan
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