# ByteDance

> ByteDance is a Beijing-headquartered technology company behind TikTok, Douyin, CapCut, Lark, Toutiao and the Doubao family of AI models. Founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming and Liang Rubo, it built one of the world's most powerful content recommendation engines and grew into the largest social-media company by revenue, surpassing Meta in early 2026.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Beijing, China (with major hubs in Los Angeles, Singapore, London)
- **Founders:** Zhang Yiming (Co-founder, former CEO and Chairman), Liang Rubo (Co-founder, CEO (since 2021))
- **Team size:** ≈150,000+ employees globally
- **Products:** Toutiao, Douyin, TikTok, CapCut, Lark (Feishu)
- **Notable:** Surpassed Meta as the world's largest social media company by revenue in Q1 2026, TikTok crossed 1 billion monthly active users in 2021 and continues to grow, Doubao became one of the most-used AI assistants in China within 18 months of launch

## Products & services

- **Toutiao** — AI-driven Chinese news and content aggregator - ByteDance's first flagship product.
- **Douyin** — Short-video platform for the China market, and the sibling of TikTok.
- **TikTok** — Global short-video app with more than a billion monthly users, best known for its For You recommendation feed.
- **CapCut** — Free mobile and desktop video editor used by creators worldwide.
- **Lark (Feishu)** — All-in-one workplace suite competing with Slack, Notion and Microsoft Teams.
- **Pico** — Virtual reality headsets and content, acquired by ByteDance in 2021.
- **TikTok Shop** — In-app social commerce marketplace integrated with the TikTok feed.
- **Doubao** — Consumer AI assistant and family of large language models built by ByteDance.
- **Seedance** — AI video generation model developed by ByteDance's Seed research team.
- **Mobile Legends: Bang Bang** — Popular mobile MOBA published by Moonton, a ByteDance subsidiary.

## Achievements

- Surpassed Meta as the world's largest social media company by revenue in Q1 2026
- TikTok crossed 1 billion monthly active users in 2021 and continues to grow
- Doubao became one of the most-used AI assistants in China within 18 months of launch
- Reached a private-market valuation above $600 billion in 2026
- Named among the world's most valuable private companies for six consecutive years

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — ByteDance valuation reported above $600B on secondary market following founder-linked share sale.
- **2026-03** — US government approved restructuring of TikTok's US operations into a majority US-owned joint venture.
- **2026-02** — ByteDance Q1 revenue reported at $43B+, overtaking Meta as the top social-media company by sales.
- **2025-11** — Chinese investment firm acquired ByteDance shares at a $480B valuation.
- **2025-09** — Seedance video-generation model released to select developers.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bytedance.com/en/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bytedance
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/BytedanceTalk
- GitHub: https://github.com/bytedance
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bytedancetalk/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bytedance

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Last updated: 2026-07-18