# Scribd, Inc.

> Scribd, Inc. is a San Francisco knowledge and media company operating four focused platforms: Scribd for community-uploaded documents, Slideshare for presentations, Everand for licensed ebooks and audiobooks, and Fable for social reading. Its portfolio combines free and ad-supported discovery with paid subscriptions, publisher licensing, user-generated content, and community features, reaching more than 250 million monthly visitors and 2 million paying subscribers, according to the company.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Trip Adler (Co-founder and former CEO), Jared Friedman (Co-founder and former CTO), Tikhon Bernstam (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** 300+ employees; LinkedIn lists the company in the 201-500 employee range.
- **Products:** Scribd, Everand, Slideshare, Fable, BookID
- **Notable:** Reports more than 400 million pieces of content, 250 million monthly visitors, 30 million hours read per month and 2 million paying subscribers across the portfolio., Reached profitability in 2017 and reported $100 million in annual recurring revenue in 2019., Acquired Slideshare from LinkedIn in 2020 and Fable in 2025.

## Products & services

- **Scribd** — A community-powered knowledge platform with more than 300 million uploaded documents, including research, legal filings, manuals, academic materials and practical guides; free access is supplemented by an ad-free paid tier with downloads and AI-powered insights.
- **Everand** — A paid digital reading service for more than 1.5 million ebooks and audiobooks, with tiered monthly unlock plans and Fable Plus included in the shared subscription.
- **Slideshare** — A public library of 25 million presentations used by professionals, educators and students for inspiration, expertise and sharing; acquired from LinkedIn in 2020 and redesigned with early AI-assisted tools in 2025.
- **Fable** — A social reading platform with personalized discovery, reading tracking and nearly 200,000 book clubs; acquired in 2025 and connected to Everand through shared accounts, activity and subscription benefits in 2026.
- **BookID** — A proprietary copyright-protection system that fingerprints works and scans user uploads for sufficiently matching material.

## Achievements

- Reports more than 400 million pieces of content, 250 million monthly visitors, 30 million hours read per month and 2 million paying subscribers across the portfolio.
- Reached profitability in 2017 and reported $100 million in annual recurring revenue in 2019.
- Acquired Slideshare from LinkedIn in 2020 and Fable in 2025.
- Built one of the longest-running independent companies from Y Combinator's Summer 2006 batch.
- Scribd hosts content from users in 195 countries and hundreds of languages; the parent portfolio supports more than 50 languages.
- Slideshare reported 70 million monthly users and 25 million decks at its 2025 redesign.
- Connected Everand and Fable in 2026 with shared activity, 100 million-plus ratings and reviews, and a combined subscription.
- Named to Fast Company's 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators list, according to the company.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Scribd introduced a global identity by Mother Design and positioned the product as a home for user-powered documents.
- **2025-06** — Scribd, Inc. acquired social-reading platform Fable; founder Padmasree Warrior moved to an advisory role and Fable employees joined Scribd, Inc.
- **2025-09** — Slideshare launched its first major redesign in nearly two decades and began testing AI-assisted rewriting, simplification and adaptation tools.
- **2026-03** — CEO Tony Grimminck described Scribd, Slideshare, Everand and Fable as one ecosystem built on human-created content and intelligent tools.
- **2026-06** — Everand and Fable launched a shared subscription with cross-app reading activity, Fable Plus benefits and 100 million-plus community ratings and reviews inside Everand.
- **2026-07** — The company announced that its platforms had recorded one billion accounts created over their combined history.

## Links

- Website: https://www.scribdinc.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scribdinc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/scribd
- GitHub: https://github.com/scribd
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scribd/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Scribd

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Last updated: 2026-08-14