BuzzFeed, Inc. (Nasdaq: BZFD) is home to the best of the internet with a mission to spread joy and truth. Across entertainment, news, food, pop culture, and commerce, our brands drive conversation and inspire what audiences watch, read, and buy now — and into the future. Born on the internet in 2006, BuzzFeed, Inc. is committed to improving it: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring our audience to live better lives.
9GAG makes content and videos viral.
We are a global cross-platform digital and social media network of 150 million global audiences, predominantly Gen Y & Z:
- 40 million followers on Facebook, 49 million on Instagram and 15 million on Twitter.
- #1 entertainment brand, #6 most followed brand page on Instagram globally
- #1 ranked global social media platform in entertainment & gaming, #1 ranked US's cross-platform video creators
- distribute 2.2 billion social video views on a monthly basis (source: tubular labs).
- top 300 websites worldwide
Our mission is to make the world happier.
We are 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.
Chive Media Group is a multi-platform digital media and eCommerce company. The company’s flagship brand, theCHIVE, is home to the world’s funniest photo galleries and viral videos, reaching more than 20 million people each month and amassing over 5 billion content views annually. theCHIVE has built an incredible online/offline community through its focus on being a positive escape on the internet.
The company’s eCommerce site, The Chivery, is a content-driven commerce site that has sold over 5 million t-shirts and apparel items since its launch in 2011. The company’s 501(c)3 Chive Charities has raised over $18.5M through flash-donation campaigns for orphaned causes.
Most recently, theCHIVE teamed up with Project Venkman to revolutionize the world of NFTs and introduce solutions to the blockchain and how it interacts with eCommerce and community engagement. theCHIVE's first NFT project, the Bill Murray 1000, quickly topped the charts at Coinbase and became the "blueprint for all future celebrity NFTs" according to Forbes.
We are here to entertain the masses and help people.