Type of business | Social networking |
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Type of site | Social Q&A website |
Available in | 49 languages[1] |
Traded as | Ask.fm Europe Limited |
Founded | 16 June 2010 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Owner | Noosphere Ventures[2] |
Created by | Ilja Terebin, Mark Terebin |
Industry | Internet |
URL | ask |
Advertising | Yes |
Registration | Required to view profiles, ask questions and post responses |
Users | 215 million[1] |
Launched | 16 June 2010 |
Current status | Active |
ASKfm (Ask.fm until 14 January 2016) is a Latvian question and answer network launched in June 2010 as a competitor to Formspring. After registration, the user fills out their profile and can ask questions (anonymously or openly), reply on their profile, create photo polls. Also from 2021, app users can communicate anonymously or openly in public chats or tête-à-tête in private chats. The platform had 300 million registered users as of November 2021.[3]
The site was founded in 2010 in Riga, Latvia. Its headquarters was moved to Dublin, Ireland following its 2014 acquisition by IAC (who also own Ask.com).[4] In 2016, IAC sold it to Noosphere Ventures, a California-based asset management firm.