Zhihu

Zhihu Inc.
Type of businessPublic
Type of site
Knowledge markets, Q&A software
Available inChinese
Traded as
HeadquartersBeijing, China
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)
  • Zhou Yuan (周源)
  • Li Shenshen (李申申)[1]
  • Huang Jixin (黄继新)[2]
Key peopleZhou Yuan (CEO)
Revenue
  • Increase CN¥3.60 billion (US$523 million, 2022)
  • Increase CN¥2.96 billion (2021)
  • Increase CN¥1.35 billion (2020)
[3]
URLzhihu.com
LaunchedJanuary 2011
Current statusActive
Zhihu
Chinese
Literal meaningDo you know
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhīhū
Bopomofoㄓ ㄏㄨ
IPA[ʈʂɻ̩́.xú]
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzi1 fu4

Zhihu (Chinese: 知乎; pinyin: Zhīhū) is a Quora-type question and answer site and news aggregator.[4][5] Originally based in Chengdu and with creators from Sichuan, China, the website launched on January 26, 2011. The number of registered users on Zhihu exceeded 10 million by the end of 2013,[6] and reached 17 million as of May 2015,[7] with 250 million monthly page views.[2] By the end of 2018, the number of registered users of Zhihu exceeded 220 million and the website accumulated more than 30 million questions and 130 million answers.

  1. ^ 周源 (March 14, 2011). "知乎有哪些员工?" [Who are the employees at Zhihu?]. Zhihu (in Chinese). Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  2. ^ a b 高海英, ed. (May 14, 2015). "知乎:用知识串联世界". 新华网新闻 (in Chinese). XINHUANET.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "ZHIHU 2022 Annual Report" (PDF). Zhihu. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference tealeaf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Investor Home - Company Profile". Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  6. ^ Zhu, Xudong (July 13, 2013). "知乎月活跃用户突破1000万 进入快速增长轨道" [Zhihu has over 10 million monthly active users]. 腾讯科技 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  7. ^ 财视传媒 (May 6, 2015). "知乎创始人周源:我也曾是正宗程序猿" [Zhou Yuan, founder of Zhihu: I was once an authentic programmer too]. Sohu (in Chinese (China)). Sohu.com Inc. Retrieved February 3, 2016.