When was Imgur founded?

Imgur was founded in 2009 and raised its 1st funding round 5 years after it was founded.

Where is Imgur located?

Imgur is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. It is registered at San Francisco, California.

How many employees does Imgur have?

As of Jul 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Imgur is 25.

Is Imgur a funded company?

Imgur is a funded company, having raised a total of $60.1M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Apr 22, 2014.

When was the latest funding round of Imgur?

Imgur's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Jun 27, 2019, with participation from 1 investor. Its primary sector is Social Platforms. In United States, the Social Platforms sector has seen $1.1B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Imgur rank among its competitors?

Imgur ranks 4th amongst 341 active competitors, of which 48 are funded. It stands 3rd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Lapse, which secured $30M in Dec, 2023.

Who are the top competitors of Imgur?

Imgur's top competitors include Instagram, Tenor and Giphy. Among them, Lapse secured the most recent funding round in December, 2023.

Imgur - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Imgur is an online viral image hosting and sharing service. It offers free image hosting and a comment-based social community. It has a user-submitted gallery, which allows users to submit directly to the Imgur gallery for public view, comments and votes. The company generates revenue from ad sales, commercial hosting and merchandise. Imgur released its first content creation tool, the Imgur Meme Generator, which offers simple image macro creation as well as a public gallery of popular meme templates. Has more than 150 million monthly active users as of Mar 2015. Won the 2015 Webby awards for Best Social Media and Best Community Website.

Website: imgur.com
Social
Registered Address: San Francisco, California

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2009

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$60.1M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Jun 27, 2019, $*****

Investors

Andreessen Horowitz & 3 more

Ranked

4^th among 341 active competitors

Employee Count

25 as on Jul 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Instagram & 735 more

Exit Details

Acquired by MediaLab (Sep 27, 2021)

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Imgur is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
IMGUR, INC. CIN: 465332736 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	6 (As on Dec 31, 2021)	-

Imgur got acquired by MediaLab on Sep 27, 2021.

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Imgur has raised a total funding of $60.1M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 22, 2014. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Jun 27, 2019 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Imgur has 4 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Imgur:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jun 27, 2019	2502857	Series A	9238841	4255142	7632299	3432988
Apr 22, 2014	2134938	Series A	6382407	8462656	Andreessen Horowitz	Reddit

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The founders of Imgur is Alan Schaaf.

Here are the details of Imgur's key team members:

Alan Schaaf: Founder of Imgur.

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Imgur's employee count trend

Imgur has 25 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Imgur's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Imgur include Instagram, Tenor and Giphy. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Imgur, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Instagram 2010, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Social platform for photo and video sharing	$57M	Benchmark, Sequoia Capital & 11 others	81/100
2nd	Tenor 2014, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	GIF keyboard platform bringing personality to conversations through animated content	$32M	Tenaya Capital, OCA Ventures & 7 others	74/100
3rd	Giphy 2012, New York City (United States), Acquired	Online search engine for GIFs and stickers	$152M	Lightspeed Venture Partners, DFJ Growth & 15 others	70/100
4th	Imgur 2009, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Online viral image hosting and sharing service	$60.1M	Saints Capital, Andreessen Horowitz & 2 others	70/100
5th	Yubo 2015, Paris (France), Series C	Online platform to connect and ,meet new people	$59.8M	IRIS, Idinvest Partners & 10 others	61/100
6th	MemeChat 2019, Mumbai (India), Series A	Online platform offering solutions for creation of memes	$1.64M	Beenext, 500 Global & 49 others	54/100
7th	Locket Labs 2021, Los Angeles (United States), Seed	Online social platform for sharing photos	$12.5M	Costanoa Venture, Sugar Capital & 3 others	50/100
8th	Lapse 2021, London (United Kingdom), Late Stage	Provider of photography solutions for creating social photo journals	$42.4M	DST Global, Greylock Partners & 9 others	50/100
9th	Cheezburger 2007, Seattle (United States), Acquired	Humor website offering memes, fails, and relatable content across various categories	$48.1M	Foundry, Avalon Ventures & 4 others	49/100
10th	Path 2010, San Francisco (United States), Acqui-Hired	App-based platform for photo sharing	$68M	Kleiner Perkins, Allen & Company & 27 others	49/100