When was Toutiao founded?

Toutiao was founded in 2012 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is Toutiao located?

Toutiao is headquartered in Beijing, China.

How many employees does Toutiao have?

As of Mar 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Toutiao is 47674.

Is Toutiao a funded company?

Toutiao is a funded company, having raised a total of $3.1B across 4 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series C round, raised on Jun 03, 2014.

How much is Toutiao worth?

The latest valuation of Toutiao is $***** as of Dec 15, 2016.

When was the latest funding round of Toutiao?

Toutiao's latest funding was a $***** Series E round on Jun 21, 2018, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does Toutiao rank among its competitors?

Toutiao ranks 7th amongst 2811 active competitors, of which 63 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was VerSe, which secured $6.02M in Feb, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Toutiao?

Toutiao's top competitors include VerSe, News Break and Onet. Among them, VerSe secured the most recent funding round in February, 2024.

Toutiao - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Toutiao is a series E company based in Beijing (China), founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming. It operates as a Personalized news aggregator app. Toutiao has raised $3.1B in funding from investors like Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic and KKR, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 2811 active competitors, including 63 funded and 61 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like VerSe, News Break and Onet.

Company Details

Toutiao is a personalized news aggregator app. It tries to integrate the most relevant contents for users by gradually learning what the readers enjoy through analysis of data obtained from their social networking accounts. It features a recommendation engine based on deep learning and data mining. It analyzes the articles that a user reads, how much time they spend on it and based on such factors, recommends content.

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Founded Year

2012

Location

Beijing, China

Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$3.1B in 4 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series E, Jun 21, 2018, $*****

Post Money Valuation

$***** as on Dec 15, 2016

Investors

Sequoia Capital & 9 more

Ranked

7^th among 2811 active competitors

Employee Count

47,674 as on Mar 31, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Shanghai Yinhe Industrial & 13 more

Similar Companies

VerSe & 2392 more

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Toutiao has raised a total funding of $3.1B over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 03, 2014. Its latest funding round was a Series E round on Jun 21, 2018 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Toutiao has 10 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Toutiao:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Jun 21, 2018	8426724	Series E	1008948	7398594	1014320	5235762
Aug 11, 2017	7142880	Series E	4435454	9654779	3085469	7884748
Dec 2016	8593526	Series D	2462693	3278342	Sequoia Capital & 1 more	2456009

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The founders of Toutiao is Zhang Yiming.

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

Zhang Yiming: Founder of Toutiao.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Toutiao's employee count trend

Toutiao has 47,674 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Toutiao's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Toutiao include VerSe, News Break and Onet. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Toutiao, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	VerSe 2007, Bengaluru (India), Series J	Developer of a short-video platform and technology infrastructure	$1.9B	B Capital, Alpha Wave Global & 52 others	80/100
2nd	News Break 2015, Mountain View (United States), Series C	Online platform aggregating multi category news	$176M	Francisco Partners, IDG Capital & 1 others	72/100
3rd	Onet 1996, Krakow (Poland), Acquired	Online news portal targeting polish readers	-	EMZ, Wejchert Capital & 2 others	71/100
4th	SmartNews 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series F	Personalized news discovery platform	$410M	Princeville Capital, Woodline Partners & 18 others	70/100
5th	Yahoo Japan 1996, Chiyoda City (Japan), Public	Online media portal	-	SoftBank Group, Altaba	66/100
6th	Upworthy 2012, New York City (United States), Acquired	Online platform for sharing photos and videos	$12M	Spark Capital, New Enterprise Associates & 6 others	64/100
7th	Toutiao 2012, Beijing (China), Series E	Personalized news aggregator app	$3.1B	Alpha Square Group, China Construction Bank ... & 8 others	64/100
8th	Gunosy 2012, Minato City (Japan), Public	Gunosy is a Japanese-based social media news aggregator	$24.1M	JAFCO Group, East Ventures & 2 others	60/100
9th	Inshorts 2013, Noida (India), Series C	Provider of summarized news articles across various categories and sources	$35.6M	TLabs, Times Internet & 8 others	60/100
10th	Exame 1967, Sao Paulo (Brazil), Unfunded	Provider of news, business, economics, career, technology and lifestyle content	-	-	59/100

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Toutiao has made 10 investments in companies including Shanghai Yinhe Industrial and Narwal. Toutiao has also acquired 4 companies including BaBe and Faceu.

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Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Jun 16, 2021	Investments	Shanghai Yinhe Industrial	2019	Jing an (China)
Apr 02, 2020	Investments	Narwal	2016	Dongguan (China)
Apr 12, 2018	Investments	Shimo Docs	2014	Wuhan (China)