#ThursdayTool - Tumblr

Music service profile: Tumblr

Name: Tumblr

Synopsis:

Tumblr (stylized as tumblr; pronounced "tumbler") is a microblogging and social networking website founded by David Karp in 2007 and currently owned by American company Automattic. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs. Bloggers can also make their blogs private. For bloggers, many of the website's features are accessed from a "dashboard" interface. As of July 2021, Tumblr hosts more than 529 million blogs.

Type of business

Subsidiary

Founded

February 2007

Headquarters

New York City, U.S.

Founder(s)

David Karp

Key people

Matt Mullenweg (CEO)

Industry

Microblogging, social networking service

Employees

411 (as of June 2017)

Parent

Yahoo! Inc. (2013–2017)

Oath (2017–2019)

Verizon Media (2019)

Automattic (2019–present)

URL

www.tumblr.com