Ask.fm

Ask.fm
Type of business	Social networking
Type of site	Social Q&A website
Available in	49 languages
Traded as	Ask.fm Europe Limited
Founded	16 June 2010
Headquarters	Riga, Latvia
Area served	Worldwide
Owner	Noosphere Ventures
Created by	Ilja Terebin, Mark Terebin
Industry	Internet
URL	ask.fm
Advertising	Yes
Registration	Required to view profiles, ask questions and post responses
Users	215 million
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.

^ ^a ^b "About ASKfm". Retrieved 1 June 2019.
^ "Ask.fm changes hands once again". BBC News. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ "12 Interesting ask.fm Facts and Statistics". 10 March 2018.
^ "IAC to acquire Ask.fm, agrees to combat cyberbullying". Big News Network.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[About-1] "About ASKfm". Retrieved 1 June 2019.

[changes-2] "Ask.fm changes hands once again". BBC News. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

[3] "12 Interesting ask.fm Facts and Statistics". 10 March 2018.

[4] "IAC to acquire Ask.fm, agrees to combat cyberbullying". Big News Network.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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