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COMPANY PROFILE
Sohu.com
Sohu offers a network of web properties and community-based products and services for Chinese users
Revenue
$548M
Latest reported FY
At a glance
- Status
- Listed
- Founded
- 1995
- Headquarters
- Mentougou District, China
- Listing
- IPO 2000
- Sector
- Consumer Services
- Power Law
- Thoroughbred$100M+ revenue
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed4 investors entered at this stage
- CCChengwei Capital
Bain Capital
Sutter Hill Ventures- FMFarallon Capital Management
Series A1 investor entered at this stage
Employees mapped
16,118
incl. 1 AI specialist
Founders
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quality score
Key operators
23
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Potential founders
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likely future founders
Talent movements
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past 12 months
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former Sohu.com employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
BGBaijiayun GroupEst. 2017
Gangjiang LiChinaSignal score93
AVAviaGamesEst. 2017
Vickie ChenUnited StatesSignal score89
KIKitarEst. 2024ZZZhou ZhouIndonesia
Signal score87
ZHZhihuEst. 2011
Jixin HuangChinaSignal score78
YOyoukuEst. 2006
Victor KooChinaSignal score71
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Global footprint
Workforce by country
18
countries with
team presence
team presence
🇨🇳 China94.6%
🇺🇸 United States1.8%
🇧🇬 Bulgaria0.4%
🇭🇰 Hong Kong0.4%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.4%
Web traffic by country
48M
monthly visits
across markets
across markets
🇨🇳 China84.7%
🇺🇸 United States3.8%
🇭🇰 Hong Kong2.6%
🇹🇼 Taiwan2.1%
🇲🇾 Malaysia1.6%
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Sohu.com on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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