SlideShare is
joining Scribd!
Based in San Francisco with employees across
20 countries, Scribd is committed to helping its
one million readers and authors flourish.
August 2020

SlideShare, a world favorite for
discovering and sharing documents,
is being acquired by Scribd
As SlideShare users, your experience will not change.
Your content and activity will remain on SlideShare.com.

As part of LinkedIn,
SlideShare has enabled
millions of users around
the world to share
content with broad
audiences and discover
valuable information

SlideShare’s journey with LinkedIn: It began with wanting
to change how professionals shared knowledge
LinkedIn acquired SlideShare in
May 2012, when it became clear
that professionals were coming to
LinkedIn to share experiences and
knowledge with each other.
2012
2012–2020
The LinkedIn team learned from the SlideShare team, product, and
community. SlideShare helped shape LinkedIn’s content experience
into what it is today.
Even after enabling a social
document sharing experience
on LinkedIn, it was clear there
was still unique value in
SlideShare and its communities.
2019
SlideShare and Scribd are
coming together to be the
destination for some of the
world’s favorite content.
TODAY

Thank you to the
SlideShare community
for making it what
it is today.
Thanks to the
SlideShare team
and community,
people have an
endless supply of
content gems to
feed their curiosity
and advance their
careers.
A buzzing community
Global community across
different countries and
industries enabling each
other to learn
Content on any topic
Pitch decks, culture
codes, tutorials, even
decks on how to make a
good deck
Broad reach
Many visitors find
SlideShare content via
search and embedded
SlideShares live on many
sites across the web
High value
People clip valuable
content to reference
later and spend time
going deep on
engaging topics

Digital library leader
One community
Over 1M ebooks, audiobooks,
magazine titles plus 100M
user-uploaded documents
Scribd offers engagement, reach,
and community, and is the perfect
new home for SlideShare
Engaged Readers
Broad Reach
1M+ subscribers in over 190
countries
● 190M+ hours of reading
● 100M+ monthly unique visitors
Creation tools
Presentation upload and
hosting tools for creators
Destination for readers and
authors to create & share

Welcome to the Scribd family!
Trip Adler
We’re proud to be welcoming SlideShare to the Scribd family.
Scribd and SlideShare began at similar times, and the
companies shared a common goal: to make it easy for anyone
to share their ideas with the world.
Over the years, we’ve both remained steadfast in our
commitments to our creator communities, and we look forward
to continuing to build on the SlideShare legacy.
Cofounder / CEO at Scribd

SlideShare SCRIBD
After eight years and millions
of memorable presentations,
we’re grateful for the journey
and excited for this next
chapter for SlideShare.

Thank you