🆚 Douban vs. Scribd

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Social media platform
Social media platform

About

Douban is a Chinese social networking site and media database for books, movies, music, and local events.

It lets users rate and review media, join over 600,000 interest-based groups, follow other users, and maintain timelines of their cultural activities.

Scribd is a digital document library and reading subscription service that provides access to millions of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and user-uploaded documents.

It offers offline reading and listening, highlights and personal notes, curated browsing with editorial and algorithmic recommendations, and custom lists of titles.

Headquarters

Beijing, China
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free version ✔️Ad supported, no downloads
Premium$9.99/month

Categories

Social Media › Rank #46
Social Media › Rank #52
Science And Research › Rank #6
Ebooks › Rank #4

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Douban social media platform is 1.6 times more popular than Scribd.
Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Douban is more popular in the United States, China, and Hong Kong, while Scribd is more popular in India, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
United States
China
Hong Kong
India
United Kingdom
Germany
Greece
Spain
Vietnam
Australia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Douban is more popular among sites focused on fashion and beauty, and portal sites, while Scribd is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, education and reference, and entertainment sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
General News
Internet Services
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Religion/Ideology
Forum/Bulletin Boards

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,907
#13,805
#16,073
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Name
Rank
#14,189
#98,468
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See also

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