Quora

Quora, Inc.
Screenshot of homepage
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Question and answer
Available in24 languages[1]
FoundedJune 25, 2009 (2009-06-25)
HeadquartersMountain View, California, United States
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Adam D'Angelo
Charlie Cheever
Key peopleAdam D'Angelo (CEO)
Kelly Battles (CFO)[2]
RevenueUS$20 million (2018)[3]
Employees200–300 (2019)[3]
URLquora.com
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedJune 21, 2010 (2010-06-21)
Current statusActive
Written inPython, C++[4]

Quora is an American social question-and-answer website and online knowledge market headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was founded on June 25, 2009,[5] and made available to the public on June 21, 2010.[6] Users can post questions, answer questions, and comment on answers that have been submitted by other users.[7] As of 2020, the website was visited by 300 million users a month.[8]

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