Who owns AcFun?
AcFun is owned by Kuaishou (China, HKEX: 01024).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kuaishou Technology Annual Report 2025, 24 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kuaishou Technology reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Beijing
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Founded
- 2007
- Category
- Internet & digital › Search & social › Video platforms
- Parent ticker
- HKEX: 01024
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About AcFun
AcFun is a Chinese video-sharing website whose name comes from "Anime Comic Fun". Kuaishou's website describes it as China's earliest video-sharing site to offer bullet subtitles, established in 2007, and says it was wholly purchased by Kuaishou Technology in 2018. The page gives the year only, so no exact date of acquisition is recorded here.
Ownership timeline of AcFun
Where AcFun sits in Kuaishou
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kuaishou
Kuaishou controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in video platforms, and who owns them
Kuaishou has more brands in video platforms on Brandtree than any other owner: 2 of 18.
About the owner: Kuaishou
Kuaishou is a publicly listed company headquartered in Beijing, China. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as HKEX: 01024.
Kuaishou Technology is a Cayman Islands holding company, listed in Hong Kong (stock code 01024), with its head office and principal place of business in Beijing. Its 2025 annual report describes the Kuaishou App, with 410.2 million average daily active users in 2025, and the Kling AI video-generation models. Kuaishou's English website lists further apps, including the Kwai and SnackVideo apps; those two are left off this list because neither site, nor the annual report, gave a description to cite. The app descriptions below come from Kuaishou's own products page, whose launch dates may predate later changes.
🇨🇳 AcFun and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; AcFun is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of AcFun?
The parent company of AcFun is Kuaishou, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is AcFun Chinese?
Yes. AcFun originated in China in 2007 and its owner, Kuaishou, is also headquartered in China.
Is AcFun still owned by Kuaishou?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, AcFun is still owned by Kuaishou. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Kuaishou Technology Annual Report 2025 — Kuaishou Technology, Annual report, published 24 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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