Who owns Goodreads?
Goodreads is owned by Amazon (the United States, NASDAQ: AMZN), which has owned the brand since 28 March 2013.[1]
Evidence: Amazon.com, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-06, SEC EDGAR, 6 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Amazon.com, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Seattle, Washington
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2007
- Category
- Internet & digital › Search & social › Social networks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: AMZN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Goodreads
Goodreads is the largest site for readers to catalogue and review books, founded in 2007. Amazon acquired it in 2013, which gave the world's largest bookseller ownership of the most influential independent source of book recommendations. The site was founded by a software engineer and his wife, and its annual reading challenge and user-voted Choice Awards remain among the most visible book recommendation events online.
Ownership timeline of Goodreads
Where Goodreads sits in Amazon
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Amazon
Amazon controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Amazon Web Services (2006)
- Amazon.com (1994)
- Audible (1995)
- IMDb (1990)
- Ring (2013)
- Twitch (2011)
- Zappos (1999)
Founded in the 2000s
- Amazon Basics (2009)
Other brands in social networks, and who owns them
The 19 brands in social networks on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Meta, with 3.
About the owner: Amazon
Amazon is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States, founded in 1994. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: AMZN.
Amazon began selling books online in 1994 and is now among the largest companies in the world. Its 2017 purchase of Whole Foods Market gave it a physical grocery estate, and it has since built its own grocery and household brands sold through its store.
🇺🇸 Goodreads and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Goodreads is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Goodreads?
The parent company of Goodreads is Amazon, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Goodreads American?
Yes. Goodreads originated in the United States in 2007 and its owner, Amazon, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Amazon owned Goodreads?
Amazon has owned Goodreads since 28 March 2013.
Is Goodreads still owned by Amazon?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Goodreads is still owned by Amazon. 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] Amazon.com, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-06 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 6 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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