Who owns Hago?
Hago is owned by JOYY (Singapore, NASDAQ: JOYY).[1]
Evidence: JOYY Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-28, SEC EDGAR, 28 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- JOYY Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
- Origin
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
- Founded
- 2018
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Games & gaming platforms
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: JOYY
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Hago
Hago is a multi-user social networking platform that JOYY launched in 2018. JOYY says it combines casual games, audio and video livestreaming, 3D avatars and 3D interactive scenes, so that users can build social connections inside a shared space, and that it has a presence in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and South America. JOYY reports Hago in its "All other" segment.
What JOYY's annual report says about Hago
Sentences about Hago from JOYY's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Hago Hago is a social networking platform that encourages users to connect and have fun.
Users can make new acquaintances by playing multiplayer casual games, join video & audio chat rooms based on their interests, create and customize their 3D avatars in Hago Space and join Groups or Families with like-minded people to foster more frequent communication.
Hago currently monetizes its user base mainly through virtual tips for live streaming.
How often JOYY names Hago in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Hago
Where Hago sits in JOYY
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full JOYY ownership tree →
See the full JOYY brand portfolio (3) →
Other brands owned by JOYY
JOYY controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in games & gaming platforms, and who owns them
The 17 brands in games & gaming platforms on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Microsoft, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Activision Blizzard | Microsoft | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Supersonic from Unity | Unity | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Epic Games Store | Epic Games | 🇺🇸 United States |
| GameMaker | Kunlun Tech | 🇨🇳 China |
| Nintendo Switch | Nintendo | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Roblox | Roblox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Garena | Sea | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| PlayStation | Sony | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: JOYY
JOYY is a publicly listed company headquartered in Singapore, Singapore, founded in 2005. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: JOYY.
JOYY is a Cayman Islands holding company headquartered in Singapore, listed on Nasdaq. It was founded in April 2005 and renamed from YY Inc. to JOYY in 2019. Its core business segment, BIGO, covers the Bigo Live, Likee and imo apps and the BIGO Ads advertising platform; JOYY also runs the Hago app and the Shopline commerce software business. Huya, the game-streaming company JOYY launched in 2014, listed separately on the NYSE in 2018 and is not part of JOYY's current portfolio. imo is left off this list because no document read for this entry states where it originated.
🇸🇬 Hago and other Singaporean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 36 brands that began in Singapore. 10 of them (28%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Hago is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Hago?
The parent company of Hago is JOYY, a publicly listed company headquartered in Singapore.
Is Hago Singaporean?
Yes. Hago originated in Singapore in 2018 and its owner, JOYY, is also headquartered in Singapore.
Is Hago still owned by JOYY?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Hago is still owned by JOYY. 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] JOYY Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-28 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 28 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.