# Wattpad

> Where stories find their first million readers.

The original Toronto media platform. User-generated fiction that Hollywood optioned, now part of Naver, still run from a downtown newsroom of editors and community leads.

- Sector: Media
- Neighbourhood: Downtown
- Founded: 2006
- People: 300+
- Raised: Acquired
- Stage: Public / acquired
- Unicorn: no
- Hiring: no
- Website: https://www.wattpad.com
- Canonical: https://torontostartups.com/startups/wattpad
- Markdown: https://torontostartups.com/llms/wattpad
- Neighbourhood page: https://torontostartups.com/neighborhoods/financial-district

## Open desks

- None listed on this desk.

Cite as: Wattpad — The 416 (https://torontostartups.com/startups/wattpad).