ShareThis
title: "ShareThis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["social-bookmarking-websites", "social-software"] topic_path: "general/social-bookmarking-websites" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShareThis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | ShareThis |
| logo | ShareThis updated logo.png |
| url | http://sharethis.com/ |
| type | Social Bookmarking and Sharing Tool |
| registration | Free |
| employees | 103 (2017) |
| owner | ShareThis |
| creator | ShareThis |
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| name = ShareThis | logo = ShareThis updated logo.png | screenshot = | caption = | url = http://sharethis.com/ | type = Social Bookmarking and Sharing Tool | registration = Free | employees = 103 (2017) | owner = ShareThis | creator = ShareThis
ShareThis is a technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. It offers free website tools and plugins for online content creators. ShareThis collects data on user behavior, and provides this to advertisers and technology companies for ad targeting, analytics, and customer acquisition purposes. ShareThis has an exclusive license with the University of Illinois for patent applications made by co-founder David E. Goldberg. The patents include genetic algorithms and machine learning technologies used for the purposes of information collection and discovery based on a user's sharing behavior.
History
ShareThis was founded in 2007 by David E. Goldberg, an engineering professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Tim Schigel.
In July 2011, Kurt Abrahamson joined the company as CEO and served for 7 years before transitioning into an Executive Chairman role.{{cite web |url= https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2011/07/25/1204012/0/en/ShareThis-Names-Former-Google-AdSense-Executive-Kurt-Abrahamson-as-New-CEO.html |title= ShareThis Names Former Google AdSense Executive Kurt Abrahamson as New CEO |author= |date= July 25, 2011 |format= |work= GlobeNewswire |accessdate= September 16, 2019 |quote=
In February 2019, The Register published a story indicating that 16 companies, including ShareThis, were the victims of a security incident. A security breach exposed 41 million account records containing name, username, email address, DES-hashed password, gender, date of birth, and other profile info.{{cite web |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/11/620_million_hacked_accounts_dark_web/ |title= 620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites now for sale on dark web, seller boasts |author= |date= February 11, 2019 |format= |work= The Register |accessdate= September 16, 2019 |quote=
References
References
- "Contact Us - ShareThis".
- "About". ShareThis.
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