土豆网 / Tudou

Tudou is the early Chinese video platform founded by 王微 / Wang Wei (Tudou) and highlighted in No.204 互联网视频平台混战：从后舍男生到漫长的季节 | 中国互联网故事21 as the more creator-community-oriented counterpart to 优酷 / Youku. The episode emphasizes its “everyone is a director” positioning, early UGC culture, and role in surfacing web-native creators.

Tudou’s story also shows how capital timing and legal risk shaped platform fate. Wang Wei’s divorce dispute slowed its IPO window, the company listed later than Youku, then merged with Youku in 2012 as copyright costs and content spending intensified.

Connections

• 王微 / Wang Wei (Tudou) — founder.
• UGC To Professional Creator Pipeline — Tudou’s strongest wiki contribution.
• 后舍男生 / Houshe Nansheng, 胡戈 / Hu Ge, 叫兽易小星 / Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing, 卢正雨 / Lu Zhengyu, and 杨宇 / 饺子 / Yang Yu — creator cases linked to early web-video culture.
• Online Video Copyright Regime and Chinese Long-Video Platform Economics — forces that reduced independent-platform room.