Diply is a

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published by the parent company GoViral which is based in

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, New York City and Toronto. It once ranked among the top-100 most popular websites in the world and the top-20 websites in Canada. In April 2019, it was among the top 5000 most popular websites in Canada, and top 22000 in the world.

History

Diply was founded in 2013 by Taylor Ablitt (CEO), Dean Elkholy, and Gary Manning. In September 2016, Diply hired

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. She left the company in late 2017. In August 2018, Diply laid off 40 employees at its London, Toronto and New York offices. In October 2018, another 35 employees were laid off. As of 2021, Diply's Toronto office was shuttered.

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* {{Official website, diply.com Social media companies Internet properties established in 2013 2013 establishments in Canada Canadian news websites Lifestyle websites Companies based in London, Ontario