Reception[edit]

Scribd has been praised by several newspapers[which?] and has been dubbed as the potential "YouTube for documents".[29] Notable users of Scribd include Virginia senator Mark Warner,[30] former California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, New York Times DealBook reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin, All Things D Reporter Kara Swisher, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Red Cross, UNICEF, World Economic Forum, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, The World Bank, Ford Motor Company, HewlettPackard, Samsung and the Hasmonean High School Living Torah. According to Scribd, more than 50 million users used its service in 2010 and this total increased to 80 million by October 2013. As of 2010, Scribd's documents are embedded more than 10 million times ac