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Shanghai layoffs, tracked in full.

Shanghai has seen 3K job cuts across 8 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.3% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 0 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
3K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
5
active + historical
Rounds
8
total events
Top industry
Social Media
92% of cuts
Global city rank
#36
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
3K
Across 8 roundsRank #36
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
5
across 3 industriesSocial Media leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#36
0.3% of global totalof 201 cities
By industry · Shanghai· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Social Media
4 ROUNDS
92% of Shanghai cuts
2,950
PEOPLE
Consumer Apps
1 ROUNDS
6%
180
PEOPLE
Semiconductors
1 ROUNDS
2%
70
PEOPLE
Top companies · Shanghai

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
Bytedance
SOCIAL MEDIA · 4 ROUNDS
2,950
#02
Xiaohongshu
CONSUMER APPS · 1 ROUNDS
180
#03
Arm Holdings
SEMICONDUCTORS · 1 ROUNDS
70
#04
Bilibili
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT · 1 ROUNDS
—
#05
NIO
MOBILITY · 1 ROUNDS
—
Recent events · Shanghai· Latest

The latest Shanghai layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Low
AH
Arm Holdings
Arm Holdings Layoffs — 2023-12-18
Shanghai ·
70
bloomberg.com ↗
High
B
Bytedance
Bytedance Layoffs — 2023-11-27
Shanghai ·
1,000
nikkei.com ↗
High
N
NIO
NIO Layoffs — 2023-11-03
Shanghai ·
—
bloomberg.com ↗
High
B
Bytedance
Bytedance Layoffs — 2023-01-03
Shanghai ·
—
pandaily.com ↗
Severe
B
Bilibili
Bilibili Layoffs — 2022-12-27
Shanghai ·
—
technode.com ↗
Low
B
Bytedance
Bytedance Layoffs — 2022-06-17
Shanghai ·
150
bloomberg.com ↗
Moderate
X
Xiaohongshu
Xiaohongshu Layoffs — 2022-04-21
Shanghai ·
180
reuters.com ↗
High
B
Bytedance
Bytedance Layoffs — 2021-08-05
Shanghai ·
1,800
reuters.com ↗
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