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Organization and Principal Activities - Major subsidiaries, VIEs and subsidiaries of VIEs (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | E9 |
Direct subsidiaries | Phoenix Satellite Television Information Limited |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | D8 |
Date of Incorporation | Sep. 01, 1999 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Investment holding |
Direct subsidiaries | Phoenix New Media (Hong Kong) Company Limited |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | K3 |
Date of Incorporation | Feb. 24, 2011 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Advertising |
Direct subsidiaries | Phoenix New Media (Hong Kong) Information Technology Company Limited |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | K3 |
Date of Incorporation | Apr. 22, 2014 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Investment holding |
Direct subsidiaries | Fread Limited* |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | E9 | [1]
Date of Incorporation | May 20, 2014 | [1]
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% | [1]
Principal Activity | Investment holding | [1]
Indirect subsidiaries | Fenghuang On-line |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | Dec. 20, 2005 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Technical consulting |
Indirect subsidiaries | Fenghuang Yutian |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | Jun. 15, 2012 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Software development |
Indirect subsidiaries | Fenghuang Feiyang |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | Oct. 25, 2013 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Advertising |
Indirect subsidiaries | I Game (Hong Kong) Company Limited |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | K3 |
Date of Incorporation | Jun. 10, 2014 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Game |
Indirect subsidiaries | Fenghuang Borui |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | Oct. 13, 2014 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Software development |
Indirect subsidiaries | Qieyiyou |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | Nov. 28, 2014 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Game |
Indirect subsidiaries | Fengying Hongda |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | Mar. 13, 2017 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Advertising |
Consolidated VIEs | Tianying Jiuzhou |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | Apr. 18, 2000 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Advertising and paid services |
Consolidated VIEs | Yifeng Lianhe |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | Jun. 16, 2006 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Digital entertainment |
Consolidated VIEs | Chenhuan |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | Jun. 10, 2014 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Game |
Subsidiaries of VIEs | Tianying Chuangzhi |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | Feb. 08, 2010 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% |
Principal Activity | Advertising |
Subsidiaries of VIEs | Yitian Xindong |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | Sep. 05, 2008 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 51.00% |
Principal Activity | Digital entertainment |
Subsidiaries of VIEs | Fengyu Network ** |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 | [2]
Date of Incorporation | Jun. 01, 2012 | [2]
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 100.00% | [2]
Principal Activity | Digital entertainment | [2]
Subsidiaries of VIEs | Tianbo |  |
Subsidiaries, VIEs and Subsidiaries of VIEs |  |
Place of Incorporation | F4 |
Date of Incorporation | May 31, 2013 |
Percentage of Direct or Indirect Economic Ownership | 50.00% |
Principal Activity | Advertising |
[1] | In January 2018, the name of “I Game Limited” was changed to “Fread Limited”.
[2] | In April 2017, the name of “Beijing Fenghuang Interactive Entertainment Network Technology Co., Ltd.” was changed to “Beijing Fengyu Network Technology Co., Ltd.”.

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