3 6 Ke·2025-10-17 06:13Core Insights - The article discusses a recent system outage at Zhihu, which has garnered significant public attention and led to the trending topic "Zhihu crashed" [1] - Zhihu's official response indicates that the issue is due to a bug in the system, which is currently being addressed by engineers, with no specific timeline for resolution provided [1] Financial Performance - For the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, Zhihu reported total revenue of RMB 3.599 billion, representing a year-over-year decline of 14.5% [1] - The gross margin improved from 54.7% in 2023 to 60.6% in 2024 [1] - The net loss for the year was RMB 169 million, a significant reduction of 79.9% compared to a net loss of RMB 839 million in the previous year [1] - Adjusted net loss was RMB 96.3 million, narrowing by 85.4% from RMB 659 million in the same period last year [1] - In the fourth quarter of 2024, Zhihu achieved a net profit of RMB 86.4 million, contrasting with a net loss of RMB 103.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, marking the company's first quarterly profit [1]