wedium

short video · live · since Jul 2026

People watch and post short videos, as well as photos, text and carousels, follow creators and send messages; anyone can browse, but posting needs an ID check.

how dependent?

  1. 07OperatorDEwedium GmbH
  2. Owner–Same as the operator
  3. ProtocolDEwedium GmbH
  4. Shared services–None
  5. CodeDEwedium GmbH
  6. VerificationDEWebID Solutions GmbHUSAmazon Web Services LuxembourgCHBioID AG
  7. 06ModelsNLEUrouter B.V.FRMistral AI
  8. 05DataEUwedium GmbH
  9. 04ServersFRScalewayDEMittwald
  10. EdgeSIBunny.net
  11. 03–01Belowcompute, networks and resources are not recorded per app

Every layer above links to what it rests on. The figure counts the EU, the EEA, Switzerland and the UK as European, as the landscape does.

How it is run

nine questions
ArchitectureWho holds your account and posts?

One company

open protocol: no

move your account and keep your followers: no

hub: wedium GmbH

A closed platform on wedium's own code, by its own account neither on the AT Protocol nor connected to the Fediverse. Accounts cannot be moved to another provider with their followers (inference from the closed design); the privacy policy offers only GDPR data rights.

Business modelWho pays, and for what?

No revenue yet; plans targeted ads · subscriptions

wedium carries no ads yet, and its App Store and Google Play listings show no in-app purchases (28 Sep 2026). It plans ads selected on usage data, with half of ad revenue paid to creators, and an ad-free tier at €8.99 a month that the FAQ describes in the present tense but that is not in the app stores. Funding so far is its shareholders' capital; in December 2025 the founders said they were looking for investors and public funding (press).

OrganisationWhat kind of organisation runs it?

Founder-owned company

control: Its five founders (Andreas Hacker, Nele Meissner, Johannes Meissner, Sebastian Wilke, Lukas Backhaus); all but Backhaus are managing directors

The five founders were named as the shareholders in December 2025, when they were seeking investors (press). The register shows share capital raised from €25,000 to €50,000 in June 2026 and to €50,505 in September 2026, with new shareholder lists filed in February and June 2026, so whether outside investors have since joined is not established. wedium says it may place a golden share with a foundation to protect its purpose after any sale.

FeedWho decides what you see?

Ranked by the operator

Two feeds, both ranked by wedium: "For we" (people you follow, plus what they engage with) and "For me" (interest-based, with preferences the user sets). The terms name the ranking signals, among them followed accounts and topics, recency, language, views, likes, comments and watch time; no chronological or non-profiling option is described.

ModerationWho moderates?

The operator

wedium's own moderation team decides on reports and appeals under its community guidelines, on a staged scale from warning to permanent ban; an appeal goes to a different reviewer.

AI trainingDoes your content train AI?

Ruled out

The terms limit wedium's content licence to running the platform and require users' separate consent for any use to train AI models; no such consent request is described. Per the privacy policy, the AI screening service processes content only for checking, not for training.

IdentityMust you prove who you are?

ID needed to post

verification: WebID Solutions GmbH

Read off the verification layer, where its sources are.

Open sourceIs the code open?

Closed source

licence: proprietary

Read off the code layer, where its sources are.

SizeHow big is it?

Not disclosed

wedium publishes no user count. Google Play shows 10K+ installs (28 Sep 2026), and about 1,000 people were on the waitlist in December 2025 (press).

What each layer rests on

checked 24 Sep 2026
07OperatorWho serves the app?

wedium GmbH · Germany

Berlin, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg HRB 282910 B. Held by its five founders; no investors named. It shares its address with the Berlin agency glow communication GmbH, two of whose directors are wedium founders.

07OwnerWho owns the operator, where someone else does?

Same as the operator

07ProtocolWho writes the rules of the network?

wedium GmbH · Germany

protocol: proprietary

Not on the AT Protocol and not connected to the Fediverse, by wedium's own account.

  • wedium FAQwe don't rely on the AT protocolread 24 Sep 2026
07Shared servicesWhat does it lean on but not run?

None

07CodeWho builds the software?

wedium GmbH · Germany

licence: proprietary

Built in-house under CTO Andreas Hacker. An earlier FAQ said the team had deliberately decided against open source.

07VerificationWho checks users' identity, age or account?

WebID Solutions GmbH · Germany

also Amazon Web Services Luxembourg · United States: WebID's sub-processor; an Amazon group company

also BioID AG · Switzerland: WebID's sub-processor for biometric face matching

checks: identity

ID needed to post: yes

Needed to post and comment; browsing works without it. The privacy policy says WebID and wedium are building a fully European setup for Q4 2026.

06ModelsWhose models moderate, rank or check?

EUrouter B.V. · Netherlands

also Mistral AI · France: the model EUrouter runs

AI pre-screens content for rule breaches, and decisions with serious effects are never fully automated. The FAQ still calls this a plan; the privacy policy says it is running.

  • wedium Datenschutzerklärung, s.9, s.10 and s.14Zur Erkennung möglicher Verstöße setzt wedium ein KI-gestütztes Content-Screening ein, das über EUrouter B.V. bereitgestellt und mit einem Modell von Mistral AI betrieben wird.read 24 Sep 2026
05DataWhere does the data sit?

wedium GmbH · European Union

where: The EU, with processors in Germany, France, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Sweden and Luxembourg, plus Switzerland through WebID's sub-processor BioID.

transfers: Only to Switzerland, under the adequacy decision. The English policy says the data stays exclusively within the EU/EEA, contradicting its own BioID entry. The App Store privacy label says no data is collected, which contradicts both.

04ServersWho runs the servers?

Scaleway · France

also Mittwald · Germany: website, DNS and mail

The German privacy policy names Scaleway for the database and application and Mittwald for web hosting. The FAQ still names Hetzner (DE). The measurement agrees with the privacy policy.

  • wedium Datenschutzerklärung, processorsDatenbank- & Applikations-Hosting: Scaleway, Scaleway SAS, 8, rue de la Ville-l'Évêque, 75008 Paris, Frankreichread 24 Sep 2026
  • measured · api.wedium.social · AS12876 Scaleway · 24 Sep 2026 · the production API; found in certificate transparency logs
  • measured · wedium.social · AS15817 Mittwald · 24 Sep 2026
04EdgeWho stands in front of them?

Bunny.net · Slovenia

Media goes through a Bunny.net pull zone. At the point of measurement Bunny served it from a Datacamp (CDN77) network, registered in London.

  • wedium privacy policy (English)CDN Server: bunny.net, BunnyWay d.o.o., Dunajska cesta 165, 1000 Ljubljana, Sloveniaread 24 Sep 2026
  • measured · cdn.wedium.social · AS60068 CDN77 (Datacamp Ltd) · 24 Sep 2026 · CNAME wedium.b-cdn.net; BunnyCDN response headers

Checked 24 Sep 2026.