March 2013, and in just half a year, it achieved the target of ten million subscribers. In early May of 2014, the number of activated users of Himalaya exceeded 50 million, making Ximalaya the biggest online audio sharing platform in China. On May 22, 2014, Himalayan announced that it has successfully received an A series venture capital investment of 11.5 million US dollars. As of May 2014, the Ximalaya certified audio show creators were more than 6000. Its established columns were 240000 with audio volume reaching nearly 3 million and average daily new upload audio hitting more than 10000.