Pengyou

{{Short description|Social network}}{{Infobox website

| name = Pengyou

| logo = Pengyou Logo.jpg

| location_city = Shenzhen, Guangdong

| area_served = Worldwide

| industry = Social networking service

| url = {{URL|www.pengyou.com}}

| owner = Tencent

| website_type = Social networking

| language = Chinese language

| advertising = Banner ads, referral marketing

| registration = Required

| launch_date = August 2008

| current_status = Inactive

}}

Pengyou ({{zh|s=朋友|p=péngyǒu|l=Friend}}), formerly QQ Xiaoyou ({{Zh|c=QQ校友|l=QQ Alumni}}), was a social network operated by Tencent.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title= |script-title=zh:腾讯社区平台朋友App将于6月30日停止运营 - Tencent 腾讯其他产品 - cnBeta.COM |trans-title=Tencent Community platform Pengyou App will cease operations on June 30 - Tencent other products - cnBeta.com |url=https://www.cnbeta.com.tw/articles/tech/1146035.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603150708/https://www.cnbeta.com.tw/articles/tech/1146035.htm |archive-date=2024-06-03 |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=cnBeta}}

Pengyou was founded in August 2008 as a competitor to Renren. The site used real names and photos were synced with Qzone.{{Cite web |last=吴 |first=绛枫 |date=2017-07-16 |title=腾讯朋友网，你唯一一个头像还是真实丑照的社交网站 |url=https://www.pingwest.com/a/124777 |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Pingwest}}

The site has both a social area but also a section for corporate outreach, where friends can become ‘fans’ of various companies, and companies can use the site to engage with their consumers.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Pengyou was shut down on 6 August 2017. Pengyou was briefly revived as an app on December 2019,{{Cite news |title= |script-title=zh:继人人复活后「朋友网」也活了！还设计了个新LOGO |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?src=11×tamp=1577727675&ver=2066&signature=Tr1Efd2P4B8O8rJ5fBZfXa6tGBh5VmYHEA4-vDC7miQDRYZDsH7dOVZgpZqBuNs1TTd3Yshym5P6L1vPpuFqzuc0rN*tDkvEtXkmJV3BbNq2fT5N5EIe0stCZdEnrUf-&new=1 |accessdate=2025-04-26 |work=标志情报局 |language=zh}} but ceased operations on 30 June 2021.