BuzzFeed is a New York-based digital media company founded by Jonah Peretti in 2006. Initially, BuzzFeed focused exclusively on creating viral content, but over the years, the company has turned its specific brand of virality into a in-depth political coverage, personal and critical essays and global news. Every month, the site receives 7 billion views from over 200 million unique visitors, making BuzzFeed the top 40 in the US ranking. BuzzFeed is one of the most visited websites in the world, generating revenues of 320 million dollars. But who can concure BuzzFeed?

1. Mashable

As a simple WordPress blog, Mashable quickly gained popularity, becoming one of the top 25 blogs in 2009. Founded by Pete Cashmore in 2005, Mashable is an international multi-platform media entertainment company based in New York. personal.

Mashable was bought by Ziff Davis for $ 50 million in 2017, after the company failed to meet its goal. Davis generated $ 127.8 million in Q3 2017 revenue. Mashable currently has 25 million social media followers and 7.5 million monthly shares.

2. Vox

Vox Media Inc. is a modern digital media company that creates content and connects young people around the world. Marcos Mulitsas, Jerome Armstrong and Tyler Bleszynski founded SportsBlogs Inc. in 2005, which was renamed Vox Media in 2011. The site was an extension of the Bleszinski Athletics Nation blog, and the site's success contributed to the inclusion of other sports blogs.

Vox Media reported a profit of $ 185 million in 2018, but after the last acquisition of New York Media in September 2019, the company reported that by the end of 2019, revenues had tripled during the merger. Vox Media has 1,000 employees in offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Austin and London.

3. Vice

Launched in 1994, VICE has 35 offices worldwide, with 3,000 employees and creates 1,500 contents daily. Starting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, founders Shane Smith and Suroosh Alvi started a vice edition in the news media, and from there the magazine became more sophisticated than it moved to New York, where the business continued to operate as a media company. .

VICE Media is considered the brain of the development of digital media posters - especially when it comes to recruiting the desired millennial audience. In 2019, VICE Media raised a total of $ 600 million in five companies: VICE Television, VICE Studious, VICE News, VIRTUE and VICE Digital.

4. Ladbible

LADbible is a social networking and entertainment company based in Manchester, UK. Founded in 2012 by Alexander Solomu and Arian Kalantari, LADbible specializes in publishing content that is easy to redistribute to younger audiences. LADbible won 8 awards at the 2018 Cannes Lions Creativity Festival.

This Manchester-based British company employs 300 people in London, Dublin and Sydney, Australia. With just $ 65.1 million in annual revenue, LADbible is a worthy competitor to BuzzFeed for creating viral videos on multiple platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat.

5. Boredpanda

Bored Panda and its articles go viral on Facebook, but also on other social platforms. Articles and videos posted on the company's website and then distributed on Facebook have become some of the main attractions on the social network set up by Mark Zuckerberg.

Bored Panda has nearly 13 million fans on Facebook, and recorded 30 million interactions, far more than huge companies like CNN or The New York Times. In October alone, the Bored Panda site had 116 million visits, and 90% of the traffic comes from Facebook, according to a New York Times article.

Unlike other companies like BuzzFeed or Vice, Bored Panda has not turned to external funding to grow, according to the New York Times. The company now has 41 employees, and Tomas Banisauskas, the company's founder, expects $ 20-30 million in revenue this year, "mostly from advertising on the site."