WittyFeed

WittyFeed
Type of business Private held company
Type of site
 Media and Entertainment
Available in English, Hindi, Spanish[1]
Founded October 2014 (2014-10)
Headquarters Indore, Madhya Pradesh[2], India
Area served Worldwide
Owner Vatsana Technologies (2014-present)
Key people Vinay Singhal (Co-founder and CEO)
Shashank Vaishnav (Co-founder & CTO)
Parveen Singhal (Co-founder & COO)
Revenue Increase $6 Million (2016)[3]
Employees 120+
Slogan(s) Beyond Stories[4]
Website www.wittyfeed.com
Alexa rank Increase 224 (June 2017)[5]
Registration Optional
Current status Active

WittyFeed is an Internet media company and world's second largest viral content company based in Indore, India.[6][7][8][9][10][11] It publishes content on categories such as sports, news, fashion, lifestyle, travel, inspiration, relationships, health, fitness, and posts ads related to the content published.[12][13] The firm describes itself as 'a modern day blogging platform[14] for photo-stories and listicles, the YouTube of the content industry'.[15] In February 2017, It becomes 20th most visited site in India surpassing Twitter and Instagram.[13][16] It is a charticle and a listicle platform.[17]

WittyFeed is India’s largest viral content company and the world’s second largest in terms of traffic numbers after BuzzFeed. It is among the top 200 websites in the world with 120 million unique visitors to its website every month and more than 420 million monthly page views.[18][19] It is the first company from India to be among the top 75 and top 25 most-read websites in the US and the UK.[18][20] It gets 75% of the traffic from US, UK, Canada and Australia.[15]

History

WittyFeed was founded by Vinay Singhal, Parveen and Shashank Vaishnav in October 2014.[6] It runs under the parent company Vatsana Technologies.[21]

It has received the Fastest Growing Company in IT Sector award by All India Achiever's Foundation in 2015.[22] WittyFeed was selected by Google among an elite group of startups for case studies on successful companies using their products.[23]

In February 2017, Wittyfeed becomes 20th most visited website in India surpassing social networking sites Twitter and Instagram.[13]

Partnership

In September 2016, Wittyfeed was partnered with Sohail Khan production's film Freaky Ali, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Amy Jackson and Arbaaz Khan.[24] It was partnered with an online emotional wellness platform YourDost to be the digital partner of the #StopSuicide campaign for World Suicide Prevention Day in September 2016.[25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Singh, R Ajiv (January 4, 2017). "indigenous - Feed Of The Hour". Delhi: The Times of India.
  2. ↑ Jha, KK (September 26, 2016). "Commercial capital Indore set to become 'startup capital'". Daily Pioneer.
  3. ↑ Singh, Rajiv (October 1, 2016). "B2B startups hold their ground even as B2C peers feel the heat of weakening investor sentiment". The Economic Times.
  4. ↑ "WittyFeed revamps brand identity; to increase affinity within targeted audience". New Delhi: Business Standard. Asian News International . June 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ "WittyFeed.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "WittyFeed is a one stop platform for content creators, consumers, publishers: Vinay Singhal, CEO". New Delhi: The Financial Express. October 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ Yadav, Kanhaiya; Dixit, Agraj (March 2, 2016). "एक फेसबुक पेज से की थी शुरुआत, आज वायरल कंटेंट में वर्ल्ड फेमस" (in Hindi). Daily Bhaskar.
  8. ↑ "Space, time, and the startup". The Hindu. December 27, 2016.
  9. ↑ "दुनिया में दूसरे नंबर के वायरल कॉन्टेंट मास्टर हैं इंदौर के ये लड़के" (in Hindi) (July 21, 2016). Navbharat Times.
  10. ↑ Venkatraman, Aarti (January 13, 2017). "How This Bootstrapped Content Startup Turned Into A $30 Mn Company". Inc42.com.
  11. ↑ "विटीफीड डॉट कॉम इन्दौर से शुरू करेगी काम" (in Hindi). Webdunia.com. May 25, 2016.
  12. ↑ "'कंटेंट इज किंग' के आइडिया ने बिजनेस को बनाया सफल" (in Hindi). Navbharat Times. November 22, 2016.
  13. 1 2 3 "WittyFeed surpasses Twitter and Instagram, becomes 20th most visited website in India". The Economic Times. February 22, 2017.
  14. ↑ Jain, Samiksha (November 3, 2016). "Want To Double Your Earnings? Try Bootstrapping Your Venture". Entrepreneur (magazine).
  15. 1 2 "Wittyfeed: World's second largest viral content company from Indore". The Economic Times. July 22, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Wittyfeed surpasses Twitter and Instagram and becomes 20th most visited". DNA India. February 23, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Should Buzzfeed be scared of this Indian Startup?". CIOL. March 22, 2016.
  18. 1 2 ""कभी पढ़ाई के लिए पैसे नहीं थे, अब करते हैं 36 करोड़ की कमाई"" (in Hindi). Indore: Patrika. July 21, 2016.
  19. ↑ Singh, Rajiv (January 4, 2017). "Can Indian-based Wittyfeed give Buzzfeed a run for their money?". The Economic Times.
  20. ↑ Dwivedi, Vinay (November 21, 2016). "Startup WittyFeed offers a web platform for content creators, consumers and publishers". The Economic Times.
  21. ↑ "Internet से इन लड़कों ने डेढ़ साल में कमाए 36 करोड़ रुपए,USA में मचाई धूम" (in Hindi). Daily Bhaskar. April 21, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Virality is a Pure Science Says WittyFeed’s Vinay Singhal". BusinessWorld. June 9, 2017.
  23. ↑ Chauhan, Rita G. (February 16, 2017). "Valued At $30 Million This Indore-based Website is India’s Largest Viral Content Firm [Startup Story]". Indianweb2. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Wittyfeed- world's 2nd largest viral content company partners with Freaky Ali". The Hans India. September 12, 2016.
  25. ↑ "YourDost, WittyFeed join hands for ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’". The Financial Express. September 8, 2016.


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