Sportskeeda

Sportskeeda is an Indian sports and esports news website, founded in 2009. It is operated by Absolute Sports Private Limited and owned by Indian video game company Nazara Technologies.[1] The website has news, features, commentary and videos on sports like cricket, association football, professional wrestling (WWE), tennis, American football (NFL), basketball (NBA), boxing, mixed martial arts, swimming, and esports such as Minecraft, Fortnite, PUBG, Valorant, CS:GO, Free Fire and GTA. It also features pop culture, lifestyle, and anime coverage.

Sportskeeda
Type of businessPrivate limited company
Type of site
Sports website
Available inEnglish, Hindi
Founded2009 (2009)
HeadquartersBangalore, Karnataka, India
Country of originIndia
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerAbsolute Sports Private Limited
Founder(s)Porush Jain
Srinivas Rowjee Cuddapah
EditorMusab Abid
CEOAjay Pratap Singh
Key peopleAnirudh Kumar (CSO)
Sankalp Sharma (CTO)
IndustryMedia & Entertainment
ProductsWebsite, mobile apps
ServicesSports & eSports journalism, news and broadcasting
ParentNazara Technologies Limited
SubsidiariesSportskeeda Inc, Delaware
URLsportskeeda.com
AdvertisingYes
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Users80 million
Current statusActive
Native client(s) onAndroid, iOS

The website registered a 433% user growth with in monthly average users increasing from 15 million to 80 million from 2020 to 2022.[2]

History

Sportskeeda was founded by Porush Jain and his fellow sports enthusiast[3] Srinivas Cuddapah.[4] The website's name is derived from a colloquial Hindi term that sporting equivalent of the word 'bookworm'; 'Sportskeeda' literally translates to 'sports worm' in English.

The website was initially run from the office of Jain's father in Noida, but moved its operations to Bengaluru in 2011. Sportskeeda was backed by venture capital funding in its initial years. Seedfund, an organisation that funds early-stage ventures, had invested ₹2.8 crore into Sportskeeda in 2011.[5] The Company turned profitable in 2014. Seedfund exited in 2019 when majority stake in the website was acquired by the gaming firm Nazara Technologies in 2019 at a valuation $10M.[6] In May 2022, the company set up its 100% owned subsidiary, Sportskeeda Inc. in Delaware, US. [7]

Wrestling coverage

Sportskeeda has developed a following in USA through its pro wrestling content.[6] The website covers promotions like WWE, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor (ROH), and smaller independent promotions.

Some of the notable pro wrestling names that have been interviewed by the website include Braun Strowman, Triple H, Kenny Omega, Kane, Drew McIntyre, Matt Hardy, Jinder Mahal and Vince Russo. Sportskeeda also produces a weekly podcast called Dropkick DiSKussions which features exclusive interviews with top WWE, Impact and AEW stars.

Esports coverage

Esports and gaming form a significant part of Sportskeeda's content, particularly since the halt in sporting action due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Sportskeeda covers several mobile games like PUBG Mobile, Free Fire, and COD Mobile.

The site also has content on some of games such as Fortnite, GTA, and Valorant. Their coverage of well-known streaming personalities such as Pokimane, Corpse Husband, Dr. Disrespect, and others is designed to cater to the gaming pop culture market in india.

Reach

The site's monthly user base is approximately 80 million.[1] Sportskeeda also has partnerships with browsers and mobile OEMs,[9] which publish the website's content on their platforms.

Technology

Sportskeeda works as a technology-first[10] culture, and they have built their complete content management system from scratch. They started off as a Wordpress website, but gradually transitioned into distributed systems which come together to make the complete platform work.[11] Their mid-sized engineering team uses a large variety of tools and programming languages to serve over a billion API calls per day on peaks.[12]

See also

References
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  2. Sriram, M (27 May 2022). "Sportskeeda establishes an entity in the US; to invest USD 4 million into operations". ANI News.
  3. "Sportskeeda - The place to be for the fans of Indian sports". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. "Nazara Technologies acquires 67% stake in Sportskeeda for Rs 44 cr". Business Standard. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. "A social way of covering sports". www.thehindubusinessline.com. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  6. Sriram, M. "Gaming firm Nazara acquires Sportskeeda". LiveMint. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. "Sportskeeda establishes an entity in the US; to invest USD 4 million into operations". ThePrint. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  8. "We want to be lean, yet grow fast: Porush Jain, Sportskeeda". www.exchange4media.com/. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. "Opera Mini Gets Video Download Support, Highlights India Content on Home Page". gadgets.ndtv.com.
  10. Sankalp (19 October 2021). "An Overview of our Tech". Medium. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  11. Sankalp (6 June 2022). "What programming language do we use for building massive distributed systems?". Medium. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  12. Sankalp (6 June 2022). "What programming language do we use for building massive distributed systems?". Medium. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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