Review (August 2025)

Delivering the best of humanity every day. 💫

4M

Estimated Revenue

2.28M

Website Visitors

2.7/5

Trustpilot Score

What do we know about Upworthy?

Estimated Revenue (2020)

$4M

Total Funding

$12M

Total Employees

42

Founded

2012

Industry

Online Media

Last Funding Date

Series A Sep 2013

Location

West Hollywood, United States

About

Upworthy: Stories that connect us and sometimes even change the world.

Social Links

Alexa Ranking: 7565

What is Upworthy's Revenue?

Upworthy's estimated revenue for 2024 is $4M.

What does Upworthy do?

Lots of media companies have a mission. But Upworthy is on a mission to change what the world pays attention to. We believe that stories about important issues can and should be great stories — stories for everyone, stories that connect us and sometimes even change the world. Because we're all part of the same story.

What are the monthly traffic metrics for Upworthy?

6/mo Traffic Growth

-11.50%

All Time Traffic Growth

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Monthly Hits

2M

Time on Site

1.1Mins

Bounce Rate

66%

How fast is Upworthy growing?

Upworthy has grown by 36.7% in the last 6 months according to SimilarWeb.

How do people interact with Upworthy?

Last month, Upworthy received 2M visitors who spent an average of 1.1 minutes on the website and visited 1.0 different pages per session. Overall, 66% of people bounce on the first visit.

How do people find Upworthy?

461.6k people (20%) visit Upworthy directly. 561.3k (25%) people search for them in Google. Whereas, 1.2M (52%) discover Upworthy through Facebook, Reddit, and YouTube. 1.9k (0%) visitors come from Upworthy's email newsletters. Finally, 1.2k (0.1%) people come from affiliates and or paid referrals.

Who uses Upworthy?

Upworthy's top market is the United States and they receive 1.5M (64.0%) people.
Then the 2nd is Canada with 215.5k (9.5%).
The 3rd is is United Kingdom with 107.4k (4.7%).

Traffic Growth (last 6 months)

All Traffic Source

Country Share

Traffic Growth (last 12 months)

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What do Upworthy's customers say about them?

Review Score

2.7/5

Total Reviews

4

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Rosie W

Rubbish

Reviewed on 2018-03-24T19:41:34

Makes you jump through a lot of hoops before rejecting you first time round. When you finally get an account (submitting exactly the same information)it's insultingly low offers for ridiculous tasks.
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Omar

Great name for biased web presence

Reviewed on 2016-05-11T12:17:37

Very little that I've read on Upworthy is actually worthy of reading. Any site that blatantly equates disagreement with hate is unworthy.No honest or forthright dialogue is furthered by hate-mongering.
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Colin Macdonald

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Reviewed on 2013-05-10T04:08:08

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