Smartnews

Personalized news discovery platform

placeSan Francisco, California, United States calendar_todayFounded 2012 groups566 employees language smartnews.com

Web presence

Top audience: Japan 72.8%, United States 25.5%, Canada 0.4%, United Kingdom 0.2%, India 0.2%.

Innovation

6 patent families (3 granted) — focus: Physics & computing, Electricity & electronics; filing pace slowing.

Social engagement

Social engagement: 39.3K social following, 10 posts in the last 12 months — below the industry typical range.

Share of voice

Share of voice in United States: 54.5% of web traffic across its competitive set; worldwide: 23.1%.

Hiring activity

Hires periodically

5 roles tracked across 4 of the last 12 months

12 Jun 2026 · Melin Learning Engineer

11 May 2026 · Freelance Social News Editor (Contract)

12 Aug 2025 · Engineering Manager (Product Engineering) · Palo Alto

14 Jul 2025 · Senior Software Engineer (Product Engineer) · Palo Alto

17 Jun 2025 · SENIOR CONTENT MANAGER · Palo Alto

Based on job postings tracked across public sources.

Recent activity

2 Jul 2026
Product launch
AI Transformation Division
29 Jun 2026
Partnership
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12 Jun 2026
Product launch
SmartClub
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