Company overview

Barstool Sports is one of the most influential lifestyle brands in America. With a rich 20-year history, Barstool Sports has one of the most highly coveted, fiercely loyal, and incredibly engaged audiences, which has put Barstool at the top of the charts.Barstool Sports is the preeminent digital sports media brand that has established an extremely influential and deeply authentic voice. Barstool Sports creates innovative content with massive distribution on multiple platforms, including web, apps, podcasts, radio, video, social, events, pay-per-view, subscription, and TV to an incredibly engaged audience. Barstool Sports reaches a hyper-engaged audience of 66+ million monthly unique users, with 46% of men and women in the coveted 18-34 age demographic. Barstool steals the spotlight in cultural moments. Their presence at major sporting events drives more awareness, engagement, and viewership in younger demographics than any other media brand. Barstool Sports and its founder, Dave Portnoy, consistently ranks as the #1 most influential social media account at major sporting events like the Kentucky Derby, Super Bowl, PGA Championship, U.S. Open Golf, Stanley Cup Finals, NASCAR's Daytona 500, and more.
Founded in 2003
New York, New York, USA
1.4K employees (513 in marketing)
66% recommend to a friend
51% positive business outlook

Salaries

Typical salary range

$95,000 – $105,000

/ yr

Median base

$105,000

Median total

$105,000

Median experience

4 years

Submissions

3

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Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +9.8% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$178M

Last raise

$163M

Corporate Round, 6 years ago

Funding history

Jan 2020

Corporate Round Barstool Sports · $163M

Jan 2018

Venture Round Barstool Sports · $15M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
5.8M
Month over month+3.9%
Quarter over quarter-2.8%
Top sourceDirect (74.4%)
Ad budget per month$577.3
Average search rank55.8
Traffic source mix
Direct
74.4%
Search
19.1%
Social
3.8%
Referral
2.6%
Paid referral
0.1%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

258.2K

12-mo growth

Monthly growth

+2%

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