Company overview

Fair Observer is a citizen journalism media outlet. We publish all perspectives and strive to educate citizens of the world. Fair Observer is an independent, reader-funded nonprofit that engages in citizen journalism and civic education.Our digital media platform has 2,500 contributors from 90 countries, cutting across borders, backgrounds and beliefs. With fact-checking and a rigorous editorial process, we provide diversity and quality in an era of echo chambers and fake news. Our education arm runs training programs for young people on subjects such as journalism, digital media, sustainable development and more. In particular, we inspire young people around the world to be more engaged citizens and to participate in a global discourse.As a nonprofit, we are free from owners and advertisers. When there are six jobs in public relations for every job in journalism, we rely on your donations to achieve our mission.
Founded in 2010
Mountain View, California, USA
52 employees (43 in marketing)

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Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +13% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$60K

Last raise

$60K

Seed, 16 years ago

Funding history

Aug 2010

Seed Round Fair Observer · $60K

Audience

Monthly website visitors
208.5K
Month over month+15.5%
Quarter over quarter+75.3%
Top sourceSearch (60%)
Ad budget per month$70.1K
Average search rank57.7
Traffic source mix
Search
60%
Direct
29.8%
Referral
7.2%
Social
2.3%
Paid referral
0.5%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

5.6K

12-mo growth

Monthly growth

+5.5%

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