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| 13.03.2023 | Ranker Acquires Highly Sought After Digital Advertising Veteran Alex Mason to Run Programmatic Sales | Ranker is adding more veteran leadership to an industry-leading sales team with the addition of Alex Mason. A career-long, digital publishing veteran, Mason has held an array of revenue and product roles across some of the most well-known p... |
| 03.02.2023 | Ranker Insights Offers Data Solutions For Entertainment Brands and Advertisers Looking to Optimize CTV and Addressable TV Campaigns | In a cookieless world, Ranker Insights offers the unique ability to reach multiple categories of viewers including loyal fans of competing shows, premium SVOD originals and unexpected audience leads
Ranker and its impressive Ranker Insights... |
| 02.01.2023 | The Web3.0 Celebrity: How Artists Can Circumvent Traditional Entertainment Structures And Create Authentic Fan Experience | PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 30: Weeknd performs during the runway at the Victoria's Secret Fashion ... [+] Show on November 30, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret)Getty Images for Victoria's... |
| 09.03.2022 | Tinder rolls out in-app access to background checks, powered by nonprofit Garbo | Following last year’s investment in the background-check nonprofit Garbo, Match Group today is rolling out Garbo-powered background checks to its flagship dating app Tinder. The offering will be made available to Tinder users through the in... |
| 04.02.2022 | Supreme Court Ruling Could Curtail High-Cost Retirement Plan Options | Ever go to the supermarket and wonder which of the multitude of flavors of yogurt you should purchase? Yoplait by itself has 87 flavors.
Now imagine, instead of being in the supermarket, you’re in your retirement plan’s shopping aisle and y... |
| 03.02.2022 | The Best Ways to Consume Music | 0 shares
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The methods through which we consume music are changing all the time. From the very first phonograph in the 1870s (yes, really, that far back!), to turntable records, radio cassette tapes, CDs, MP3 pla... |
| 06.10.2021 | Hidden Value In Logitech, A Work From Home Beneficiary | The logo of Swiss computer device producer Logitech is seen on top of the European headquarters in ... [+] Morges, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. Logitech International SA, the biggest maker of computer mice, webcams and other computer... |
| 22.06.2021 | Ranker Acquires Nerdstalgic for its Total Nerd Network Adding High Quality YouTube Content on All Things Nostalgic in Pop-Culture, TV, Movies and Streaming | The synergy of Ranker with James’s Nerdstalgic fan following will allow us to attract high-intent advertisers and create opportunities for top brands to target those hard to reach audiences. - Ranker CEO Clark Benson
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| 18.06.2021 | The Top Streaming Services and TV Shows of May 2021, According to Watchworthy Data | By relying on the Watchworthy algorithm, which itself relies on the “Likes” and “Dislikes” of Ranker and Watchworthy users, ‘Worthy’ scores give a sense of not just what’s popular, but what’s trending in TV today.
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| 25.05.2021 | The Top Streaming Services and TV Shows of April 2021, According to Watchworthy Data | "All that rich, first-party data gives us unique insight into the streaming wars, including correlations and optimization for advertisers, studios, and brands seeking a better understanding of consumer content behavior" -CEO Clark... |
| 08.05.2021 | Elon Musk is only the second billionaire CEO to host Saturday Night Live – after Donald Trump | SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet of the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images)
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is only the second dollar bill... |
| 08.05.2021 | Elon Musk is only the second billionaire CEO to host Saturday Night Live – after Donald Trump | Elon Musk REUTERS/Mike Blake
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is only the second billionaire CEO to host Saturday Night Live.
Donald Trump is the only other billionaire CEO to have hosted the 46-year-old show.
Though his fortune is far greate... |
| 08.05.2021 | Elon Musk is only the second billionaire CEO to host Saturday Night Live - after Donald Trump | Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is only the second billionaire CEO to host Saturday Night Live.
Donald Trump is the only other billionaire CEO to have hosted the 46-year-old show.
Though his fortune is far greater than Trump's, Musk doesn't ... |
| 15.04.2021 | The Top Streaming Services and TV Shows of March 2021, According to Watchworthy Data | "The enormous amount of first-party data Watchworthy is collecting allows us to have truly unique insights into the ever-evolving streaming wars and what content streamers love to consume." -CEO Clark Benson
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| 11.03.2021 | The Top Streaming Services and TV Shows of February 2021, According to Watchworthy Data | "The data science behind Watchworthy doesn’t lie. Using Watchworthy data, we can generate some excellent insight into the constantly changing streaming wars and the tastes of streamers everywhere." - Clark Benson
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| 09.03.2021 | Ranker Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021 | "Born of Ranker’s voting platform and fueled by Ranker Insights, our TV recommendation app Watchworthy pushes the envelope on what our first-party data can accomplish, further proving the tenacity of the streaming wars and the competit... |
| 18.02.2021 | The Top Streaming Services and TV Shows of January 2021, According to Watchworthy Data | "How do we get a sense of who’s winning the streaming wars? We can answer that question by taking a look at the way people are using Watchworthy and interpret those results as a reflection on the constantly changing habits of TV viewer... |
| 12.01.2021 | The Best Video Games Right Now, According to Millions of Votes on Ranker | Our Facebook gaming focused channels “Total Nerd”, “Button Mash,” “Anime Underground” and “Super News Supes” have a combined following of almost 9 million casual, hobbyist, and hardcore gamers. -Ranker COO Mike Filliben
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| 11.01.2021 | Ranker is Honored To Receive Built In LA’s Esteemed 2021 Best Places To Work in Los Angeles Award | Once again, I’m thrilled and humbled to be honored for the company culture we’ve created, especially during a pandemic where most companies are struggling to maintain staff, let alone keep their doors open. -CEO Clark Benson
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| 29.12.2020 | The Top Niche TV Shows Fans Loved in 2020, According to Ranker | At the very core, Ranker has the unique ability to reach audiences from almost every genre with millions of fans voting an average of 11 times per list. - David Yon, GM of Ranker Insights
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| 28.12.2020 | 2020 Retail Awards — Peloton Won The Race, Amazon Got Fresh And Facebook Became A Mall | Cropped shot of young friends holding sparklers at a partygetty |
| 17.12.2020 | HBO Max Is Making an Offer Movie and TV Fans Can’t Refuse, According to Ranker Data | "The strategy behind HBO Max is certainly a bold one, but when the streaming wars have you battling entrenched competitors like Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, and upstarts like Disney+, big and bold is exactly what’s called for" - CE... |
| 15.12.2020 | The Best Holiday Movies To Stream, According To Ranker Voters | Just as millions of movie fans do on Ranker, we too like to dive into the extensive library of votable lists to find what to stream next, be it family-friendly or not.
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| 10.12.2020 | The Best Music That Got Us Through 2020, According to Ranker Voters | Personally, I’m used to attending more than 100 concerts and festivals a year, but with everything that has transpired in 2020, it just wasn’t in the cards. One thing we can count on through it all, is our unified undying love for music. -C... |
| 08.12.2020 | Pop-Culture Fans Vote On Their Favorite Funko Pop! Vinyl Figures | In fact, when you walk the halls of Ranker HQ, desks are decorated with Funko Pops so much that you can tell by the characters who sits where and what they might work on.
LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) December 08, 2020
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| 03.12.2020 | The Top TV Shows and Streaming Services of November 2020 According to Watchworthy Data | We’re seeing this data clearly now that more and more users are taking full advantage of Watchworthy by creating and sharing their personal Watchlists with friends and family. This increase is partly due to the surge in new phone sales and ... |
| 02.12.2020 | The Best Looking, Most Influential and Loathed People of 2020, According to Ranker Voters | Since 2018, at least five Kardashians have been in the Top 10 of the list Celebrities You're Most Sick Of. Also, Ranker voters had Jake Paul at #1 even before his fight versus Nate Robinson in the Tyson v. Jones Jr. Pay-Per-View event.
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| 01.12.2020 | The Top Streaming Services, TV Networks, and Cable Channels of 2020 According to Watchworthy Data | We’re now able to get a sense of who might be winning the streaming wars by taking a closer look at the way in which people are using Watchworthy - especially in a pandemic where staying home is the norm and app usage is at an all time high... |
| 10.11.2020 | How e-commerce platforms use livestreaming shows to boost 11/11 sales | As the 11/11 shopping festival approaches, e-commerce platforms in Indonesia are preparing various initiatives to boost sales on the day that is also known as Singles’ Day. In addition to discounts and shopping vouchers, a number of them ce... |
| 15.09.2020 | Ranker Evolves from Internet Funhouse to Big Data Purveyor | Ranker has made a profitable business of crowdsourcing lists and rankings on everything from action movies to ice cream flavors. Now, it wants to sell that data.
The Los Angeles-based media company announced this week it has surpassed 1 bil... |
| 24.03.2020 | Watchworthy’s personalized TV recommendation app will help you find your next binge | Ranker, an online publisher that turns crowdsourced lists and fan rankings into a data business, is now turning its attention to the world of streaming services. The company this week launched a new app, Watchworthy, that helps you find som... |
| 04.03.2020 | Just Like That, Zion Williamson Is Slated To Play The Most Important Basketball Game Of His Career | NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 28: Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans reacts during a ... [+] game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Smoothie King Center on February 28, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User... |
| 18.11.2019 | e.l.f. Beauty Announces Another Strong Quarter with $68m in Net Sales | In July, e.l.f. Beauty was chosen as the best vegan cosmetics company, according to a survey published by Showerstoyou and Ranker.com. This week the company announced results for the three and six months ending September 30, 2019. Net sales... |
| 18.11.2019 | e.l.f. Beauty Announces Another Strong Quarter with $68m in Net Sales | ©e.l.f
In July, e.l.f. Beauty was chosen as the best vegan cosmetics company, according to a survey published by Showerstoyou and Ranker.com. This week the company announced results for the three and six months ending September 30, 2019. Ne... |
| 24.07.2019 | The Best Vegan Cosmetic Brands as Voted by Public | The most popular vegan cosmetic brand revealed in a recent survey was is e.l.f., with its animal-free, humbly priced products. Renowned for the ‘Naked’ eyeshadow palette, Urban Decay is the vegan brand with the second highest rating as vote... |
| 01.05.2019 | Fair Pay To Play And Video-Game Likeness: Revisiting The NCAA's Restrictions On Athlete Compensation | Graphic by Daniel Kleinman, Forbes Staff MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images |
| 17.04.2019 | Netflix To Launch Weekly Top 10 Rankings For Movies, TV Shows | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 17 April 2019, 07:04 am
To help viewers pick what to watch next, Netflix might put up "Top 10" lists of movies and shows on a weekly basis.
The feature is currently in testing for Netflix subscribers livin... |
| 13.08.2018 | Lionel Richie Tells USA Today that Streaming Music Services aren't good for Writers or Artists
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Of course this isn't a new subject and many artists are still refusing to ... |
| 12.12.2017 | ‘The Last Jedi’ is the most moving Star Wars movie — and the funniest | One of the most common ways to praise a new Star Wars movie is to claim that it’s the best one since The Empire Strikes Back. But sometimes the clichés are accurate. And this time, I have to say it: The Last Jedi is the best Star Wars movie... |
| 29.11.2017 | ‘We can’t just have our heads down going forward’: A discussion with Adam Zuckerman | Technical.ly DC recently spoke with Adam Zuckerman, a futurist, entrepreneur and attorney about emerging trends and what businesses should look out for.
Zuckerman, 37, is the director of Ventures & Innovation at Discovery Communications... |
| 24.08.2017 | Overrated In-N-Out has the 'best burger in America' - and Californians should be ashamed | James/Flickr
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In-N-Out's Double Double was just voted the best burger in America.
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The site Ranker lists the California chain's burger as the best, beating Five Guys, Whataburger, and Steak 'N Shake.
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| 11.04.2017 | New platform delivers crowd insights into consumer preferences | A combination of big data and the web means that there's more opportunity than ever for companies to study and understand the habits of consumers.
Online lists and voting site Ranker is using its wealth of polling data to launch a new Ranke... |
| 13.01.2017 | Vice adds pair of sites after losing Render Media | More From: Keith J. Kelly
A fond farewell from Keith J. Kelly as Media Ink comes to an end Kaitlan Collins’ missing Daily Caller bylines restored — but mystery remains Pickleball craze inspires new lifestyle magazine Kaitlan Collins bylines... |
| 18.01.2014 | Billion-dollar acquisitions: are they worth it? | Google just bought Nest for $3.2 billion, let's take a look at how other giant purchases panned out
As you may have heard, Google bought smart thermostat company Nest for a whopping $3.2 billion earlier this week.
Yes, $3.2 billion. It's th... |
| 01.07.2013 | Ranker Closes $2M Funding | Ranker, a Los Angeles-based crowdsourced platform for consumers to view, rank, and vote on broad opinion-based topics, closed a $2m funding.
Backers included Lowercase Capital, BullPen Capital, Data Collective and existing investors Draper ... |
| 27.06.2013 | Ranker, “The World’s Ranking Platform,” Raises $2M From Lowercase And Others | Ranker, a startup that asks users to “vote on the best and worst of everything,” is announcing that it has raised $2 million in new funding.
If you visit the Ranker site, you’ll basically be overwhelmed with crowdsourced lists, like this li... |
| 27.06.2013 |
Ranker Takes $2M For Expansion Efforts
| Los Angeles-based Ranker, the online site which lets users rank, view, vote, and share their opinions on a wide range of topics, announced today that it has raised $2M in a follow on investment round. The starup, led by Clark Benson, said t... |
| 27.06.2013 | Funding Daily: One year anniversary | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Today officially marks my one year anniversary at... |
| 29.04.2013 | The top 25 film schools, ranked by ‘big data’ | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Top-ten-of-everything site Ranker had a novel ide... |
| 29.04.2013 | The top 25 film schools, ranked by ‘big data’ | Top-ten-of-everything site Ranker had a novel idea for rating and ranking the best film schools in the country: check which ones graduate the most successful filmmakers.
Makes some sense, no?
So the ratings site checked all the credits on t... |
| 13.10.2012 | PayPal reportedly shedding up to 400 jobs | Cuts are part of strategy to streamline the company, despite recent successes
PayPal is looking to looking to cut 3% of its workforce, or up to 400 works, according to a report by Bloomberg late Friday.
The job cuts will come in PayPal’s pr... |
| 08.07.2012 | From $1.5B to half a trillion dollars: PayPal celebrates a 10th anniversary | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Ten years ago today, eBay announced an acquisition that might rank as one of the most successful Silicon Valley purchases ever. In fact... |
| 08.07.2012 | From $1.5B to half a trillion dollars: PayPal celebrates a 10th anniversary | Ten years ago today, eBay announced an acquisition that might rank as one of the most successful Silicon Valley purchases ever. In fact, it sits third on Ranker’s list of smartest tech acquisitions.
I’m talking, of course, about PayPal, the... |
| 08.07.2012 | Now 10 years after being acquired, PayPal going strong | Competition for payment market becoming fierce, forcing PayPal to expand into mobile and TV
Mergers and acquisitions happen all the time. But how many actually make much a difference? Even the big ones might be forgotten. Facebook made a bi... |
| 04.04.2012 |
Ranker Finds More Funding
| Los Angeles-based Ranker, the online rankings website where consumers can rank anything they like, has scored a new round of funding, in an inside round. Size of the round was not disclosed. The funding came from Siemer Venture Capital, Rin... |
| 26.12.2011 | Guy Retweets Particularly Entitled Christmas Tweets, Becomes A Phenomenon | This is the first Christmas where I didn’t get a single gift. Because I had to take care of a bunch of logistics issues, I decided not to celebrate “the holidays” this year, and you know what? It was awesome.
It’s amazing not having any exp... |
| 21.09.2011 |
Idealab Backs Top10
| Pasadena-based Idealab, the startup incubator run by Bill Gross, has made another external investment in a company, funding London-based Top10. Top10 operates a service which allows users to create their own "best of" lists in a s... |
| 04.04.2011 |
Ranker Raises $1.3M
| Los Angeles-based Ranker, the startup headed by Clark Benson which allows users to rank anything they want in a list, has raised $1.3M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Tim Draper of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and also included Ri... |
| 04.04.2011 | Ranker Lands $1.3 Million From Tim Draper And Others, Tries To Rank *Everything* | Exclusive – Ranker has secured a $1.3 million Series A round of funding led by Tim Draper at Draper Associates. Other investors who are backing the list making service include Rincon Venture Partners, Newport Coast Investments, Factual foun... |
| 04.04.2011 | Ranker raises $1.3 million for endless lists | Find out the cheapest colleges and greatest guitars on the site where you can list anything
Ranker, a site for listing and ranking anything and everything, announced Monday that it has raised a $1.3 million Series A round of funding led by ... |
| 31.12.2010 | A List Of The Best Of The Best Meme Lists Of 2010 | In this decade the Internet replaced television as our primary mode of disseminating culture. Many people are more familiar with Antoine Dodson’s “Hide your kids/Hide your wife” than any catchphrase currently on television. Remember the day... |
| 01.11.2010 | Ranker.com racks up one million users | Site lets users "rank anything in the universe" with simple drag-and-drop platform
[Correction made at 8pm on November 1 regarding the exit of eCrush.]
Ranker.com, a website that lets users make lists of anything, announced Monday... |
| 11.08.2010 | Ranker Leaves Beta, Launches 'Wisdom Of Crowds' Lists | List making platform Ranker has officially left beta after 10 months, with today’s launch of the Community Lists feature. A service for “ranking anything in the universe,” Ranker has a database of over 6 million items for list inclusion, wi... |
| 05.02.2010 | Ranker nets $750K in seed money | Up-and-coming list aggregator Ranker.com is announcing another $750,000 in seed financing, part of a planned $1 million second round. The first $1 million came from company founder Clark Benson, who sold eCrush to Hearst Media in 2006. The ... |
| 05.02.2010 | Ranker nets $750K in seed money | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Up-and-coming list aggregator Ranker.com is annou... |
| 04.02.2010 |
Ranker Gets $750K
| Los Angeles-based Ranker, an online web site which allows users to create their own lists, and share them with friends, said Thursday evening that the firm has raised $750,000 in a seed investment round, part of a planned $1M funding effort... |
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LinkedIn isn’t known for producing beef. That’s Twitter’s domain. But recently an exchange on the professional platform got me thinking about the importance of managing your brand’s reputation in the big moments and the sma... |
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The tour, formally named the +–=÷x Tour, includes a notable stop in Bhutan’s capital of Thimphu on Jan. 24, 2025 — which wil... |
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SAVRpak's Twist On Old Technology Could Extend Produce's Shelf Life—and Save Trillions in Food Waste | If there’s one thing that COVID laid bare in modern society, it’s the American propensity for takeout. And if there’s one thing that’s become apparent from our heightened demand for on-demand food, it’s that most food doesn’t travel well.
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Ranker Makes Its Mark on LA, Adding Its Logo to a Mid-Wilshire High Rise | Over the last 13 years, Ranker has built a profitable business by crowdsourcing lists and rankings for seemingly everything—from the best fantasy movies of the 1980s to the greatest grapefruit soda brands.
Now, Ranker finds itself on an eso... |
