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A world with better content

Since we launched in 2014, BuzzSumo has been the go-to content marketing tool for creators worldwide. Today, thousands of businesses use BuzzSumo to create brilliant content, monitor their brand and industry, and discover growth opportunities.

Our platform
300 Tril
Social engagements
3 Mil
Influencers
8 Bn+
Articles archived
Millions
Daily new articles indexed
5 years
Historical data

Our Mission

Creating brilliant content is getting harder every day, but we’re here to help. We believe that data-driven research is the secret to creating top-tier content that drives likes, shares, and top rankings.

We also know that your time as a marketer is valuable, so we built BuzzSumo to make comprehensive content research accessible, fast, and easy.

“Our purpose is to inspire writers of all stripes”

Help them write engaging content that connects with their audience

Nate Walton | VP of Product

Trusted by 1000’s of marketers every day

Our Data

By collecting billions of articles and trillions of social engagements – and integrating them into one easy to search app – we’ve made it simple for you to identify trends, understand your audience, and monitor your brand.

That means you get the insights you need to create competitor-beating, traffic-attracting, reader-pleasing content, time and time again.

“We wouldn’t be able to produce the way we do”

Without BuzzSumo, we wouldn’t be able to produce the letter the way we do

Russ Henneberry | Founder theCLIKK

Our History

2013

Beginning of BuzzSumo

Back in 2013, the very first line of BuzzSumo code was written.

2015

User base grew by 600%

Word spread and users flocked to the hottest content marketing tool around.

2015

SumoRank

BuzzSumo’s co-founders launched Facebook analysis tools for the first time as SumoRank. These were later brought into BuzzSumo.

2017

Question Analyzer Tool

BuzzSumo’s co-founders launched a question analyzer tool for the first time as Bloomberry. This was later brought into BuzzSumo.

2017

Brandwatch acquisition

BuzzSumo became a part of the Brandwatch family.

2019

New design

BuzzSumo got a refresh with a brand new user interface.

2020

YouTube Analyzer

YouTube influencers and video data was added for the first time.

2020

Keyword Tool

BuzzSumo’s Keyword Tool was launched, helping our users to integrate SEO practices into their work.

2021

Journalist Profiles

BuzzSumo began enabling users to identify and research journalists.

2021

Facebook Page Analyzer & Facebook Pages

Two tools for Facebook page analysis were introduced into the platform.

2021

Cision acquisition

Along with Brandwatch, BuzzSumo became a part of the Cision family.

2013

Beginning of BuzzSumo

Back in 2013, the very first line of BuzzSumo code was written.

2015

User base grew by 600%

Word spread and users flocked to the hottest content marketing tool around.

2015

SumoRank

BuzzSumo’s co-founders launched Facebook analysis tools for the first time as SumoRank. These were later brought into BuzzSumo.

2017

Question Analyzer Tool

BuzzSumo’s co-founders launched a question analyzer tool for the first time as Bloomberry. This was later brought into BuzzSumo.

2017

Brandwatch acquisition

BuzzSumo became a part of the Brandwatch family.

2019

New design

BuzzSumo got a refresh with a brand new user interface.

2020

YouTube Analyzer

YouTube influencers and video data was added for the first time.

2020

Keyword Tool

BuzzSumo’s Keyword Tool was launched, helping our users to integrate SEO practices into their work.

2021

Journalist Profiles

BuzzSumo began enabling users to identify and research journalists.

2021

Facebook Page Analyzer & Facebook Pages

Two tools for Facebook page analysis were introduced into the platform.

2021

Cision acquisition

Along with Brandwatch, BuzzSumo became a part of the Cision family.

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