Discover, rank, and prospect startups and companies worldwide. Find new startups every day, rank them, and analyze their data with Startup Ranking.
StartupRanking (est. 2012, Barcelona-based) is an online directory and ranking service that tracks more than 1 million tech startups worldwide. Its proprietary “SR Score” and “SR Web Rank” are calculated from publicly available signals such as website traffic, social-media followers, press mentions, backlinks and app-store metrics. Key features: • Public profile pages for every startup with traffic charts, social stats, team info and funding rounds. • Claim & manage profile (add pitch, screenshots, tags, jobs). • Comparative ranking by country, category, or globally. • Discovery/search filters for investors, journalists and job-seekers. • Weekly newsletter and API (paid) for data access. Target audience: founders seeking visibility, investors scouting deal-flow, journalists/analysts researching markets, recruiters looking for talent. Business model: free public directory; revenue from premium listing upgrades (highlighted placement, logo removal of ads), data/API subscriptions, banner ads and job postings. No evidence of a formal paywall for browsing. Content & posting guidance: the only user-generated content is the startup profile itself. Complete profiles with clear tagline, logo, up-to-date links and frequent news updates tend to rank higher and receive more referral clicks (source: StartupRanking FAQ & case studies). Favourable timing/day is not specified by the platform nor by third-party analyses; ranking refresh occurs daily, so consistency matters more than time-of-day. Best practices: keep social channels active (these signals directly feed the SR Score); link to StartupRanking badge on your site to gain extra score weight; choose correct categories & tags for discoverability. Pitfalls to avoid: inflating follower numbers with fake accounts (the algorithm discounts suspicious spikes); duplicate or spammy keyword stuffing in descriptions; neglecting to update dead links (profile can be down-ranked).
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