Zedge

Zedge is a content distribution platform. Its content platform enables consumers to personalize their mobile devices with ringtones, wallpapers, home screen app icons, widgets and notification sounds.[2]

Zedge
Developer(s)Zedge
Initial release2003
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, Windows Phone[1]
Available inEnglish
TypeContent Discovery Platform
WebsiteZedge

Amateur and professional artists can launch a virtual storefront in Zedge allowing them to market and sell their content to Zedge's global user base. The Zedge app has been downloaded more than 436 million times, has 30 million monthly active users as of August 31, 2020 and has consistently averaged in the ‘Top 60’ most popular free apps in Google Play in the US. Zedge was named as one of Time's Best 50 Android Apps of 2013.[3]

In 2019, the company launched a mobile app named Shortz.[4] In 2021, Zedge acquired online emoji encyclopedia Emojipedia.[5][6] In 2022, Zedge acquired photography and mobile gaming company GuruShots.[7]

History

Zedge was founded by Tom Arnøy, Kenneth Sundnes, and Paul Shaw in Norway in 2003.[8] In June 2016, Zedge's parent company was spun off from IDT[9] as a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.[10] As of 2018 it has offices in Trondheim, Vilnius, and New York City.

References
  1. "ZEDGE™ Ringtones & Wallpapers - Windows Phone Apps+Games Store (United States)". Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  2. July 2020, Mike Williams 29 (2020-07-29). "How to download Zedge". Tom's Guide. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  3. Newman, Jared (2013-07-01). "50 Best Android Apps for 2013". Time. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  4. "Announcing 'Shortz' Chat Stories by Zedge". www.accesswire.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  5. Price, Rob. "Emojipedia, the internet's encyclopedia for emojis, just got acquired by phone software company Zedge". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  6. "Zedge Acquires Emojipedia, the Leading Authority on Emojis". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
  7. "Zedge acquires GuruShots for $34.8M (NYSE:ZDGE) | Seeking Alpha". seekingalpha.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  8. "About Zedge". Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  9. "IDT board suggests possible spinoff of subsidiary". Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  10. Yenikalayci, Yunus (2016-06-14). "Recent Spin-Off Zedge: Precursor In Device Personalization". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
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