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Disqus: Business Overview, Financials & Competitive Analysis

Disqus is a blog comment hosting service offering a platform for social integration, social networking, user profiles, analytics and more. The company's core offering is a service that publishers can install on their ...

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5/ 10Mixed

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Stable cash-flowing engagement platform with established publisher base serving as a strategic asset within larger Zeta Global...

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Industry Digital Publishing Platforms
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Disqus Overview

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Disqus is a blog comment hosting service offering a platform for social integration, social networking, user profiles, analytics and more. The company's core offering is a service that publishers can install on their websites to manage reader discussions, providing tools for moderation, social media integration, user profiles, analytics, and mobile commenting. In December 2017, Disqus was acquired by Zeta Global, a data-driven marketing technology company, for a reported sum of $90 million.

Strategic Profile

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Disqus monetizes through a network/advertising model, sharing revenue with publishers from promoted content and various ad formats integrated within comment sections, managed programmatically through partnerships with about 25 supply-side platforms. The platform provides engagement analytics and monetization options for publishers. As a subsidiary of Zeta Global, Disqus operates with financial stability while maintaining its distinct business unit status.

Competitive Landscape

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Disqus' top competitors include Apester, Connatix and Jeeng. Disqus's primary competitors include Viafoura, Outbrain, Chartbeat and 13 more. The platform competes in the audience engagement and comment moderation space against both standalone comment systems and broader content engagement tools within publisher tech stacks.

Industry Context

Disqus operates in Digital Publishing Platforms.

Key facts

Founded: 2007 · Headquarters: San Francisco, US · Employees: 17 · Revenue: $4.2M (March 2026 estimate) · Market cap: N/A

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ApesterInteractive content engagement platform→ViafouraPublisher audience engagement and monetization platform→ConnatixVideo and content monetization for publishers→OutbrainContent discovery and recommendation platform→

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What does Disqus do?+
Disqus is a blog comment hosting service offering a platform for social integration, social networking, user profiles, analytics and more. The company's core offering is a service that publishers can install on their ...
What is Disqus's Cyborg Score?+
Disqus has a Cyborg Score of 5/10 (Mixed). The score synthesizes business model, financials, leadership, competitive position, technology, marketing, and ESG dimensions across hundreds of data points.
Who are Disqus's main competitors?+
Named competitors include Apester, Viafoura, Connatix, Outbrain. The full competitive landscape is in the AskCyborg report.
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