EssentiallySports

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EssentiallySports
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Type of site
Sports website
Founded2014;10 years ago (2014)
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerFull Spectrum Services LLP
Founder(s) Harit Pathak, Jaskirat Arora, Suryansh Tibarewal
URL essentiallysports.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationRegistered
Current statusActive

EssentiallySports is a digital sports media organization focused on publishing news and content on Boxing, Esports, Formula 1, Golf, Mixed Martial Arts, NASCAR, NBA, NFL, Tennis, and WWE. [1] Launched in 2014, EssentiallySports is owned by Full Spectrum Services LLP. [2] [3]

Overview

EssentiallySports, founded in 2014 [4] by Harit Pathak, Jaskirat Arora, and Suryansh Tibarewal in India, began as a forum for sports fans and transformed into a remote sports media company. [5] [6]

In 2022, the parent company of EssentiallySports, Full Spectrum Services LLP, acquired an entertainment news website NetflixJunkie. The company generates revenue through programmatic advertising. [7]

Tennis was one of the earliest sports covered by EssentiallySports. In 2020, EssentiallySports launched a tennis podcast series ‘Quarentennis - Bridging the Broken Strings’ which features exclusive interviews with top names in tennis. [8] The website has 30 million readers monthly in 150 countries. [9]

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