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Cricbuzz

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Type of site
Sports website exclusively for Cricket

Available in English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi , Bangla and Kannada

Owner Times Internet

Created by Pankaj Chhaparwal

Piyush Agrawal

Pravin Hegde

Revenue $7.8 million[1]

URL www.cricbuzz.com

Commercial Yes (Non-subscription Ad revenue)

Registration Optional

Users 50 million

(January 2018)[2]

Launched 1 November 2004; 18 years ago

Current status Active
 Cricbuzz is an Indian cricket news website owned by Times Internet. It features, news, articles and live coverage of cricket matches
including videos, text commentary, player stats and team rankings. Their website also offers a mobile app. [3][4]

Cricbuzz is one of the most popular mobile apps for cricket news and scores in India.  The site was the seventh most searched for
[5]

site in India in 2014.  The mobile app has over 100 million downloads as of February 2022 and the website is used by more than
[6]

50 million users worldwide, generating 2.6 billion page views in Jan 2015. [7]

History[edit]
Cricbuzz was created by Pankaj Chhaparwal, Piyush Agrawal, and Pravin Hegde in 2004.  In 2010, Cricbuzz started developing
[8]

a mobile app for live cricket news and scores.

In November 2014, Times Internet, a subsidiary of Times of India acquired a majority stake in Cricbuzz for an undisclosed sum. The
website continues to be managed by the original founders. [8][9]

In January 2015, Times Internet-owned GoCricket was merged into Cricbuzz. GoCricket's website was redirected to Cricbuzz and
the GoCricket mobile app was also merged with that of Cricbuzz.  Cricbuzz hired Harsha Bhogle as ‘Voice of Cricket’ in September
[9]

2016 and has produced over 150 videos with the esteemed commentator and cricket expert ever since. [10]

In August 2015, Cricbuzz was named the title sponsor of the India-Sri Lanka test series. [11][12]

See also[edit]

 ESPNcricinfo
 CricketArchive

References[edit]
1. ^ "estimated revenue by promising website". free website report. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
2. ^ "Number of users". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
3. ^ "Cricbuzz". Google Play. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
4. ^ "Crickex App Downlaod Apk for Android and iOS". 24 November 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
5. ^ "Cricbuzz targets 82 million users". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
6. ^ "Google India's top 10 searches of 2014". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
7. ^ "Cricbuzz targets 75 million users". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
8. ^ Jump up to:a b "Times Internet acquires Cricbuzz". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
9. ^ Jump up to:a b "GoCricket mergers into Cricbuzz". medianama. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
10. ^ www.ETBrandEquity.com. "Harsha Bhogle's partnership with Cricbuzz hits the 100 million milestone - ET BrandEquity". ETBrandEquity.com.
Retrieved 9 December 2020.
11. ^ "Cricbuzz named title sponsor". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
12. ^ "Cricbuzz is title sponsor for India-Sri Lanka Test Series". bestmediainfo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

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