Dexerto
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| Limited company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Video game and media journalism |
| Founded 📆 | March 19, 2015 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | London, United Kingdom |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 150 |
| 🌐 Website | dexerto |
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Dexerto is a digital media company and news website covering esports, gaming, online entertainment, and internet culture. Headquarted in London, Dexerto's media presence includes a social media profiles with 15 million collective followers.[1]
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| Years active | 2021-present | ||||||
| Genre | News | ||||||
| Subscribers | 800,000[2] | ||||||
| Total views | 1.5 billion[3] | ||||||
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History[edit]
Dexerto was founded on 19 March 2015 by Joshua Nino, Chris Marsh, Mike Kent, and Nicolas Hulsmans.[4][5] It originally launched as two websites, in English and French, focusing on the coverage of Call of Duty, but soon expanding to other online topics, including gaming, online entertainment, and Internet culture.[6] A Spanish website was also soon launched.
In January 2017 Dexerto raised £208K through crowdfunding platform Seedrs.[7][8]
On August 19, 2018, Dexerto acquired CharlieINTEL and FortniteINTEL,[9] specialist news websites focused on Call of Duty and Fortnite respectively.
Described as “the most high-profile” independent esports outlet by Axios,[10] Dexerto's coverage expanded to cover other video games including Counter-Strike, Overwatch, and League of Legends, and added veteran esports journalist Richard Lewis as Dexerto's editor-at-large in September 2020.[11] On founder Nicolas Hulsmans's Forbes profile, Dexerto is described as "the world's largest gaming influencer and esports media group."[12]
In 2022, Dexerto's website users exceeded 30 million per month, and the company reported in excess of $10 million in revenue.[13]
Awards and recognition[edit]
Dexerto won Esports Coverage Website of the Year at the 2019 and 2022 Esports Awards.[14][15]
Dexerto co-founder Nicolas Hulsmands was picked for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022.[16]
Richard Lewis won the 2019 Esports Awards "Journalist of the Year" for his work published on Dexerto,[17] and three other journalists at Dexerto were nominated for the award.[18]
Dexerto contributed to the 5GRV: Games on the Road campaign that is a finalist for a Shorty Award in the Other Platform, Multicultural Community Engagement, campaign by Diverse-Owned Business category.[19]
Dexerto director Mike Kent won joint "Reporter of the Year" at the 2018 UK Esports Awards.[20]
References[edit]
- ↑ Weiss, Geoff. "How Dexerto became 'the TMZ of esports,' with $10 million in revenue last year and 30 million monthly visitors". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ↑ "InfluencedByDexerto". YouTube. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ↑ "InfluencedByDexerto: Description". YouTube. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Dexerto". EU-Startups. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ↑ "How endemic esports publication Dexerto is making a bigger play for brand partnerships". Digiday. 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
- ↑ Carella, Mariaclaudia (3 December 2018). "Europe's most promising eSports startups". EU-Startups. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ↑ "Dexerto". www.seedrs.com. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ↑ "Passion for esports puts Accounting and Finance graduate ahead of the game". www.dmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ↑ Bhat, Keshav (19 August 2018). "An Update on Charlie INTEL". Charlie INTEL. Dexerto. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ↑ Baker, Kendall (13 November 2020). "The Woj of esports is a free agent". Axios. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ Sacco, Dom (11 September 2020). "Richard Lewis appointed editor-at-large at Dexerto". Esports News UK. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ↑ "Nicolas Hulsmans". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ↑ Weiss, Geoff. "How Dexerto became 'the TMZ of esports,' with $10 million in revenue last year and 30 million monthly visitors". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ↑ "Excellence Recognised in Arlington – All Winners Unveiled | Esports Awards 2020 | 5 Years of Recognising Excellence in Global Esports". Esports Awards. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lagrange, Solenne (2022-12-14). "The Esports Awards presented by Lexus – 2022 Winners | Esports Awards". Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ↑ "Nicolas Hulsmans". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ↑ Esports Awards [@esportsawards] (17 November 2019). "The winner of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2019 is @RLewisReports #EsportsAwards" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Esports Awards 2019 | Esports Awards". 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ↑ "5GRV: Gamers on the Road - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ↑ Sacco, Dom (7 October 2020). "UK Esports Awards winners revealed". Esports News UK. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
External links[edit]
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