About Us
We are a digital-first sports media house that surfaces the best stories on America’s favorite sports celebrities with a Fan's Perspective.
Founded in 2014,
our sports coverage includes:
Our Vision
To be a multi-modal multi-sports destination for fans to consume by proving value in depth in niches via re-imaging online sports media with the Fan’s Perspective.
Our Audience
2+ Billion
Pageviews in the last 2 years
1+ Billion
Quarterly Social Media Reach
30+ Million
Monthly Active Users
We Own and Operate 150+ Hyper-Engaged Fan Communities Across Facebook, YouTube and Instagram
On The Ropes
Followers: 935K
Bodybuilding Bros
Followers: 251k
Lucky Dog On Track
Followers: 58K
What the Club
Followers: 13K
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Founded by three friends, the company began as a passion project, inspired by their collective love for sports, writing and building.
Harit Pathak
Harit Pathak is an accomplished MBA graduate from the Darden School of Business - University of Virginia and an engineering graduate. Having spent his life bantering with sports fans, he got the idea of a fan’s perspective portal, EssentiallySports, back in his day of being University Cricket Captain. Harit, as an ex-Deloitte Alumni, uses his experience as an analyst to drive business strategy and organization roadmap at EssentiallySports.
Suryansh Tibarewal
Suryansh Tibarewal is a digital nomad and a believer in the power of the internet. The digital world earned him his first dollar when he was 14, and he has since been focused on using the web to expand on new ventures. During his tenure at Booking.com, he learnt the intricacies of building a global business. Today, as the growth lead at EssentiallySports, he drives digital strategy and product roadmap with the mission to disrupt conventional media coverage with the power of Internet.
Jaskirat Arora
Jaskirat Arora, an engineering graduate with a fervent enthusiasm for Formula One, navigates the world of internet communities to embrace the unbridled passion that comes with following a sport with few enthusiasts in his home country. As the founder of EssentiallySports, Jaskirat oversees every facet of content creation, channeling his profound passion for sports into the platform's offerings. Under Jaskirat's leadership, EssentiallySports has transcended from covering just 2 sports to a diverse portfolio of 14+ sports, a testament to his strategic prowess and commitment to enriching the platform's content.
Our Advisory Board
Our Journey
2014
Our story began
With a simple goal to make sports news accessible to all
2020
Found our product market fit
of filling the gap in sports journalism, i.e. a sweet spot between an expert opinion from A-listers like ESPN, SI, B/R, Athletic; and banter corners like Barstool Sports, SubReddits, with ‘The Fan’s Perspective’
2024
A decade into our journey
ES has garnered 2 Billion+ organic pageviews within the last 2 years.
What sets EssentiallySports apart is our shared origin as writers, including our founders. With a team of avid sports followers who thrive on analyzing and writing about their beloved sports, we embody the spirit of enthusiastic fans. This essence is encapsulated in our tagline: The Fan’s Perspective.
Our editorial practices and commitment to journalism
The high quality of content produced on a platform is always a reflection of the stringent internal editorial standards and the editorial team.
Editorial Guidelines
A sports platform that aimed to deliver light-hearted content that’d resonate more with youth, and different from what legacy platforms like ESPN offered
Kul Bhushan
Entracker
A usual live-event day is marked with pre-game coverage, where the entire team brainstorms prospective topics. On the gameday, the team banters and writes simultaneously; and the post-game coverage.
The Week Focus
The Week
By capturing the essence of fan experiences, the platform allows readers to deeply connect with the sports they love, going beyond mere reporting and actively shaping the fan engagement landscape.
Sanjana Mohan
Outlook
Despite being an upstart in a field full of heavyweights with multi-decade legacy, their digital native strategy seems to have given them a competitive advantage in a crowded market.
Aayan Ansari
The Free Press Journal
It seems like digital sports media companies like EssentiallySports will become more and more mainstream.
Arif Bhatt
Entrepreneur India
Contact Us
Address
Full Spectrum Services LLP
Mayur Bagh CGHS, Paschim Vihar,
Delhi 110063, India
Call
+1 (732) 347-6282
contact@essentiallysports.com