myON

K-12 Digital Literacy / Educational Reading Softwaremyon.com

myON is a K-12 personalized digital reading library offered by Renaissance Learning Inc., delivering 7,000+ enhanced digital books plus age-appropriate news to U.S. schools and districts through institutional subscriptions and a direct B2B sales motion.

Company typePrivate
Founded2010
HeadquartersBloomington, United States
Headcount51–100
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

myON firmographics

Firmographics

Name: myON
Legal name: Renaissance Learning Inc.
Website: https://myon.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2010
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 51–100 employees
Short description: myON is a K-12 personalized digital reading library offered by Renaissance Learning Inc., delivering 7,000+ enhanced digital books plus age-appropriate news to U.S. schools and districts through institutional subscriptions and a direct B2B sales motion.
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myON industry classification

Industry

Product category: K-12 Digital Literacy / Educational Reading Software
NAICS: Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290)
SIC: Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)
akta.pro primary industry: Literacy & Reading Intervention Technology (EDAJAMAF)
akta.pro secondary industries: AT for Reading, Writing & Learning (Literacy/Executive Function) Tools & Training (EDAKAIAC), Digital Reading Content & eBooks (Leveled Readers, Libraries) (EDAFACAH), Reading Comprehension & Close Reading Enrichment (EDAMAJAB)

Keywords

Digital reading platform
K-12 literacy software
Personalized learning library
Educational technology solutions
Student news content

Where myON is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Bloomington
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

myON business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

School/District Subscriptions: myON generates revenue through institutional subscriptions to its digital library platform, sold to K-12 schools and school districts. Students access the platform through their educational institution's subscription, suggesting a per-student or site-based licensing model common in educational technology.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

myON product offering

Product offering

Core offering

myON is a personalized digital library platform for K-12 students that delivers access to over 7,000 enhanced digital books with recorded audio, dynamically matched to each student's interests, grade, and reading level, alongside embedded close reading tools. The platform is augmented by myON News, an age-appropriate current events module powered by News-O-Matic, and is accessed via web browsers and companion mobile apps for iPad and Android tablets with offline reading support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

myON Reader A student-centered, personalized digital library offering access to more than 7,000 enhanced digital books dynamically matched to each student's interests, grade, and reading level, featuring close reading tools and embedded supports. Sold as an institutional subscription to K-12 schools and districts.
myON News Age-appropriate digital news articles for students, powered by News-O-Matic, covering timely topics and current events with engaging multimedia including videos, slideshows, and photo galleries. Designed for K-12 students and offered as an add-on within the myON platform.
myON Mobile App Free companion mobile application available for iPad and Android tablets that allows students to access the myON personalized digital library on mobile devices, tracks reading activity even while offline, and syncs usage with the student's account when an internet connection becomes available.

Companies that use myON

Customer profile

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

myON technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

myON partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

News-O-MaticcoreTechnology or IntegrationNews-O-Matic powers myON News, providing age-appropriate digital news articles for students. This partnership integrates News-O-Matic's current events content into the myON platform, delivering articles with engaging multimedia including videos, slideshows, and photo galleries covering topics from space science to fashion.

Scale indicators1 record

myON competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Newsela: Provides differentiated nonfiction/current-events content with adjustable reading levels for K-12. Directly competes with myON News and the nonfiction portion of the myON library, especially in upper grades and ELA classrooms.
Reading Eggs / Blake eLearning: Early-grades online reading program with a subscription model for schools and homes. Comparable instructional approach (personalized, gamified reading) for K-2 learners that compete with myON's lower-grade reading content.
Epic!: Digital library for kids with a large catalog of age-appropriate books and a teacher/classroom subscription model. Directly comparable to myON Reader on the K-5 digital library dimension, with parent/school reach.
Lexia Learning: Direct competitor in K-12 literacy intervention (Lexia Core5, PowerUp). Both target K-12 districts with personalized reading instruction, and Lexia is a frequent short-list competitor against myON in reading intervention RFPs.
Renaissance Learning: myON's parent company and the broader K-12 literacy/assessment platform. Overlap is direct: Renaissance bundles Accelerated Reader and Star Assessments with myON Reader for an integrated literacy stack targeting the same K-12 districts.
Learning A-Z (Raz-Kids / Raz-Plus): Offers leveled readers and digital reading practice for K-5 students via subscription, with a similar teacher- and student-facing product surface. A frequent competitor for K-5 reading library budgets against myON.
Imagine Learning (Imagine Learning Literacy): Provides personalized literacy and reading solutions to K-12 districts with adaptive instruction, directly competing with myON in school-level reading subscriptions.
Achieve3000 (LitPro / Smarty Ants): Provides differentiated reading instruction and literacy solutions for K-12. Overlaps with myON in personalized reading and nonfiction comprehension across grade bands.

Emerging players

News-O-Matic: Powers myON News and also sells its own age-appropriate news product for classrooms. Comparable as both a partner and a partial competitor in the student-facing current events niche.

Broad incumbents

Hmh Into Reading / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Large K-12 publisher with a connected digital reading ecosystem (HMH Into Reading, Waggle). Overlaps with myON in school-level reading and intervention offerings as part of a broader curriculum platform.

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myON financial estimates

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myON leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

myON funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

myON M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about myON

What does myON do?

Is myON a public or private company?

myON is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.

When was myON founded?

myON was founded in 2010. It employs 51 to 100 people.

Where is myON based?

myON is headquartered in Bloomington, United States, in the North America region.

How does myON make money?

One revenue line is on record: school/District Subscriptions.

Who are myON's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Newsela, Reading Eggs / Blake eLearning, Epic!, Lexia Learning, Renaissance Learning, Learning A-Z (Raz-Kids / Raz-Plus), Imagine Learning (Imagine Learning Literacy) and Achieve3000 (LitPro / Smarty Ants). News-O-Matic is listed as an emerging player. Hmh Into Reading / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is listed as a broad incumbent.

Does myON have an API?

No public API is recorded for myON.

What industry is myON in?

myON's product category is K-12 Digital Literacy / Educational Reading Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAJAMAF, Literacy & Reading Intervention Technology, with a secondary code of EDAKAIAC, AT for Reading, Writing & Learning (Literacy/Executive Function) Tools & Training. Its NAICS code is 5192 and its SIC code is 2741.