Prabhat Khabar

What Prabhat Khabar does

Prabhat Khabar (legal entity: NPHL) is a privately held Hindi-language digital news platform founded in 1984 and headquartered in Ranchi, India. The company operates a multi-format digital news publishing platform delivering text, video, photo galleries, short-form videos (Shorts), curated briefings (News Snap), and utility modules including a weather service and an extensive financial calculators suite. Its content spans national, international, business, entertainment, sports, religion, astrology, education, and lifestyle categories, with deepest regional focus on Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh and dedicated city-level coverage for tier-2/tier-3 markets such as Patna, Ranchi, Kolkata, Dhanbad, Deoghar, and Jamshedpur.

The platform reaches Hindi-speaking audiences across 13 Indian states through its website (prabhatkhabar.com), Android and iOS mobile applications, a WhatsApp Channel, and X (Twitter). A digital ePaper service offers regional editions for Gaya, Patna, Ranchi, Kolkata, Dhanbad, Deoghar, Bhagalpur, Jamshedpur, and Muzaffarpur on an annual subscription billing cadence, while most news content remains freely accessible under a freemium model with a 'Prabhat Khabar Premium' paid tier.

The company employs 501-1000 people and generates revenue primarily through digital advertising (display and contextual placements) and recurring ePaper/premium subscriptions. No funding rounds, M&A activity, partnerships, or PE/VC backing are disclosed. Leadership comprises founder Gayan Ranjan. Revenue, ownership structure, and detailed corporate history are not publicly disclosed in available source material.

Name

Prabhat Khabar

Legal name

NPHL

Website

https://prabhatkhabar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Prabhat Khabar is a privately held, Ranchi-headquartered Hindi-language digital news platform founded in 1984, serving Hindi-speaking audiences across 13 Indian states via website, mobile apps, ePaper, and WhatsApp, with revenue from digital advertising and ePaper subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ranchi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Digital Advertising: The website prominently features advertisement placements (विज्ञापन) throughout its pages, generating revenue from display and contextual advertising targeted to its Hindi-speaking readership across multiple content categories.
2. ePaper Subscription: Digital ePaper subscription service providing access to the newspaper in digital format, available for multiple regional editions including Patna, Ranchi, Kolkata, Dhanbad, Deoghar, Bhagalpur, Jamshedpur, and Muzaffarpur.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Prabhat Khabar is a Hindi-language digital news platform that publishes regional, national, and international news across categories including politics, business, sports, entertainment, technology, religion, and lifestyle, with deep state-level coverage of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh. The platform offers a freemium model with free general news access and a paid digital ePaper subscription across multiple regional editions (Patna, Ranchi, Kolkata, Dhanbad, Deoghar, Bhagalpur, Jamshedpur, Muzaffarpur, Gaya). Revenue is generated primarily through digital advertising on the website and ePaper subscription fees.

Product overview

Prabhat Khabar is a Hindi-language digital news platform organized as a single unified product with multiple content delivery modules. The core platform provides regional news coverage for Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh, supplemented by national, international, sports, entertainment, business, and lifestyle content. Supporting modules include the ePaper digital newspaper, mobile apps for Android and iOS, a weather service, financial calculators suite, and short-form content features (News Snap and Shorts).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Prabhat Khabar Premium: Premium subscription tier offering exclusive content

Products and services

• Prabhat Khabar Digital News Platform

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Amar Ujala: Major Hindi-language newspaper with strong presence in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and other northern states, with an active digital news site. Closely comparable as a regional Hindi digital news publisher with similar audience and ad-supported business model.
• News18 Hindi: Hindi-language digital news platform of Network18. Comparable as a multi-state Hindi digital news publisher offering news, opinion, and video content supported by advertising.
• Aaj Tak: India's leading Hindi news TV channel and digital news platform. Comparable as a Hindi-language digital news publisher covering national, regional, and breaking news with heavy advertising reliance.
• Dainik Jagran: India's largest Hindi-language newspaper group with a parallel digital platform (Jagran.com) serving Hindi-speaking audiences nationally. Directly comparable as a Hindi regional-language digital news publisher with advertising and subscription revenue models.
• Navbharat Times: Hindi-language newspaper and digital news site owned by Bennett Coleman & Co. Directly comparable as a Hindi digital news platform serving Hindi-speaking audiences with multi-format content.
• Hindustan Dainik: Hindi newspaper published by HT Media with corresponding digital platform Live Hindustan. Directly comparable as a Hindi digital news publisher covering multiple states with advertising and subscription revenue streams.
• Jansatta: Hindi newspaper and digital platform published by The Indian Express Group. Comparable as a Hindi digital news publisher offering multi-category content with advertising-driven revenue.

Emerging players

• InShorts: Short-form news aggregation app providing 60-word news summaries in Hindi and English. Comparable in the digital Hindi news space as an emerging player using a different format (short-form) but competing for the same Hindi digital news audience and ad spend.

Regional players

• Punjab Kesari: Hindi-language newspaper group with strong presence in Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh, plus a digital platform. Comparable as a regional Hindi digital news publisher with a similar localized coverage model.

Broad incumbents

• Dainik Bhaskar: Largest circulated newspaper group in India (Hindi and other languages) with extensive digital properties. Comparable as a large Hindi digital news publisher with broader geographic reach and more diversified revenue base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/prabhatkhabar
• Facebookfacebook.com/prabhat.khabar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/prabhat-khabar-neutral-publishing-house-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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