Sabrang

What Sabrang does

Sabrang is a Mumbai-based digital news and media organization that has operated a specialized publication on human rights, law, justice, and social issues in India since 1993. The platform serves readers interested in civil liberties, communal harmony, Dalit and Adivasi rights, minority protections, and political developments affecting democratic freedoms. Content is produced under thematic verticals including Rights, Law & Justice, Hate & Harmony, Politics, Society, Environment, and Economy, and is delivered in both English (sabrangindia.in) and Hindi (hindi.sabrangindia.in) to extend reach across India's language-diverse audience.

The underlying platform is a multi-format digital publishing operation comprising the SabrangIndia news portal as its core product, supplemented by dedicated video, podcast, and image gallery content modules. The technology stack is a standard digital publishing CMS with multi-language site architecture and social media distribution integration across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and WhatsApp, plus an email newsletter subscription system. The organization maintains a formal grievance redressal mechanism compliant with India's Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, with Mihir Joshi serving as the designated Grievance Officer.

Sabrang's business model is consumer-facing and free-to-reader, with revenue (not publicly disclosed) presumed to derive from digital advertising supported by the site's traffic. The publication operates as a community-led, organic distribution model relying on social channels and newsletter signups rather than paid marketing. A major content alliance with Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) — whose team authors much of the investigative and legal reporting — provides a steady editorial pipeline and embeds Sabrang within India's civil society NGO ecosystem. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, institutional investors, or ownership structure, and headcount is reported in the 11-50 range.

Name

Sabrang

Legal name

Sabrang

Website

https://sabrangindia.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sabrang is a Mumbai-based digital news platform covering human rights, law, justice, and social issues in India. It publishes articles, videos, and podcasts in English and Hindi for readers interested in civil liberties and marginalized community issues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online News & Journalism

NAICS

Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Online News & Magazine Publishing Platforms (CMS & Hosting) (MPAJAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Politics, Current Affairs & Social Commentary Publishing (MPAJAAAM)

Keywords

• Digital news media
• Human rights journalism
• Legal news coverage
• Social justice reporting
• Multi-language publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Digital Advertising: The website displays social media sharing buttons and engages readers through newsletter subscriptions, suggesting an advertising-supported revenue model typical of digital news publications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sabrang (SabrangIndia) operates a digital news publishing platform that delivers journalism on human rights, law and justice, politics, society, environment, and the economy in India. The platform publishes content in both English and Hindi, with a dedicated Hindi-language site alongside the main English portal, and includes multimedia formats such as articles, videos, podcasts, and image galleries.

Product overview

Sabrang operates a digital news and media platform comprising the SabrangIndia news portal as its core product, supplemented by dedicated video, podcast, and image gallery content modules. The platform covers human rights, law, justice, politics, hate and harmony, society, environment, and economy. The site maintains a grievance redressal mechanism as required under India's Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021, with Grievance Officer Mihir Joshi. The organization also publishes content in Hindi through a dedicated Hindi-language version of the site.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SabrangIndia English News Portal
• SabrangIndia Hindi Edition

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP)majorOthersCitizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) is a key content contributor to Sabrang. Multiple articles are authored by the 'CJP Team' covering hate speech cases, legal developments, communal incidents, and human rights violations. CJP appears to use Sabrang as a platform for publishing investigative reports, legal analyses, and calls to action regarding hate crimes and discrimination in India.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Wire: Independent Indian digital news outlet covering politics, rights, and social justice. Directly comparable as a privately operated, ad-supported, English-language investigative platform with a similar audience of rights-focused Indian readers.
• The Caravan: Indian magazine and digital publication focused on long-form journalism on politics, rights, and marginalized communities. Comparable editorial mission and audience, though with longer-form print heritage.
• Newslaundry: Indian digital media outlet known for media criticism and original journalism with a paid membership model. Comparable in being an independent digital news brand targeting engaged, values-driven Indian readers.
• Scroll.in: Digital-first Indian news publication with strong coverage of human rights, marginalized communities, and cultural issues. Highly comparable in editorial scope, audience, and digital publishing model.
• Alt News: Indian fact-checking and news platform focused on misinformation, communal issues, and social justice. Comparable as an independent digital outlet addressing contested narratives in the Indian media landscape.
• The News Minute: Independent Indian digital news outlet focused on under-reported stories from southern states and social issues. Comparable as a niche-driven, digital-first independent news publisher with similar revenue constraints.
• NewsClick: Indian digital news platform covering politics, social movements, and human rights from a critical perspective. Comparable as an independent, opinionated digital news outlet with an activist-aligned audience.
• Counterview: Mumbai-based independent Indian digital news outlet covering civic, political, and rights issues. Highly comparable by geography (Mumbai), editorial scope, and independent digital news model.

Broad incumbents

• Firstpost: Major Indian digital news outlet with general and political coverage. Comparable in being a digital-first news platform serving English-language Indian readers, but with significantly broader scope and scale than Sabrang.
• ThePrint: Larger independent Indian digital news platform covering politics, policy, and rights. Comparable by audience and coverage areas, but operates at significantly greater scale and with broader editorial scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sabrangindia
• YouTubeyoutube.com/sabrangindia
• Facebookfacebook.com/sabrangindia.in

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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