Tebyan

What Tebyan does

Tebyan (تبیان) is a Tehran-based cultural and artistic institute (موسسه فرهنگی و هنری تبیان) founded in 2002 that operates as a content-first digital media platform serving Iranian families and individuals. The organization runs the tebyan.net portal spanning 15+ content categories — including women and family, social issues, children and youth, health, nutrition, religion, culture, economics, politics, and technology — distributed across articles, audio, video, infographics, podcasts, photo journals, and AI-generated content. Tebyan has built a vertically integrated ecosystem of six companion sub-brands targeting distinct family life-cycle needs: Hamdam (marriage), Kodoumo (family media reviews), Ravaq (education), Bamazi (gaming), Tekyeh (Husseiniyah/religious content at tekye.net), and Porsan (Q&A). The self-claimed largest religious audio/video archive in Iran is a core content asset, and the platform maintains active presences on all major Iranian social and messaging networks (Telegram, Instagram, YouTube, Aparat, Shad, Rubika, Soroush, Baleh, Eitaa).

Name

Tebyan

Legal name

موسسه فرهنگی و هنری تبیان

Website

https://tebyan.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Tebyan (تبیان) is a Tehran-based cultural institute operating a family-oriented digital media platform, serving Iranian consumers with religious, cultural, health, and lifestyle content across its website and six companion apps including Hamdam, Tekyeh, and Kodoumo.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Family Media and Content

NAICS

Broadcasting and Content Providers (516), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPABALAM

Religious Education, Kids & Family Faith Programming

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Broadcasting (TV & Radio)/Religious/Faith-Based Broadcasting

Keywords

• Family content platform
• Religious media
• Digital publishing
• Multimedia content
• Family lifestyle media

Headquarters

HQ city

tehran, Tehran

HQ country

Iran

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Services (Pishvaz): Subscription-based audio and video content services branded as 'آوای پیشواز' (Pishvaz Audio) and 'رادیو پیشواز' (Pishvaz Radio), providing religious and cultural content on demand.
2. Digital Advertising: Display advertising placements across the Tebyan website and partner networks, including banner ads and promotional content slots.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tebyan publishes a comprehensive Persian-language multimedia content library across 15+ family-focused categories (women and family, children and youth, health, nutrition, religion, culture, economics, politics, technology) on its website tebyan.net and companion mobile apps. It complements this content with subscription ringback-tone and audio services (Pishvaz) and a family-oriented app ecosystem covering marriage guidance (Hamdam), family media reviews (Kodoumo), education (Ravaq), family gaming (Bamazi), Shia religious content (Tekyeh), and Q&A (Porsan).

Product overview

Tebyan is a comprehensive family assistance platform organized as a unified portal with multiple specialized service categories and affiliated sub-brands. The platform covers broad content areas including Women & Family, Social Issues, Children & Youth, Health, Nutrition & Cooking, Religion & Thought, Men, Culture, Economics, Politics, Technology, and Media. It operates several named sub-brands (Hamdam for marriage, Kodoumo for media reviews, Ravaq for education, Bamazi for entertainment, Tekyeh for religious content, Porsan for Q&A) and offers supplementary services such as ringback tones (Pishvaz) and music streaming. The architecture is a content aggregation model with category-specific navigation rather than a modular software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• همدم (Hamdam): Marriage and family companion app for conscious marriage selection and stable relationships.
• کدومو (Kodoumo)
• رواق (Ravaq)
• بامازی (Bamazi)
• تکیه (Tekyeh)
• پرسان (Porsan)

Products and services

• Hamdam (همدم) Marriage and family life companion app providing conscious partner selection and sustainable marriage guidance for Iranian families.
• Kodoumo (کدومو) Family media assistant providing reviews and guidance on TV series, films, animations, books, and games suitable for families.
• Ravaq (رواق) Family educational assistant providing academic support and learning guidance for children and youth.
• Bamazi (بامزی) Family entertainment assistant focused on games and recreational activities suitable for children and families.
• Tekyeh (تکیه) Shia Husseiniyah platform providing religious audio and video content including playlists, audio clips, and video performances for mourning ceremonies across Iran.
• Avaye Pishvaz (آوای پیشواز) Subscription-based ringback-tone audio service for mobile phones, providing religious and cultural content on demand.
• Radio Pishvaz (رادیو پیشواز) Subscription-based radio ringback-tone service for mobile phones, providing religious and cultural audio content.
• Newsic (نیوزیک) Music and audio content service delivered through the Tebyan platform.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• همدم (Hamdam)coreOthersCompanion mobile app focused on conscious partner selection and sustainable marriage. Offered as part of the Tebyan family ecosystem, targeting the same audience segment.
• کدومو (Kodoumo)coreOthersFamily media assistant app providing reviews and guidance on TV series, films, animations, books, and games for families. Integrated into Tebyan's content ecosystem.
• روواق (Ravaq)coreOthersFamily educational assistant app (ravaqschool.ir) providing academic and educational support, linked to Tebyan's children/youth content section.
• بامازی (Bamazi)minorOthersFamily gaming and entertainment assistant app (bamazifamily.com) providing child-appropriate gaming content, integrated into Tebyan's children/youth section.
• تکیه (Tekye)coreOthersHusseiniyah (mourning/religious event) platform (tekye.net) positioned as 'a Husseiniyah as vast as Iran,' providing audio and video religious content including playlists, audio clips, and video performances for mourning ceremonies.
• پرسان (Porsan)minorOthersQ&A platform (porsan.ir) enabling easy question-and-answer interactions, linked from Tebyan's website for user inquiries.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Namava: Iranian video streaming platform offering films, series, and original content. Competes with Tebyan for family entertainment attention and subscription revenue in the same Iranian market.
• Radio Zamaneh: Persian-language independent media outlet producing news, analysis, and cultural content. Comparable to Tebyan as a Persian-language content platform, though operating outside Iran with a more secular/political editorial line.
• Filimo: Major Iranian subscription video-on-demand service. Directly competes with Tebyan's video content and Pishvaz subscription services for Iranian household viewing time and subscription wallet share.
• Aparat: Iran's leading domestic video-sharing platform, sharing Tebyan's Iranian-language audience and video distribution role. Tebyan itself maintains an Aparat channel, making it both a peer and a distribution surface.

Broad incumbents

• Islam Channel: UK-based Islamic faith broadcaster with linear TV and on-demand digital content. Comparable to Tebyan's faith-based broadcasting and multimedia ambitions, with overlapping audience in Muslim family/religious programming.
• EWTN: Largest Catholic media network in the world, spanning TV, radio, news, and digital publishing. Comparable to Tebyan as a faith-based multimedia content platform with a vertically integrated family/education offering.
• Daystar Television Network: Faith-based broadcaster with TV, digital, and on-demand content targeting Christian families. Comparable to Tebyan's integrated broadcast-plus-digital family-religious content strategy across multiple distribution channels.
• BBC Persian: Major international Persian-language broadcaster and digital publisher. Competes with Tebyan for the Iranian/Persian-speaking audience across news, lifestyle, and cultural content, with significantly larger production resources.

Emerging players

• Islamicity: English-language Islamic content portal offering articles, Q&A, and multimedia. Comparable to Tebyan's religious content mission and multi-format publishing approach, though operating in English rather than Persian.
• Muslim Central: Online audio library of Islamic lectures, recitations, and religious content. Directly comparable to Tebyan's Pishvaz audio/radio subscription services and its claim to host the largest religious audio archive in Iran.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@TebyanOnline?sub_confirmation=1
• Instagraminstagram.com/tebyanonline_
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tebyan-institue

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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