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Calm is based in the United States and has operations there and in other countries.

Michael Acton Smith History. Calm was founded on May 4, 2012 by Michael Acton Smith and Alex Tew. Tamara Levitt became the Head of Mindfulness in November 2014 and is one of the app's primary narrators. The company generated $22 million in revenue in 2017 and reached an annual revenue run rate of $75 million.

Calm at a Glance This consistently top-rated app provides a rich selection of carefully curated content to promote mental fitness for users. It includes a variety of audio and visual offerings through the app or website. Subscription required for full access. While there are some free offerings, they are minimal.

Launched in 2012 by Alex Tew and Michael Acton Smith, Calm was named by Apple as the 2017 iPhone App of the Year; by Google Play as an “Editors' Choice” in 2018; and found by a major study of 200,000 iPhone users to be “the world's happiest app” – the single app that left users feeling happiest from spending time on it ...

Content played a major role in winning users and investors over. Cofounder Michael Acton Smith said they increased premium content prices to increase revenue and attract potential investors. It worked: Calm raised $218 million in funding. That's the power of content - its ability to turn readers into paying customers.

Our mission is to make the world happier and healthier. We're the #1 app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation, with over 100 million downloads and over 1.5M+ 5-star reviews.

As of 2022, Calm was seeing 66% year-over-year ARR growth. Calm surpassed 100 million downloads as of August 2021. As of 2022, Calm had 4 million paid subscribers, and as of 2023, Calm Business has over 3K customers and provides its services to 20 million workers.

Another driver of Calm's success is their integration of customer feedback into product innovation - something many claim to do, but few do well. To collect (and action on) this feedback, Calm needed a partner who could elicit feedback in an inviting and engaging way.

Calm.com, Inc., doing business as Calm, is a software company based in San Francisco, California.

Calm avoids using Buddhist terminology, such as metta (“loving kindness”) and vipassana (“insight”). It focuses on simple, no-explanation-needed content, and has made a voice-over celebrity out of Tamara Levitt, a Canadian mindfulness teacher who narrates many of its most popular meditations.

Content played a major role in winning users and investors over. Cofounder Michael Acton Smith said they increased premium content prices to increase revenue and attract potential investors. It worked: Calm raised $218 million in funding.