Zedge


Zedge is a Norwegian website which offers a digital publishing platform that contains a host of digital content including wallpapers, ringtones, video wallpapers, and stickers. The company is evolving by developing new apps run on top of its publishing platform and which focus on the entertainment vertical. Zedge's creators are amateur and professional artists as well as brands that can easily launch a virtual storefront in Zedge allowing them to easily market and sell their content to Zedge's global user base. Zedge's app has been downloaded more than 400 million times, had close to 34 million monthly active users as of July 31, 2019 and has consistently averaged in the ‘Top 60’ most popular free apps in Google Play in the US. IDT Corp. was majority investor in Zedge Holdings, the app's parent company, until mid-2016.
Zedge was named as one of Time's Best 50 Android Apps of 2013.

History

Zedge was founded by Tom Arnøy, Kenneth Sundnes, and Paul Shaw in Norway in 2003. In June 2016, Zedge's parent company was spun off from IDT as a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. As of 2018 it has offices in Trondheim, Vilnius, and New York City.