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Yahoo Finance
Type of site
News & finance
Headquarters
New York City, New York
,
USA
OwnerYahoo Inc.
Created byYahoo
Key peopleTapan Bhat (President and General Manager)[1]
URLfinance.yahoo.com
IPv6 supportYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedJanuary 19, 1997; 28 years ago (1997-01-19)
Current statusActive

Yahoo Finance is a media property that is part of the Yahoo network. It provides financial news, data and commentary including stock quotes, press releases, financial reports, and original content. It also offers online tools for personal finance management, including portfolio tracking,[2] interactive charts,[3][4] and stock screening.[5] In addition to posting paid partner content from other web sites, it posts original stories by its team of staff journalists. Comscore ranked Yahoo Finance as the number 1 most popular financial news and research site in 2008,[6] a ranking it has continued to maintain[7][8] as of May 2024.[9] As of April 2024, the site had approximately 150 million monthly active users.[10]

In 2017, Yahoo Finance added the feature to look at news surrounding cryptocurrency.[11]

Yahoo Finance video programs have been made available via connected TVs and devices, including Apple TV, Samsung TV Plus, YouTube, Amazon Freevee, and DirecTV.[12][13][14][15]

History

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In 2001, Yahoo Finance launched a subscription service providing access to real-time stock quotes; quotes on the free service were provided on a 20-minute delay.[16][17] The site stopped using ticker information from Reuters in favor of direct feeds from major U.S. exchanges in 2005.[18] A 2006 redesign introduced interactive charts to the site,[3] and it began offering free real-time stock quotes in 2008.[19] In 2012, Yahoo Finance began a content-sharing partnership with CNBC,[20] following a similar partnership with ABC News the previous year.[21] In February 2016, Comscore reported that Yahoo Finance had 78 million monthly active users.[22]

Yahoo Finance began providing live video content in 2017[23] and added more video programming in 2018.[24] Apollo Global Management acquired Yahoo in 2021, stating an aim to grow the Yahoo Finance business.[25] In August 2023, Yahoo acquired CommonStock, a San Francisco-based social platform for retail investors to share insights based on their linked brokerage accounts.[26] The site introduced a redesign in November 2023.[27]

Recognition

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The Yahoo Finance app was a Webby Award honoree in 2017,[28] and Yahoo Finance was an honoree in 2022.[29] In 2023 and 2024, the New York Press Club gave Yahoo Finance awards for journalism.[30][31]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Spangler, Todd (May 9, 2022). "Yahoo Hires Tapan Bhat as GM of Finance Vertical, in Tech Veteran's Return to Company (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Mitchell, John. "How to Manage a Yahoo Portfolio". Chron. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Mills, Elinor (July 17, 2006). "Yahoo Finance gets a face-lift". CNET. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Yahoo Finance Gets New Features". CIO. 17 July 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  5. ^ Mladjenovic, Paul (May 13, 2020). "The Yahoo! Finance Stock Screening Tool". Dummies. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  6. ^ "Yahoo! Finance Ranks as Top Financial News & Research Site in the U.S. with More than 18 Million Visitors in May, According to Comscore". Comscore, Inc. (Press release). July 9, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  7. ^ Stelter, Brian (June 13, 2012). "To Bolster Web Reach, CNBC Joins With Yahoo". The New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  8. ^ "Who's winning at business news on the Web". Digiday. May 26, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  9. ^ Roush, Chris (June 18, 2024). "Yahoo Finance gains on competitors in May". Talking Biz News. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  10. ^ Sullivan, Laurie (April 15, 2024). "Yahoo Finance Expands Content For Investors, Advertisers Too". MediaPost. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  11. ^ "Cryptocurrency List & Prices, Top Cryptocurrencies - Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  12. ^ Briel, Robert (December 14, 2018). "Yahoo Finance launches Apple TV app". Broadband TV News. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  13. ^ Clover, Julian (November 17, 2023). "Samsung TV Plus reports massive growth in viewership". Broadband TV News. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  14. ^ "Yahoo Announces Revamp of Yahoo Finance Video Programming". Aussie Osbourne. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  15. ^ "How to watch and listen to Yahoo Finance". Yahoo Finance. June 21, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  16. ^ Banbury, Louise (April 3, 2001). "Yahoo! to charge for stock quotes". Campaign UK. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  17. ^ "Yahoo! Misses On Financial Services". Forbes. April 3, 2001. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  18. ^ Hu, Jim (January 30, 2005). "Yahoo to feed its own stock ticker service". CNET. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  19. ^ Shankland, Stephen (June 2, 2008). "Google, WSJ, CNBC get real-time Nasdaq stock quotes on the Web". CNET. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  20. ^ Stelter, Brian (June 13, 2012). "To Bolster Web Reach, CNBC Joins With Yahoo". The New York Times. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  21. ^ Halzack, Sarah (May 20, 2023). "Yahoo, CNBC team up for financial news coverage". Washington Post. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  22. ^ Castillo, Michelle (6 April 2016). "How Yahoo is trying to save its media business". CNBC. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  23. ^ Patel, Sahil (April 19, 2017). "In leaner approach, Yahoo Finance pushes live streams over scripted series". Digiday. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  24. ^ Fischer, Sara; Primack, Dan (July 31, 2018). "Scoop: Yahoo Finance launching live video streaming network this year". Axios. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  25. ^ Richard, Waters; Fontanella-Khan, James; Germano, Sara (May 4, 2021). "Apollo believes its Yahoo revival plan can succeed where others failed". Financial Times. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  26. ^ Bloomberg, Sara (August 24, 2023). "Yahoo buys San Francisco social finance startup". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  27. ^ Sullivan, Laurie (November 7, 2023). "Yahoo Finance Redesigns, Reduces Available Ad Units". MediaPost. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  28. ^ "Yahoo Finance app". The Webby Awards. 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  29. ^ "Yahoo Finance". The Webby Awards. 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  30. ^ "Roger Sollenberger of the Daily Beast Wins New York Press Club's Gold Keyboard Award for 2023; North Shore Leader Wins Gabe Pressman Truth to Power Award for George Santos Revelations; Winners Announced in 30+ Categories" (PDF). New York Press Club. 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  31. ^ "2024 Gold Keyboard Award to Spectrum News NY1 Team for Story on Child Welfare Deaths in New York Full Slate of Journalism Awards Announced - The New York Press Club". New York Press Club. May 13, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
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