Taboola, a global leader in powering recommendations for the open web, helping people discover things they may like, today announced it has become a publicly listed company trading on Nasdaq under the new ticker symbol “TBLA.”
Taboola joins Nasdaq at a time when online advertising on the open web accounts for more than an estimated $60 billion in spending per year. This market is highly fragmented and has traditionally relied on ad formats such as banner ads, which can lack relevancy and efficacy. Taboola uniquely taps into this estimated $60 billion market through its recommendation platform which renders editorial and paid recommendations natively, in contextually relevant moments, across more than 9,000 of the world’s premium digital properties with which the company has direct relationships and for 13,000 direct advertisers. Taboola’s direct partnerships with digital properties and the value inherent in being an editorial recommendation engine positions the company well in a dynamic privacy environment.
As part of its publisher initiatives, Taboola released several product innovations as well. This included significant enhancements to Taboola Newsroom, enabling publishers to drive subscriptions using Taboola’s advanced A.I. and insights, sourced from its exclusive dataset about readership on the open web. It also announced Taboola Stories, a new way for publishers to engage readers with the familiar captivating “stories” format that users love on social media, and those known to be effective for e-commerce brands.
“Today is a significant milestone for Taboola, one that cements our commitment to power recommendations and be the champion for the open web,” said Adam Singolda, CEO and founder, Taboola. “Tens of thousands of advertisers and publishers have placed their trust in Taboola since we started more than 13 years ago, allowing us to drive success in delivering revenue, engagement and audience growth. I’m so humbled to work with our publisher and advertiser friends and look forward to the years to come. Thank you all for believing in us. As I wrote about in my first quarterly shareholder letter for investors, I’m excited to have incredible investors on our journey — firms like Fidelity, Baron Capital, Federated and others. Most importantly, I’m proud of the thousands of Taboola team members that have made all of our success possible. Thank you to everyone. I love the open web, and there is so much ahead of us – today is just the beginning.”