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Top Media companies in San Francisco

Companies producing or distributing news, video, audio, and creator tooling. Filtered to companies headquartered in San Francisco.

Built from a search like: “Top Media companies in San Francisco”

Ranked by current headcount across Media companies headquartered in San Francisco. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    Substack· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 3k employees
    • Founded 2017
  2. 2
    Your MomTM· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 1.5k employees
    • Founded 2022
  3. 3
    Military.com· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 1.1k employees
    • Founded 1999
  4. 4
    CNET· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 1k employees
    • Founded 1994
  5. 5
    CBS Interactive· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 991 employees
    • Founded 2007
  6. 6
    KQED· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Grant
    • 592 employees
    • Founded 1954
  7. 7
    Recode· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 478 employees
    • Founded 2014
  8. 8
    Focus· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 472 employees
    • Founded 2011
  9. 9
    Popsugar· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series unknown
    • 436 employees
    • Founded 2006
  10. 10
    Loom· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series C
    • 289 employees
    • Founded 2016
  11. 11
    Voice123· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Seed
    • 276 employees
    • Founded 2003
  12. 12
    MFD· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 265 employees
    • Founded 2015
  13. 13
    Afar· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Series A
    • 262 employees
    • Founded 2009
  14. 14
    NBC Sports Bay Area & California· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 175 employees
  15. 15
    KRON-TV· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 169 employees
    • Founded 1949
  16. 16
    Current TV· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 135 employees
    • Founded 2002
  17. 17
    Atmosfy· San Francisco, California, United States
    • Seed
    • 130 employees
    • Founded 2022
  18. 18
    Bring a Trailer Media LLC· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 122 employees
    • Founded 2007
  19. 19
    As You Like It· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 116 employees
    • Founded 2010
  20. 20
    GameSpot· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 111 employees
    • Founded 1996
  21. 21
    THIRD EYE· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 111 employees
  22. 22
    Mother Jones· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 110 employees
    • Founded 1976
  23. 23
    Do not use· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 101 employees
    • Founded 2003
  24. 24
    Corporate Bro· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 100 employees
    • Founded 2016
  25. 25
    ReadWrite· San Francisco, California, United States
    • 100 employees
    • Founded 2003

Find engineers at Media companies in San Francisco

San Francisco has long been a hub for Media, and the list above ranks the largest Media companies headquartered there by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 181 matching companies in our index, this is a good map of where the Media talent in San Franciscolives — useful whether you’re recruiting, partnering, or sizing a market.

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Refolk pulled Media companies headquartered in San Francisco from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records, ranked them by current employee count, and kept those with at least 10 employees. The list refreshes once a day.

Last refreshed: Thu, 07 May 2026 10:00:26 GMT

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