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What's POPin: Pops Worldwide raises Series D 

November 3, 2022
POPS Worldwide

Running out of shows to watch? Tune into Pops Worldwide! They're a digital entertainment company with all types of content from music to edutainment kids can enjoy. Now, they've just raised an undisclosed Series D led by Japan's TV Tokyo!

💥 What's POPpin?

Founded in 2008, Pops has over 620M viewers, translating to over 4.6B views monthly. These views all come from content delivered through a broad range of channels—Pops App and social channels. In short, they're everywhere their fans want them to be.

  • Pops App is their platform where they deliver in-house and partner-created content—think Netflix shows for SEA.

They know how to scale social content. Pops Worldwide is winning on YouTube and have 3 diamond buttons (10M subs), 122 gold buttons (1m subs) and 634 silver buttons (100k subs).


🎥 What else can I watch?

They're not just for adults! They've branched out to other verticals as well:

  • Pops Kids and Pops Kids Learn are two brands that create and deliver shows for young ones. Ever seen babies watching shows in restaurants? Yup, these shows were likely made by them! 😱
  • They even went beyond shows and went into comics by creating Pops Comics!

📺 More than just shows

Pops Worldwide has a network of 3,000+ content partners all over the world. The goal? To scale their partner's brand by enhancing their content delivery through their social channels.


🚀 What's next?

After raising their Series D from TV Tokyo, they're hoping to bring more eyeballs toward Japanese live-action series and anime to a Southeast Asian viewership.

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