Beautiful News

https://www.beautifulnews.com/
Beautiful News South Africa is a leading good news platform in South Africa. With every year the platform has expanded its diversity of content, furthered reach, and targeted out-of-home partners to cement brand recognition. - Beautiful News has documented over 1 700 people, sharing their passion, creativity, persistence, strength, and hope. Their stories have in turn inspired countless others and offers of help have poured in from all over the world - Beautiful News’ social channels have garnered over 2.3 million loyal and engaged followers. People want these stories - Beautiful News films have been viewed 594 million times and counting - There has been more than 4.6 billion opportunities to be seen, a remarkable reach for a project like this

Source: Code for Africa

Last updated date: July 2026

Location:
Cape Town, South Africa
Year the organization started publishing:
2016
Languages:
English
Type of coverage:
National

Content

Editorial coverage:
Generalist, focused on multiple topics
Type of content produced by theme:
Science
Education
Environment
Technology
Sports
Economy and business
Lifestyle
Health and well-being
Entertainment and culture
Society and human rights
Entrepreneurship
Journalism genres:
Interviews and reporting
Narrative journalism
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Engaged, community-driven or participatory journalism
Explanatory journalism
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Social media platforms
Podcast
YouTube
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
2,200,000
Instagram number of followers:
55,000
YouTube number of followers:
2,006

Management and team

Founders

Female:
0
Male:
1
Founders:
Adrian Steirn
Directors:

Team

Full-time employees:
6
Part-time employees:
3
Freelancers or consultants:
3
Volunteers:
0

Business structure and revenue sources

Organization tax status:
Non-profit

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