Refresher is a news and lifestyle media outlet aiming to educate, entertain, and inform a young audience, making their picture of the world less black and white.

They claim to be the voice of the modern generation. The team is open-minded, progressive, and environmentally-friendly, with values that include tolerance, truth, non-violence, ecology, sustainability, and support for local businesses and artists.

The newsroom publishes news, features, interviews, and opinion pieces across politics, business, culture, technology, fashion, gastronomy, and sports.

Furthermore, the newsroom reviews products and publishes general news on essential topics. Refresher offers quality journalism by several respected journalists in the newsroom or by external collaborators.

Refresher has grown significantly in recent years, especially in terms of employees but also in audience and quality.

Source: Oasis Europe

Last updated date: November 2025

Location:
Bratislava, Slovakia
Year the organization started publishing:
2013
Languages:
English
Czech
Hungarian
Slovak
Type of coverage:
International
Countries of coverage:
Albania
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom

Content

Editorial coverage:
Generalist, focused on multiple topics
Type of content produced by theme:
Science
Entertainment and culture
Sports
Economy and business
Entrepreneurship
Economy and finance
Journalism industry
Education
Lifestyle
Law and crime
Environment
Politics
Health and well-being
Society and human rights
Gender
Feminism
LGBTIQ+
Ethnic minorities
Religious minorities
DEIA: Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility
Refugees
Migration
War crimes and transitional justice
Technology
Journalism genres:
Reviews
Interviews and reporting
Opinion
Investigative journalism
Narrative journalism
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Breaking news
Live coverage of events
Data journalism
Solutions or constructive journalism
Engaged, community-driven or participatory journalism
Explanatory journalism
Cross-border journalism
Collaborative journalism
Fact-checking
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Blog
Newsletter
Social media platforms
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Tiktok
LinkedIn
Snapchat
Podcast
YouTube
Mobile app
Primary tech platform or medium used to publish content:
Website

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
346,325
Instagram number of followers:
375,000
YouTube number of followers:
187,000
Tiktok number of followers:
55,800

Management and team

Founders

Female:
0
Male:
2
Founders:
Gábor Boros, Filip Vajda
Directors:
Gábor Boros, Patrik Války, Filip Vajda, Matúš Baňovič, Samuel Majdek, Sára Sarvašová, Martin Honko

Team

Full-time employees:
60
Part-time employees:
10
Freelancers or consultants:
2
Volunteers:
0

Business structure and revenue sources

Organization tax status:
For-profit
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Grants
Advertising
Consultancy services
Content services for others
Audience support / reader revenue
Other
Grants from private donor organisations
Grants from Meta
Google Adsense
Programmatic ad networks
Affiliate advertising
Branded content or native advertising
Local advertising sold by own team
National advertising sold by own team
Advertising sold by an external agency
Advertising for local governmental entities
Event sponsorships
YouTube channel income
Services for clients and other private corporations
Product development and sales
Technology development services
Content development for other media
Content development for other non-journalistic companies
Website subscriptions
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
Branded content or native advertising
The second most important revenue source reported:
National advertising sold by own team
Others revenue sources:
merchadising

Transparency

Publishes information about annual revenue
Has an ethics policy / manual
Publishes an ethics policy / manual
Has a data privacy policy
Publishes a data privacy policy
Doesn’t have a whistleblower policy
Has a complaints policy
Publishes a complaints policy
Doesn’t have a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy
Is signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative, or part of a press association
Publishes up to date information about its team

Why is this profile included?

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