Spotter

https://www.spotter.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotter-inc/

Spotter is a privately owned company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2019, the company operates in the 'Other media' sector and employs approximately 120 individuals. The company specializes in providing capital, software, and other resources to creators, primarily on YouTube, to help them grow their businesses. It offers upfront payments to creators by licensing the ad revenue from their existing video libraries. Spotter also provides AI-powered tools, known as Spotter Studio, to assist creators with content ideation and planning. The company has invested over $940 million in creators, including individuals such as MrBeast, and has received investment from Amazon.

2024 Revenue

Founded

2019

Headcount

176

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Other media

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

News Summary:

Spotter, a platform that provides tools for content creators to post on YouTube, signed a 17,000-square-foot lease on June 22, 2026, for the entire 14th floor at Thor Equities’ 25 West 39th Street in Midtown Manhattan. This development followed an article published on June 2, 2026, by Spotter CEO Aaron DeBevoise, titled "Not All Reach Is Equal: Why Creator TV Is the New Holy Grail for Engagement," which highlighted the significance of engaged audiences over broad impressions. Previously, on June 1, 2026, Spotter introduced Spotter Scout, a solar-powered uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) designed to bring the company's sensing capabilities to locations where traditional moorings are impractical.

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Spotter offers 2 products in the media and telecoms services and ad tech and services industries. Spotter's product portfolio comprises of advertising, marketing, media agencies and other media.

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Spotter's revenues were less than $250M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Spotter's revenue into 2 different product categories, the largest of which is multi-channel network (MCN). For full access to Spotter's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Sep

23rd

2026

06:30

Emerging Tech, Big Data/Analytics, Marketing and Promotional Activities

Why Spotter Says ‘Creator TV’ Deserves a Seat at the Upfront Table – Beet.TV

Does the advertising industry has a data problem when it comes to creators? Brands want to shift budgets into long-form creator content consumed on connected TVs, but they lack the intelligence to validate where audiences are actually paying attention.

Beet.TV

Jul

28th

2026

06:30

Capital Investment, Partnerships and Alliances, Funding Activities, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Funding, Investments, Partnerships, Mergers and Acquisitions

Raising the stakes

Global investment bank Goldman Sachs reckons the creator economy could be worth $480 billion by 2027. No wonder traditional and non-traditional investors are lining up to back the next generation of talent For much of the past decade, creators have built businesses largely on their own.

Dropmedia (co.uk)

Jul

13th

2026

23:30

Emerging Tech, Funding Activities, Funding

Attention Capital | A Column by Josh Stein - The Living Room Already Changed Hands (Part Two)

Editor's Note This is Part Two of a two-part series on creator content as a mispriced asset class. If you missed Part One — covering YouTube's Nielsen dominance, the CTV viewing shift, and how Samsung, Tubi, and Netflix are already treating creator content as television — read it here first.

Stateofstreaming

Jun

22nd

2026

15:36

Content Creation Platform Spotter Takes 17K SF at Thor’s 25 West 39th Street – Commercial Observer

Upload complete. Spotter, a platform that provides tools to help content creators post on YouTube, has signed a 17,000-square-foot lease at Thor Equities’ 25 West 39th Street in Midtown. SEE ALSO: Changes in Retail Real Estate Nationwide Have Accelerated: Forum The lease spans the entire 14th floor of the 16-story office building one block south of Bryant Park, according to Crain’s New York Business, which first reported the deal.

Commercial Observer

Jun

2nd

2026

06:11

B2B Tag

Not All Reach Is Equal: Why Creator TV Is the New Holy Grail for Engagement

By Aaron DeBevoise, CEO of Spotter Reach is abundant. Media buyers see this play out every quarter: you can purchase impressions at scale across dozens of platforms, hit your GRP targets, and still watch your client’s brand slide past an audience that never looked up from their scroll.

Cynopsis

Jun

1st

2026

01:00

ESG, Robotics, B2B Tag

How Spotter Scout Is Engineered for Months at Sea

A few weeks ago, we introduced Spotter Scout: the mobile version of the Spotter platform, a solar-powered uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) that brings trusted Spotter sensing to locations where moorings aren't practical. That post explained what Scout is and how it fits into the broader Spotter platform.

Sofar Ocean

May

12th

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech, Funding Activities, B2B Tag

Spotter Wins 2026 SU Bernstein Business Plan Competition

SALISBURY, MD---Fitness enthusiasts may be one step closer to having a personal trainer in their pocket thanks to Spotter, the corrective exercise virtual training app that earned the top prize in Salisbury University’s annual Bernstein Business Plan Competition.

Salisbury University

Apr

28th

2026

18:30

Emerging Tech

Creators aren’t influencers and marketers are still getting this wrong, says Spotter's CRO

The result is an industry optimized for interruption – quick hits of content designed to stop the scroll. But as Kennedy suggests, when The Drum chatted with her at Possible, that same model has also flattened how marketers think about creators, reducing them to distribution channels rather than entertainment ecosystems.

The Drum

Apr

12th

2026

18:30

Big Data/Analytics

Dropping Buoys Into Cyclones: How Queensland Monitors 7,000 km of Coastline

Protecting Communities Across a Cyclone-Prone CoastlineQueensland's coastline stretches roughly 7,000 kilometers, from the tropical Gulf of Carpentaria to the subtropical Gold Coast. Tropical cyclones threaten communities along its length every season. When a storm approaches, emergency managers need real-time wave and storm surge data to predict which towns face flooding and whether evacuations are necessary.

Sofar Ocean

Apr

2nd

2026

06:43

Emerging Tech

Spotter's data reveals 6,600 YouTube creators now rival prime-time TV in reach

Spotter last week published a 33-page research report that formally defines and sizes what it calls "Creator TV" - a category of episodic, long-form programming on YouTube and other platforms that the company argues now operates at a scale comparable to traditional broadcast and cable television.

PPC Land

Mar

26th

2026

18:30

Capital Investment, Emerging Tech

Is YouTube Taking Over Traditional TV?

By Kayla DeKraker YouTube creators are taking over the TV space as they produce content that looks and feels like regular television, changing how people watch and how companies advertise. According to a report from Spotter, there are 6,600 “creator TV” channels on YouTube in the US producing long-form content, similar to traditional television.

Movieguide

Mar

25th

2026

11:39

Capital Investment, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

YouTube’s Creator Economy Is About to Rival Traditional Television — And Wall Street Should Be Paying Attention

The numbers are staggering, and they’re no longer projectable fantasies cooked up by Silicon Valley optimists. According to a new report from Spotter, the YouTube creator financing company, the platform’s top creators are on pace to command audiences that rival — and in some cases exceed — those of traditional broadcast and cable television networks by 2026.

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Spotter's customers primarily consist of media and TV services and other media companies. Examples of Spotter's customers include Critical Role, 2nd Try and Dude Perfect.