Gaia, Inc.
Gaia, Inc. is an American media company founded in 1988 by Jirka Rysavy in Louisville, Colorado. It owns and operates Gaia TV, a over-the-top subscription video on-demand service consisting of original and licensed alternative media documentaries. While content on Gaia TV initially focused on yoga, mindfulness, and alternative medicine to complement the company's yoga equipment distribution business, the latter's divestiture led to a greater emphasis on content promoting conspiracy theories and pseudoscience. The service has been criticized and deplatformed from social media platforms including Facebook and YouTube for hosting videos promoting vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories such as the Illuminati, UFOs, and Atlantis.
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
Traded as | Nasdaq: GAIA (Class A) Russell 2000 Component |
| Industry | Video production |
| Founded | 1988 Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
| Founder | Jirka Rysavy |
| Headquarters | Louisville, Colorado , U.S. |
Key people | |
| Revenue | US$66.827 million (fiscal year ending 31 December 2020) |
| US$0.699 million (fiscal year ending 31 December 2020) | |
Net income | US$0.519 million (fiscal year ending 31 December 2020) |
| Total assets | US$110.017 million (fiscal year ending 31 December 2020) |
| Total equity | US$74.235 million (fiscal year ending 31 December 2020) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references | |
As of September 13, 2018 Gaia TV had over 500,000 subscribers in 185 countries.