Independent media group · since 2010 7 publications and one video studio

Independent in perspective.
Trusted by audiences.

Qalam brings together independent specialist media brands, each built around an active community of readers and followers with a shared interest.

33million
monthly active visitors
79million
pageviews per month
3,450
advertisers to date
Zoomit Meetup, Tehran · 1,100 ticketed attendees
1Our publications· seven titles

Seven publications, seven fields

Each Qalam publication covers one field and has its own newsroom: technology, gaming, travel, automotive, economics, film and shopping guidance. What they share is one editorial standard and one technical platform, built up since 2010.

01 Technology news, product reviews and buying guides, since 2010. 18M monthly visitors 48M pageviews
02 Gaming and entertainment: reviews, video and event coverage. 6.7M visitors 14M pageviews
03 Travel: destination guides, hotels and trip planning. 2.1M visitors 3.4M pageviews
04 Automotive: market news, reviews and industry analysis. 2.7M visitors 8.8M pageviews
05 Economics: markets, money and everyday finance, plainly explained. 2.7M visitors 9M pageviews
06 Film and television: reviews, news and festival coverage. 1.1M visitors 1.9M pageviews
07 Buying guides and price comparison, from shortlist to checkout. 4M visitors 9M pageviews
Fields covered: TechnologyGaming & entertainmentTravel & lifestyleAutomotiveEconomicsCinemaShopping guide
2Numbers· September 2026

The monthly figures, at a glance

All seven publications combined, for September 2026, taken from the group's own analytics.

MAU 33million
monthly active visitors
Unique visitors across the seven publications
Pageviews 79million
pageviews per month
Video 90million
video views per month
Brands 3,450
advertisers since 2010
Reading time 150million hours
spent reading Qalam publications
17,000 years of reading time across Qalam publications
150 million hours

By the group's own analytics, readers have spent close to 150 million hours inside Qalam publications to date. We put that figure beside the traffic numbers because time spent says more about how long readers stay than a click count does.

3Advertisers

3,450 brands and businesses, from startups to international names, have advertised with us

Samsung LG Xiaomi Iran Khodro Snapp Digikala Hamrah-e Avval Mihan IraniCard FlyToday Asiatech Shatel
Snapp Pay Karafarin Bank Wallex Nobitex Snapp Trip Sabavision Mofid Securities Khanoumi Divar Kifpool-e Man Farabi Securities Tapsi Okala Digipay Bank Mellat

Seven publications, one contract

A campaign can run across several specialist publications and their social channels at once, with one team and one report.

Readers on the point of buying

Someone reading a review or a buying guide is in the middle of a decision. An ad here sits beside the content they came for.

A clear performance report

Every campaign gets a report of impressions, clicks and video views, the same numbers we see ourselves.

4Social platforms

Where each publication's audience follows it

Followers per publication, by platform; the bar shows each channel's share. Counts are read from each account's public page.

Zoomit The group's largest social accounts; video on YouTube and Aparat
+1.5M followers
  • Instagram 1M
  • Aparat 209.6K
  • YouTube 176K
  • Telegram 130.3K
  • Bale 107.5K
  • Soroush Plus 75.6K
  • Rubika 30.8K
Zoomg Video-led, on YouTube, Aparat and Instagram
+800K followers
  • Instagram 579K
  • Aparat 189.1K
  • YouTube 89.5K
  • Telegram 85.6K
  • Soroush Plus 44.9K
  • Rubika 44K
  • Bale 26.6K
Kojaro Picture-led, with most of its following on Instagram
~500K followers
  • Instagram 341K
  • Soroush Plus 44.7K
  • Telegram 12.3K
  • Bale 4.5K
  • Rubika 4K
  • YouTube 2.9K
  • Aparat 1.8K
Pedal Instagram and video car reviews
~540K followers
  • Instagram 464K
  • Soroush Plus 45.3K
  • Aparat 41.7K
  • Rubika 11.2K
  • Telegram 11K
  • YouTube 10.9K
  • Bale 5.6K
Zoomon The group's newest title, growing on Bale and Instagram
+100K followers
  • Soroush Plus 43.2K
  • Bale 36.9K
  • Instagram 15K
  • Telegram 7.7K
  • Rubika 4.7K
  • X 132
Filmzi A film-lovers following on Instagram and Soroush Plus
~400K followers
  • Instagram 238K
  • Soroush Plus 46K
  • YouTube 23K
  • Rubika 21.6K
  • Aparat 16.9K
  • Telegram 14.7K
  • Bale 9.4K
A sample of commissioned brand content View counts are shown on each video
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5Audience

Who reads these publications

Z→

From Gen Z to decision-makers

Seven subjects, seven audiences: from a teenager choosing a console to the manager who signs off a purchase.

High purchase intent

A large share of visits land on reviews, comparisons and buying guides, which means the reader is choosing.

21%

21% more trust

Readers come to these publications for an expert view, and that trust carries over to the brand introduced beside it.

Staying power in search

Editorial pieces and advertorials stay in search results and keep being read months and years later, unlike a banner that disappears when the campaign ends.

6In-person events

The same readers, this time in a hall

The Zoomit Meetup and Zoomg's live events, where the publications' online community comes into a hall and sponsor brands meet readers face to face.

Zoomit Meetup · official event photography

The Zoomit Meetup, two editions

Two sold-out editions, with attendees who bought a ticket to be there. For sponsor brands, a direct conversation with readers who chose to come.

1,100 ticketed attendees
2 editions

Zoomg events

The Game Awards, live · Sabamall hall

A group viewing of The Game Awards with a full hall until 3 a.m., and FIFA tournaments with more than two thousand entrants.

+2,000 tournament entrants
3:00 a.m., with a ticket

In short: A reader who comes to a hall at midnight, on a paid ticket, has a relationship with the publication that traffic figures do not show. For commercial sponsors these events are a way to talk to that reader directly, from booths and venue branding to time on stage.

7Platform · video · studio

Publishing and production infrastructure, built in-house

The Forge platform

A publishing platform built for the newsroom

The publishing and content platform the group's own software team has built for the newsroom since 2021, with page speed and SEO as design goals. Today every publication in the group runs on Forge.

An abstract render of the Forge platform's modular architecture
CMS · SEO · CDN
An abstract render of video frames in the in-house player
▶ In-house player
Video and an in-house player

Video, from production to delivery

An in-house player and video infrastructure carrying 90 million views a month. Production, hosting and delivery all stay inside the group.

The Qalam studio

The video and live-broadcast studio

A studio floor, a control room and a product-review set, with multi-camera recording and a live mix. The studio produces editorial video for all seven publications and commissioned content for brands, and handles live broadcast of events.

A wide view of the studio floor with lighting and cameras
Main floor · lighting and multi-camera recording
The control room and live broadcast monitors
Control room · mixing and live broadcast
The set used to shoot product reviews
The product-review set
109TB of footage shot per year
146K photographs per year
10 hours longest continuous live broadcast
28K 4K clips in the archive (20TB)
The official app

ZoomApp

The official Qalam Media Group app: all seven publications in one place, with a feed ordered by what you read.

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8Advertising

Advertising across the Qalam publications

Display, advertorials, native content, video and event sponsorship across seven specialist publications, with a performance report for every campaign.

REACH

Reach

Seven specialist publications and their social accounts on eight platforms, from Instagram and YouTube to Telegram and Bale.

TRUST

Editorial credibility

Sponsored content is always labelled and the newsroom stays independent. That is why readers trust what they read here.

REPORT

Performance report

At the end of every campaign you receive a report of impressions, clicks, video views and traffic to your site.

The campaign path · from awareness to purchase

Four stages, one continuous path

01

Awareness

Display, video and native content across seven publications and their social channels. Your brand appears where readers have come to read.

02

Trust

Product reviews, advertorials and field reports to the newsroom's standard, clearly labelled. Readers know what they are reading, which is why they trust it.

03

Engagement

The Zoomit Meetup, Zoomg's events, busy comment sections and Q&A on social channels: where a brand joins the conversation.

04

Purchase

Buying guides and price comparison on Zoobin, with direct links to the store. The campaign ends at the checkout, and the final report shows it.

Video

  • Product reviews
  • Stand and factory reports
  • Brand stories
  • Video sponsorship

Editorial content

  • Reviews and analysis
  • Reporting and news
  • Advertorials
  • Native content

Multi-channel distribution

  • Telegram, X, Bale, Rubika, Soroush Plus
  • Instagram, YouTube, Aparat
  • Display banners, mobile and desktop
  • Direct links to the store
9History

16 years, seven publications

  1. 2010
    Zoomit

    It begins with Zoomit

    Zoomit starts with technology news and product reviews, and grows into the group's most-read publication.

  2. 2014
    Zoomg

    Zoomg, and the start of video

    Zoomg launches for gaming and entertainment, and the group's first in-house video reviews are published.

  3. 2015
    Kojaro

    Kojaro

    A move into travel. Kojaro now has more than two million monthly visitors.

  4. 2017
    Zoobin

    Zoobin, the buying guide

    Buying guides and price comparison with direct links to stores: the last step from review to purchase.

  5. 2021
    Forge

    The Forge platform and a software team

    An in-house software team is formed and the publications move to Forge, the group's own publishing platform (2021 to 2023).

  6. 2023
    Filmzi

    Filmzi

    The cinema desk splits from Zoomg, and Filmzi launches as a dedicated film and television publication.

  7. 2025
    Zoomon

    Zoomon

    Zoomon launches as the group's economics publication, covering markets and everyday economics for a general reader. The same year, the second Zoomit Meetup draws 1,100 attendees.

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