# Calm

> Calm is a San Francisco-based mental wellness company best known for its meditation and sleep app, which pairs guided meditations, celebrity-narrated Sleep Stories, music and soundscapes into a subscription product. Founded in 2012 by Michael Acton Smith and Alex Tew, Calm has grown from a simple 'do nothing for two minutes' web experiment into one of the most downloaded wellness apps in the world, expanding into employer benefits (Calm Business) and a clinical mental-health platform (Calm Health) reaching tens of millions of people.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Michael Acton Smith (Co-founder & Co-CEO (previously founder of Mind Candy / Moshi Monsters)), Alex Tew (Co-founder (creator of the Million Dollar Homepage and 'Do Nothing for 2 Minutes'))
- **Team size:** ~400-410 employees
- **Products:** Calm (consumer app), Sleep Stories, Daily Calm, Calm Business, Calm Health
- **Notable:** Apple App of the Year 2017, One of the first wellness apps to reach a $1B and later $2B valuation, 150M+ downloads worldwide

## Products & services

- **Calm (consumer app)** — Subscription meditation and sleep app offering guided meditations, the Daily Calm, breathing exercises, music and soundscapes.
- **Sleep Stories** — Bedtime stories for adults narrated by celebrities such as Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba, Harry Styles, Jennifer Garner and LeBron James.
- **Daily Calm** — A new 10-minute guided meditation released every day, a signature habit-forming feature.
- **Calm Business** — Employer-facing offering that provides Calm subscriptions and mental-health resources as a workplace benefit to 4,000+ organizations.
- **Calm Health** — Clinical, payer- and provider-distributed mental-health platform seeded by the 2022 acquisition of Ripple Health Group, reaching 39M+ covered lives.

## Achievements

- Apple App of the Year 2017
- One of the first wellness apps to reach a $1B and later $2B valuation
- 150M+ downloads worldwide
- Reached $596.4M revenue in 2024
- Built a 300+ title Sleep Stories library featuring major celebrities
- Scaled Calm Health to 39M+ covered lives

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Solera Health launched an intervention-based Behavioral Health network with Calm Health and Lyra Health as launch partners.
- **2026-01** — Calm Health joined the Solera network, expanding access to mental-health support for 16M+ additional individuals.
- **2025-10** — Launched the Calm Lifestyle hub bundling partner content from brands like Nissan, AllTrails and TRIP.
- **2025-09** — Launched a standalone Calm Sleep app with a separate Calm Sleep Premium subscription at $69.99/year.

## Links

- Website: https://www.calm.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/calm-com
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/calm
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/calm
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calm/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calm/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@calm

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Last updated: 2026-06-10