In order to survive, everything must evolve. The EContent 100 list of companies that matter most in the digital content industry is no exception.
Every year during the voting process, we see how the changing list reflects the way the larger industry is developing. This year, a couple of trends emerged. The first, is the importance of artificial intelligence (AI), which is probably obvious to anyone in the content business. The second is the increasing importance of digital asset management (DAM).
| Company | Category | Executive Summary |
| Acquia, Inc. | WCM | |
| Acquire Media | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Acrolinx GmbH | Content Creation, Content Translation, Localization and Globalization | |
| Act-On Software, Inc. | Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| Adobe Systems, Inc. | WCM, Content Creation, Distribution & Delivery, Online Video | |
| Akamai Technologies | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Apple, Inc. | Mobile Content, Distribution & Delivery | |
| AppNexus, Inc. | Content Commerce | |
| Aptara, Inc. | Content Creation | |
| Aquafadas Sasu, a Rakuten Co. | Mobile Content | |
| Aria Systems, Inc. | Content Commerce | |
| Atex | WCM | |
| Attivio | Analytics | |
| Atypon Systems, Inc. | Content Creation | |
| Automattic, Inc. | WCM, Content Creation | |
| BloomReach | WCM | |
| Brightcove, Inc. | Online Video | |
| Buffer | Social Media | |
| BuzzSumo | Social Media | |
| Ceros, Inc. | Content Creation | |
| Cision US, Inc. | Analytics | |
| Clarabridge | Analytics | |
| Cloudera, Inc. | Big Data | |
| Cloudwords, Inc. | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| COGNITIVESCALE | Big Data | |
| Contentful | WCM | |
| CoreMedia AG | WCM | |
| Crafter Software Corp. | WCM | |
| Crownpeak Technology | WCM | |
| CSOFT International Ltd. | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| Curata, Inc. | Analytics | |
| DNN Corp. | WCM | |
| EBSCO Industries, Inc. | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Empolis Information Management GmbH | Big Data | |
| Ephox | Content Creation | |
| Episerver | WCM | |
| e-Spirit, Inc. | WCM | |
| Evergage, Inc. | Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| Social Media, Online Video | ||
| Frame.io, Inc. | Online Video | |
| Google, Inc. | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization; Analytics | |
| Haivision | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Hootsuite Media, Inc. | Social Media | |
| Hortonworks, Inc. | Big Data | |
| HubSpot, Inc. | Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| IBM | Big Data, Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| Impelsys | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Ingeniux Corp. | WCM | |
| Kenshoo Ltd. | Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| Kentico Software | WCM | |
| Lingotek | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| Social Media | ||
| Lionbridge | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| Lucidworks | Big Data, Analytics | |
| Magnolia International Ltd. | WCM | |
| MarketMuse, Inc. | Content Creation, Analytics | |
| MarkLogic Corp. | Big Data | |
| Moat, Inc. | Analytics | |
| Netflix | Distribution & Delivery | |
| NewsCred | Content Creation | |
| OneSpot | Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| Oracle | Big Data | |
| Perfect Sense, LLC | WCM | |
| ProQuest, LLC | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Pugpig (Kaldor Ltd.) | Mobile Content | |
| Quark Software, Inc. | Content Creation | |
| Realview | Mobile Content | |
| Reprints Desk, Inc. | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Revizzit, LLC | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Sajan | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| Salesforce.com, Inc. | Digital Marketing Technologies, Analytics | |
| SAP SE | Big Data, Analytics | |
| SAS Institute, Inc. | Analytics | |
| SDL PLC | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| Sizmek, Inc. | Mobile Content, Digital Marketing Technologies | |
| Skimlinks | Content Commerce | |
| Smartling, Inc. | Content Translation, Localization & Globalization | |
| Snap, Inc. | Social Media | |
| SPi Global | Analytics | |
| Spotify AB | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Sysomos | Analytics | |
| Taboola | Online Video | |
| Talkwalker, Inc. | Analytics | |
| TechSmith Corp. | Online Video, Content Creation | |
| TERMINALFOUR, Inc. | WCM | |
| The Nielsen Co. LLC | Analytics | |
| TRANSPERFECT, Inc. | Mobile Content | |
| Social Media | ||
| VigLink | Content Commerce | |
| Vimeo, Inc. | Distribution & Delivery | |
| Webtrends | Analytics | |
| welocalize | Content Globalization & Localization | |
| Widen | Digital Marketing Technology | |
| Wistia, Inc. | Online Video | |
| Wochit, Inc. | Online Video | |
| XTM International Ltd. | Content Translation, Localizatio & Globalization | |
| YouAppi | Big Data | |
| YouVisit | Content Creation | |
