Headspace records 1,686,204 monthly visits with +4.3% month-over-month growth and Free Trial, Paid pricing. Shortform records 847,045 monthly visits with -4.5% growth and Freemium pricing.
Science-backed meditation, sleep and mental health support in one app
In-depth guides that help you actually master non-fiction
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | headspace.com | shortform.com |
| Pricing Model | Free Trial, Paid | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 1.69M (1,686,204) | 847.05K (847,045) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +69.88K (+4.3%) | -39.67K (-4.5%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (43%) | 🇺🇸 United States (49.9%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 836.71K | 146.14K |
| User Rating | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Science-backed meditation, sleep and mental health support in one app
1,000+ expert-led meditations, courses and mindfulness exercises spanning beginner basics, everyday calm, work focus and parenting.
Wind-downs, sleepcasts, soundscapes, sleep music and white noise designed to help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep.
Access to trained mental health coaches and online therapy, with additional psychiatry services available through employer and health plan programs.
An in-app AI companion that learns your preferences and recommends personalized content based on how you feel and what you want to work on.
In-depth guides that help you actually master non-fiction
More than 12,000 book guides, 1,000+ article and topic guides, and podcast breakdowns, with new titles added weekly.
Guides are written with smart analysis and opinionated commentary, so you engage with ideas rather than skim a trimmed abstract.
Every guide has full audio narration and supports offline listening, so commutes and workouts are study time.
Follow your subscription on desktop, iOS or Android, with highlights, notes, PDF downloads and reading lists that travel with you.
SpecialistOpenAI's flagship multimodal assistant powered by GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 for reasoning, coding, and deep research.
SpecialistOpenAI's flagship multimodal assistant powered by GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 for reasoning, coding, and deep research.
SpecialistFocuses on science-backed functional music for sleep and focus rather than traditional guided meditation courses.
SpecialistFocuses on science-backed functional music for sleep and focus rather than traditional guided meditation courses.
Provides concise 15-minute nonfiction book summaries with audio, but lacks the deep analytical guides and cross-book syntheses of Shortform.
Provides concise 15-minute nonfiction book summaries with audio, but lacks the deep analytical guides and cross-book syntheses of Shortform.
SpecialistFree psychological tests with an AI mental coach who explains your results
SpecialistFree psychological tests with an AI mental coach who explains your results
Offers readable digests and audiobooks of popular titles, but provides less comprehensive analytical breakdowns than Shortform.
Offers readable digests and audiobooks of popular titles, but provides less comprehensive analytical breakdowns than Shortform.
Provides conversational AI emotional support and therapist matching, rather than self-guided mindfulness programs.
Provides conversational AI emotional support and therapist matching, rather than self-guided mindfulness programs.
Converts books into personalized audio micro-lessons, but focuses more on bite-sized learning than deep conceptual study guides.
Converts books into personalized audio micro-lessons, but focuses more on bite-sized learning than deep conceptual study guides.
SpecialistTurn podcast listening into lasting knowledge
SpecialistTurn podcast listening into lasting knowledge
SpecialistEmphasizes reflective journaling and emotional pattern tracking over structured mindfulness audio tracks.
SpecialistEmphasizes reflective journaling and emotional pattern tracking over structured mindfulness audio tracks.
SpecialistOffers private AI journal coaching for personal growth, but omits guided sleep stories and meditation exercises.
SpecialistOffers private AI journal coaching for personal growth, but omits guided sleep stories and meditation exercises.
Provides structured cognitive behavioral chat support, but lacks Headspace's extensive library of sleepcasts and guided meditation.
Provides structured cognitive behavioral chat support, but lacks Headspace's extensive library of sleepcasts and guided meditation.
SpecialistBlends journaling with emotional analysis and mental models, but lacks Headspace's broad wellness content library.
SpecialistBlends journaling with emotional analysis and mental models, but lacks Headspace's broad wellness content library.
