SparkPeople
{{Short description|Former healthy-living website and apps}}
{{Infobox company
| name = SparkPeople, Inc.
| logo = Sparkpeople.svg
| type = Private
| founder = Chris Downie
| foundation = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. (2000)
| location_city = Cincinnati, Ohio
| location_country = U.S.
| industry = Internet, Health, Weight loss
| homepage = [http://www.sparkpeople.com/ www.SparkPeople.com]
}}
SparkPeople was an American private company which developed and maintained several healthy living websites and mobile apps.{{cite web | title = SparkPeople Mobile Applications – iPhone and Android Diet and Recipe Apps | url = http://www.sparkpeople.com/mobile-apps.asp | accessdate = 2017-01-17}}
SparkPeople operated sparkpeople.com, which offered a free four-stage diet program which used tools, content, and support to help users make lifestyle changes, and sparkRecipes.com, which allowed users the ability to catalog, rate, and share recipes, especially healthy recipes, and gave users the nutritional information about their recipes. It also offered the ability to add these recipes to their daily food log on SparkPeople.
On August 17, 2021, SparkPeople permanently closed all their current websites and apps. The reason given was decreased viability of ad supported platforms and increased competition from big companies.{{cite web | title = This Isn't Goodbye, SparkFriends--It's A New Beginning | url = https://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/wellness_articles.asp?id=2659 | accessdate = 2022-01-01}}
Reception
In January 2013, Consumer Reports assessed nine DIY diet plans and ranked SparkPeople 4th, behind MyFitnessPal, the Paleo diet, and the Mediterranean diet.{{cite press release | url = http://www.consumerreports.org/media-room/press-releases/2013/01/my-entry-2 |title = Consumer Reports Rates Diet Plans: MyFitnessPal, A Free App And Website, More Satisfying Than Weight Watchers | publisher = PR Newswire | date = January 2, 2013}}
SparkPeople.com announced on February 15, 2012, that during January 2012 that there were 10 million visitors to the website, making it the most visited fitness and weight loss site on the internet. SparkPeople.com was named the winner of BusinessWeek's Best of The Web : Health in 2006,{{cite web | title = Business Week Online: Best of the Web 2006 | url = http://www.businessweek.com/technology/bestof2006/results/health.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061106130908/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/bestof2006/results/health.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 6, 2006 | accessdate = 2007-09-24}} 2007,{{cite web | title = Readers Make Their Votes Count - BusinessWeek | url = http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/09/0924_bestofweb/source/1.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013073417/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/09/0924_bestofweb/source/1.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 13, 2007 | accessdate = 2007-09-24}} and 2008.{{cite web | title = Business Week Online: Best of the Web 2008 | url = http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/09/0929_loved_websites/12.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081002040521/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/09/0929_loved_websites/12.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 2, 2008 | accessdate = 2008-09-29}} In January 2007, SparkPeople.com was ranked by Hitwise as the 6th most visited site in the "Health and Medical - Wellbeing" category (and 3rd among diet sites).{{cite web | title = Category Spotlight : Health and Medical - Wellbeing | url = http://www.hitwise.com/news/us200701.html | doi = | accessdate = 2007-09-24}}
On August 17, 2021, SparkPeople permanently closed all their current websites and apps. The reason given was decreased viability of ad supported platforms and increased competition from big companies.{{cite web | title = This Isn't Goodbye, SparkFriends--It's A New Beginning | url = https://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/wellness_articles.asp?id=2659 | accessdate = 2022-01-01}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.sparkpeople.com SparkPeople.com]