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The Next Web (TNW)
thenextweb.com ↗Technology news site whose newsroom decides coverage on its own; sponsored stories are sold through its media team. TNW Council is a paid annual membership, by application, for founders and executives of tech companies with at least €1M a year in revenue, who then publish under their own name.
The Next Web (TNW) is a tech publication at thenextweb.com. It covers AI startups, with a rule: council needs €1M+ revenue. The price is on request. Review: TNW Council applications are reviewed by an internal committee before acceptance. Terms read on thenextweb.com on 2 October 2026.
Rate card
- Price
- Sponsored stories by enquiry, no price shown; TNW Council is an annual paid membership with no fee shown
- Link you get
- not stated
- Review
- TNW Council applications are reviewed by an internal committee before acceptance
- Run by
- Tekpon
- Their rule
- Council needs €1M+ revenue
- Lists
- Every kind of AI product
- Where they say so
- thenextweb.com/news/introducing-tnw-council ↗
- Reach
- HugeHuge reach: #4,181 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #1,044 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
- Checked
- , on its own pages
Quick answers
- Does The Next Web (TNW) cover AI startups?
- Only some. It covers AI startups, with a rule: council needs €1M+ revenue.
- How much does a listing on The Next Web (TNW) cost?
- The price is on request.
- How does The Next Web (TNW) review submissions?
- Review: TNW Council applications are reviewed by an internal committee before acceptance.
Who is listed on The Next Web (TNW)
Our nightly read of thenextweb.com found 385 apps we recognise from other places, among them design.com, google.dev, studio.design, favicon.im, favicon.io, favicon.love, customer.io, research.google. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.
How to submit to The Next Web (TNW)
- 1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots, and check that your product fits their rule: council needs €1m+ revenue. The listing guide lists what forms ask for; the tracker builds the kit from your website.
- 2. Open the form. Their submit page opens from the button above once you are signed in; signing in costs nothing.
- 3. Wait for the review. TNW Council applications are reviewed by an internal committee before acceptance. Log the submission in your tracker; it marks the listing when it appears.
Listing tracker
Know when The Next Web (TNW) lists you.
Add your app once; we read thenextweb.com every week and mark the listing when it appears, every night on Pro. Last read 8 Oct 2026.
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