Who owns Opera News?
Opera News is owned by Kunlun Tech (China, SZSE: 300418) through its subsidiary Opera.[1]
Kunlun Tech owns 68% of Opera rather than all of it.
Evidence: Opera Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2025, SEC EDGAR, 27 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd. via Opera verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Beijing
- Origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Founded
- 2017
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Digital publishing
- Parent ticker
- SZSE: 300418
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Opera News
Opera News is the personalised news discovery service Opera launched in January 2017. It reached an average of about 40 million monthly active users in the final quarter of 2025 through Opera's browsers, dedicated apps, websites and partner integrations, and the apps run under both the Opera News and Apex names. Ranking and recommendation are done by Opera's own engine, and the service is a large part of why the company's advertising reach is bigger than its browser user base.
Ownership timeline of Opera News
- Current owner Kunlun Tech via Opera [1] verified
Where Opera News sits in Kunlun Tech
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kunlun Tech
Kunlun Tech controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- GameMaker
- MiniPay
- Opera (1996)
- Opera Ads
- Opera AI
- Opera Air (2025)
- Opera GX
- Opera Mini
- Opera Neon (2025)
Other brands in digital publishing, and who owns them
The 36 brands in digital publishing on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Astro, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Astro Ulagam | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Research Exchange | Wiley | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Engadget | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Allrecipes | IAC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bossip | Urban One | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Audible | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| BOOK☆WALKER | Kadokawa | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| NAVER Blog | NAVER | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Kunlun Tech
Kunlun Tech is a publicly listed company headquartered in Beijing, China. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as SZSE: 300418.
Kunlun Tech is a Chinese internet company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange under the code 300418, with its business address in the Dongcheng District of Beijing. It appears here because of what it owns rather than what it sells: Opera's own annual report names Kunlun Tech the ultimate parent of Opera, held through its Hong Kong subsidiary Hong Kong Kunlun Tech Holding Limited, which beneficially owns 68 per cent of Opera's shares and makes Opera a controlled company under Nasdaq rules. Kunlun is itself controlled by James Yahui Zhou, who is also Opera's executive chairman and who holds 11.6 per cent of Kunlun directly and a further 15.1 per cent through a Beijing limited partnership he is the general partner of. Certain Opera employees are paid in options over Kunlun shares.
🇳🇴 Opera News and other Norwegian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 63 brands that began in Norway. 18 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Opera News among them.
- Penger.no — Schibsted Media 🇳🇴
- TIDAL — Block 🇺🇸
- Awilco LNG — Awilco LNG 🇳🇴
- Byggmakker — Kesko 🇫🇮
- Color Line — Color Line 🇳🇴
- Diplom-Is — TINE 🇳🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Opera News?
The parent company of Opera News is Kunlun Tech, a publicly listed company headquartered in China. Opera News sits under Kunlun Tech's subsidiary Opera.
Is Opera News Norwegian or Chinese?
Opera News originated in Norway in 2017, but it is owned today by Kunlun Tech, which is headquartered in China. So Opera News is a Norwegian-origin brand under Chinese ownership.
Is Opera News still owned by Kunlun Tech?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Opera News is still owned by Kunlun Tech. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Opera Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2025 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 27 March 2026; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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