Index.hr

Not to be confused with Index.hu.
Index.hr
Type of site
Online newspaper
Tabloid[1]
Available inCroatian
Created byMatija Babić
URLwww.index.hr
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired for some services
Launched10 December 2002; 21 years ago (2002-12-10)[2]
Current statusOnline

Index.hr is a Croatian tabloid online newspaper,[1][3] launched in December 2002 and based in Zagreb. It was founded by Matija Babić and was originally designed as a news aggregation website, providing news content from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Slovenia. The website quickly grew in popularity and over time, more original content was produced by its growing staff until it became a popular media outlet in its own right. It has been described as having a "reputation of an independent, liberal, and strongly opposition outlet" with a "strong liberal bias".[3]

The news site covers politics, business, sports, show business, and features columns covering everything from gossip to political commentary. According to Alexa Internet in 2010, Index.hr is one of the top sites in Croatia,[4] and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5] As of 2018, it is the leading Croatian news website.[6][7] Despite its popularity however, it is among the least trusted Croatian news brands.[3]

  1. ^ a b Skender, Melisa (12 April 2005). "Matija Babić - tvorac prvog hrvatskog dnevnog tabloida" [Matija Babić - creator of the first Croatian daily tabloid]. Nacional (in Croatian). No. 491. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ^ "15 godina Indexa, tekstovi koji su mijenjali Hrvatsku". Index.hr (in Croatian). 4 December 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Grbeša, Marijana; Volarević, Marija (2021). "Media in Croatia: from freedom fighters to tabloid avengers". Publizistik. 66 (3–4). Springer: 621–636. doi:10.1007/s11616-021-00683-y. S2CID 237478738. Index.hr is a tabloid-style news site that has a reputation of an independent, liberal, and strongly opposition outlet... The least trusted brands are two tabloid news sites with a strong ideological slant, Index.hr with a strong liberal bias and Dnevno.hr with a clear right-wing agenda.
  4. ^ "Top Sites in Croatia". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  5. ^ "Top Sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  6. ^ Peruško, Zrinjka (2018). "Croatia - Reuters Institute Digital News Report". digitalnewsreport.org. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  7. ^ Peruško, Zrinjka (2022). "Croatia - Reuters Institute Digital News Report". digitalnewsreport.org. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Retrieved 25 December 2022.