--- title: Canva: 2023 TIME100 Most Influential Companies description: Find out why Canva was selected for the list canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285137/canva/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-06-21T10:55:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T05:09:56.286Z og:title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023: Canva og:description: Find out why Canva is on the list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285137/canva/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3a87ad1148f593a/698a3dc022fb85b0c0e2ec10/time100-companies-Canva-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023: Canva og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023: Canva twitter:description: Find out why Canva is on the list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3a87ad1148f593a/698a3dc022fb85b0c0e2ec10/time100-companies-Canva-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jun 21, 2023 # Canva Fostering creativity by Jared Lindzon  Canva co-founders Cameron Adams, the chief product officer, Cliff Obrecht, chief operating officer, and Melanie Perkins, CEO. Canva co-founders Cameron Adams, the chief product officer, Cliff Obrecht, chief operating officer, and Melanie Perkins, CEO.Courtesy of Canva In 2022, Canva emerged as a major work-software competitor with a visual bent, expanding from a design platform for social media graphics to [AI-powered](https://time.com/6255952/ai-impact-chatgpt-microsoft-google/ "undefined") tools and a workplace suite capable of going toe to toe with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. Last fall the company launched its Visual Worksuite software package (from documents to presentations, videos, websites, and whiteboards); a new text-to-image app; and Magic Write, an AI-­powered writing assistant. Along the way Canva’s customer growth flourished, topping 110 million users by year’s end. It also offers its tools free to 400,000 nonprofits and 35 million students and teachers around the world. _A weekly newsletter featuring conversations with the world’s top CEOs, managers, and founders._ [_Join the Leadership Brief_](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=leadership&source=100companies "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285137/canva/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285137/canva/"},"headline":"Canva","datePublished":"2023-06-21T10:55:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T05:09:56.286Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285137/canva/","keywords":["TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3a87ad1148f593a/698a3dc022fb85b0c0e2ec10/time100-companies-Canva-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jared Lindzon","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/jared-lindzon/"}],"creator":"Jared Lindzon","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3a87ad1148f593a/698a3dc022fb85b0c0e2ec10/time100-companies-Canva-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2023/6285137/canva/","name":"Canva"}}]}] ```