--- description: Find out why Headspace was selected for the inaugural list title: TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2021: Headspace image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c2daf6b72490ed7/698a18fadb2987305a266803/headspace-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 26, 2021 # Headspace Promoting mindfulness by [Sanya Mansoor](/author/sanya-mansoor/) ## Sanya Mansoor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Illustration by Tomi Um for TIME Over the past year, many of us needed help destressing. Just ask mindfulness startup [Headspace](https://time.com/1556/the-mindful-revolution/ "undefined"), whose app offers soothing sounds, guided meditations and movement exercises to more than 70 million users; downloads of the app doubled by mid-March last year compared with the rate before the company’s COVID response. To reach those who might need it most, Headspace—whose services typically cost $12.99 a month—offered more than a million free subscriptions to health care workers, educators and unemployed individuals. It has also partnered with companies such as Starbucks, [Unilever](https://time.com/collection/time100-companies/5950052/unilever "undefined") and Adobe to offer access to employees. And now, Headspace has an animated [Netflix](https://time.com/collection/time100-companies/5953613/netflix-innovators "undefined") series, which guides viewers through techniques to help with stress and sleep. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5949982/headspace/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5949982/headspace/"},"headline":"Headspace","datePublished":"2021-04-26T22:15:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:49:20.003Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-companies/5949982/headspace/","keywords":["Lists","franchise","TIME100 Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c2daf6b72490ed7/698a18fadb2987305a266803/headspace-time100-companies.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sanya Mansoor","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sanya-mansoor/"}],"creator":"Sanya Mansoor","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c2daf6b72490ed7/698a18fadb2987305a266803/headspace-time100-companies.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/5949982/headspace/","name":"Headspace"}}]}] ```