[1] The website's owner is Dotdash Meredith, originally About.com, which launched Lifewire in 2016 as one of its spin-off vertical sites.

[1] Lifewire was preceded by Verywell, a health info website, and The Balance, a personal finance site.

Lifewire became a top 15 technology website in the United States as it was launched in October 2016.

[6] The purpose of Lifewire is to offer advice and answers on common technology questions and problems in a simplified format.

Lifewire CEO described the website style "as if your BFF happened to be an iPhone expert.