Vísir.is

It was founded in 1998 by Frjáls fjölmiðlun ehf and officially opened on 1 April the same year.

[1] It originally published news from the newspapers Dagblaðið Vísir, Viðskiptablaðið and Dagur.

[2][3] On 1 December 2017 it was bought by Fjarskipti hf.

(later Sýn) along with Stöð 2 and Bylgjan from 365 miðlar.

[4] According to Gallup, it was the second-most popular website in Iceland as of February 2021.