Case Studies

HTEC, an AI-first global engineering company, ran "The Journeys We Take" on YuMuuv, with separate walking, running and cycling challenges. Around 300 employees took part, kilometers were converted into charitable donations, and their stories were collected into an HTEC travel guide. HTEC chose YuMuuv for its customization and its compliance with the company's data security standards.

OEConnection ran its first walking challenge as part of an Olympic-themed year, aiming for 75 participants and getting 343. Teams across regions, social awards and YuMuuv's fun facts kept a global workforce connected throughout May and June. Julie Lewis set up the challenge alone in under an hour, which made it easy for a team of three to manage for 1,600 employees.

Windrose made a YuMuuv Steps Challenge the highlight of its July and August well-being weeks. Mixed teams from different departments competed on team results only, which kept the challenge inclusive while sparking lunchtime walks and real team spirit. Together, employees walked the distance from Berlin to Tokyo, and many are already looking forward to next year.

Health Carousel runs a yearly Olympics, and for two years YuMuuv has powered its Move Challenge for employees, remote staff and nurses. Team averages kept scoring fair for walkers and runners, while custom team names made the leaderboard fun to follow. Easy setup and fast support made the challenge simple to run, and the company plans to use YuMuuv again next summer.

OSM Worldwide, a parcel shipper with about 300 employees across a Chicago office and five sorting facilities, brought back company wellness with a YuMuuv Steps Challenge. Weekly habit challenges, team competition between sites and simple rewards got corporate and warehouse staff talking, and some started exercising for the first time. The program was such a success that OSM repeated it the following year and plans to run it again.

Buckhill, a remote-first insurance technology company with offices in Croatia and the UK, ran its first YuMuuv Steps Challenge with 25 colleagues who rarely meet in person, and plans another for 2027.

Every year, Shell colleagues in Slovakia and Czechia join a 90-day walking challenge on YuMuuv, with a new shared step goal each year. Weekly team standings, chat photos and friendly competition keep office-based employees moving. The challenge has run for several years and has become the biggest sports event at the company.

Slalom transformed a small Phoenix-based step challenge into a global September wellness tradition engaging roughly 20% of employees worldwide. With executive sponsorship, competitive elements, and community-driven features like chat and local coffee walks, the initiative strengthened cross-market connection and culture. Using YuMuuv, Slalom streamlined administration, improved engagement, and built a scalable global wellness model.

Gigi Gibbs ran a simple but powerful 21-day mindfulness challenge for City of San Diego employees, encouraging at least five minutes of daily meditation supported by consistent content and community. Using YuMuuv, she delivered daily prompts, tracked meditation minutes, and kept motivation high with layered incentives and fair, team-based scoring. The result was strong engagement and positive feedback—plus a key platform improvement (scheduled content delivery) that made future challenges even easier to run.

Pharvaris, a fully remote biopharmaceutical company, ran its first global YuMuuv step challenge: 70+ of about 120 employees joined, mixed teams across countries and filled the challenge chat with hometown photos.

WSP, with over 70,000 employees, used YuMuuv to run Beyond Steps, a four-week global challenge in 20+ languages where all kinds of movement counted. It is now an event people look forward to every year.

PUBG Studios Madison ran a one-month YuMuuv steps and activity minutes challenge for about 80 globally distributed developers, with teams named after PUBG maps and a shared walk-to-Spain goal.

Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia launched CBRM Moves on YuMuuv: six walking mini-challenges that drew about 120 residents, six times more than earlier walking programs.

CorneaGen, a biotech company with about 240 employees, replaced a fitness-only summer program with parallel YuMuuv fitness, wellness and theme-week challenges, so more employees could take part.

Richcroft, a Maryland nonprofit supporting people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, planned a 50-person step challenge. 80 joined, including some of the people it supports, and logged 14.8 million steps.

DHR Global moved its annual step challenge, running since 2017, from spreadsheets to YuMuuv. Randomized global teams and a 75-million-step goal have made it a tradition employees look forward to.

Forward Platform, a fully remote GovTech company of about 50 people, ran parallel Steps and High-Effort Activity challenges on YuMuuv, mixed teams on purpose and rewarded every participant.

Opendoor connected about 700 employees across the US, Poland and India with a six-week exercise minutes challenge, pop-up step goals, a team go-kart prize and a lively challenge chat.

Entain NCE swapped a most-steps competition for a daily 10,000-step goal where green means good. More than half of participants across five countries finished the 30-day challenge.

Blue Sky Bank moved its Be Well program from SharePoint and Excel to YuMuuv, with synced step challenges twice a year, a monthly theme calendar from kindness to sleep, and clear step-based rewards.

Qualifacts, a behavioral health EHR provider, ran its first global YuMuuv challenge across four countries: 624 registered, 543 took part and 93% of survey respondents rated it favorably.

Cenero, an AV technology company with about 265 mostly remote employees in 21 states, uses YuMuuv step challenges, quarterly rewards and a charity step goal to connect a dispersed team.

Academic advisors at a Nevada community college, supported by the Stupski Foundation, use YuMuuv to tackle burnout risk with hydration, mindfulness, walking and playful squat challenges across three campuses.

How Community Transit, a public transit agency near Seattle with over 1,000 employees, uses YuMuuv team challenges, wellness champions and event sign-ups to get bus drivers and office staff moving together.

How Polly’s Pancake Parlor, a historic New Hampshire breakfast restaurant with about 60 staff, has run monthly YuMuuv challenges since January 2024, with 35–40 people taking part and raffle prizes for participation.

How software testing company ASA Quality Services replaced Excel challenges with YuMuuv and built a sustainable monthly wellness program – planned breaks, individual, team and collective challenges, and a survey showing community matters more than prizes.

How Labworks, a 25-person LIMS software company, launched YuMuuv in 2025 with an Active Minutes Challenge, learned from a calorie challenge about fair metrics and built more conversation and community around the office.

How Great Place to Work Ireland, fully remote since 2020, uses twice-yearly YuMuuv team step challenges to stay connected – 100% participation, 84% hitting 10,000 steps a day and a challenge employees ask for every season.

How iGaming platform provider White Hat Gaming used YuMuuv to run a gamified general wellness challenge for its remote-friendly team across Malta, Gibraltar, the UK and Cape Town – from steps and hydration to mindfulness and learning new skills.

How Victor Valley Union High School District switched to YuMuuv for its nearly 1,200 employees – themed 30–45-day challenges and cross-site teams of three lifted active participation from about 200 to 260, above the district's goal.

How United Franchise Group's Employee Development Team rebuilt its YuMuuv program with custom monthly challenges, cross-department team challenges and attractive prizes – lifting participation from 20% to nearly 50% in six months.

How Southface Institute, a sustainability nonprofit in Atlanta, used YuMuuv to run a 45-day holistic team wellness challenge – 85% participation, healthier habits, stronger cross-team connections and 100% of respondents ready to join again.

How Kiva, an international nonprofit with 130 remote employees, runs monthly YuMuuv wellness challenges with expert talks and a team prize of a shared day off – 30–50 active participants a month, stronger community and healthier habits.

How healthcare IT provider Medicus IT, with nine US offices, moved from two to four wellness challenges a year with YuMuuv – two-week step and hydration challenges with 30–50% participation, healthier habits and higher morale.

How fully remote software company Humanitec uses YuMuuv team step challenges before its in-person meetings – mixed teams, Slack sharing and sports-budget rewards – to reach 80% participation and stronger cross-team connections.

How corporate wellness consultant Selim Cevik (LiveUp) runs health-awareness step challenges for multinational companies on YuMuuv – 500–700 active participants a year, participation across continents and step counts linked to charity donations.