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BuzzFeed

media & entertainment · United States · Accounts: BuzzFeed, Inc.

Revenue 2025
$185m

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Net profit 2025
−$58m

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Dividends paid 2025
No dividend
Workforce
507

2025 · sec.gov

From the stored figures

  • Revenue went from $318m in 2019 to $185m in 2025 (−42%).
  • Reported workforce went from 1,522 (2021) to 507 (2025).

Cuts against payouts

Jobs cut each year (tracker events) beside dividends and buybacks paid that year

Jobs: confirmed figures, else the stated "up to"; estimates and rumours not counted. Figures from SEC EDGAR XBRL, SEC annual filing. Original reporting currency. "Not available" means no stored figure; nothing is estimated.

Revenue and profit

Revenue as bars; pre-tax and net profit to shareholders as lines

Figures from SEC EDGAR XBRL, SEC annual filing. Original reporting currency. "Not available" means no stored figure; nothing is estimated.

Dividends and buybacks

Cash paid to shareholders each year; buybacks shown separately

Figures from SEC EDGAR XBRL, SEC annual filing. Original reporting currency. "Not available" means no stored figure; nothing is estimated.

Workforce

Year-end headcount the company reports; triangles mark job-cut events

Headcount from annual filings. Cuts from the tracker's events.

Revenue and profit per employee

Each year's stored figure divided by that year's reported headcount

Figures from SEC EDGAR XBRL, SEC annual filing. Original reporting currency. "Not available" means no stored figure; nothing is estimated.

Every figure and its source

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  • 2025

    Revenue
    $185m
    Pre-tax profit
    −$57m
    Net profit to shareholders
    −$58m
    Cash dividends paid
    No dividend
    Dividend per share
    Not available
    Share buybacks
    $3m
    Year-end workforce
    507

  • 2024

    Revenue
    $190m
    Pre-tax profit
    −$33m
    Net profit to shareholders
    −$10m
    Cash dividends paid
    No dividend
    Dividend per share
    Not available
    Share buybacks
    $0.00
    Year-end workforce
    611

  • 2023

    Revenue
    $230mr
    Pre-tax profit
    −$54mr
    Net profit to shareholders
    −$89m
    Cash dividends paid
    No dividend
    Dividend per share
    Not available
    Share buybacks
    $0.00
    Year-end workforce
    925

  • 2022

    Revenue
    $326mr
    Pre-tax profit
    −$115mr
    Net profit to shareholders
    −$201m
    Cash dividends paid
    No dividend
    Dividend per share
    Not available
    Share buybacks
    Not available
    Year-end workforce
    1,368

  • 2021

    Revenue
    $384mr
    Pre-tax profit
    $1mr
    Net profit to shareholders
    $25m
    Cash dividends paid
    No dividend
    Dividend per share
    Not available
    Share buybacks
    Not available
    Year-end workforce
    1,522

  • 2020

    Revenue
    $321m
    Pre-tax profit
    $12m
    Net profit to shareholders
    $10m
    Cash dividends paid
    No dividend
    Dividend per share
    Not available
    Share buybacks
    Not available
    Year-end workforce
    Not available

  • 2019

    Revenue
    $318m
    Pre-tax profit
    −$37m
    Net profit to shareholders
    −$37m
    Cash dividends paid
    No dividend
    Dividend per share
    Not available
    Share buybacks
    Not available
    Year-end workforce
    Not available

  • 2018

    Revenue
    Not available
    Pre-tax profit
    Not available
    Net profit to shareholders
    Not available
    Cash dividends paid
    Not available
    Dividend per share
    Not available
    Share buybacks
    Not available
    Year-end workforce
    Not available

  • 2017

    Revenue
    Not available
    Pre-tax profit
    Not available
    Net profit to shareholders
    Not available
    Cash dividends paid
    Not available
    Dividend per share
    Not available
    Share buybacks
    Not available
    Year-end workforce
    Not available

  • 2016

    Revenue
    Not available
    Pre-tax profit
    Not available
    Net profit to shareholders
    Not available
    Cash dividends paid
    Not available
    Dividend per share
    Not available
    Share buybacks
    Not available
    Year-end workforce
    Not available

7 of 10 years complete · checked 28 Oct 2026 · SEC CIK 1828972

Gaps (3)
  • 2016: revenue, pre-tax profit, net profit to shareholders — before the first machine-readable filing
  • 2017: revenue, pre-tax profit, net profit to shareholders — before the first machine-readable filing
  • 2018: revenue, pre-tax profit, net profit to shareholders — before the first machine-readable filing

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