Growth Metrics

BuzzFeed (BZFDW) Cost of Revenue (2021 - 2026)

BuzzFeed posted quarterly Cost of Revenue of $22.4 million for Q1 2026, down 4.8% year-on-year from $23.5 million in Q1 2025, and down 77.11% on a QoQ basis from $97.7 million in Q4 2025.

BuzzFeed (BZFDW) has 6 years of Cost of Revenue data on file, last reported at $22.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cost of Revenue fell 4.8% year-over-year to $22.4 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $128.3 million (up 697.52% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $110.2 million, up 458.32% from the prior year.
  • Cost of Revenue for Q1 2026 stood at $22.4 million, down from $97.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cost of Revenue topped out at $97.7 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$57.4 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Cost of Revenue is $21.7 million (2024), against an average of $21.0 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Cost of Revenue soared 1768.8%; it then tumbled 1117.74% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Cost of Revenue shows it stood at $1.2 million in 2022, then soared by 369.78% to $5.6 million in 2023, then sank by 1117.74% to -$57.4 million in 2024, then soared by 270.16% to $97.7 million in 2025, then sank by 77.11% to $22.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three Cost of Revenue figures came in at $22.4 million (Q1 2026), $97.7 million (Q4 2025), and $3.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cost of Rev (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,554.43 Bn 4,338.81 Bn 102.29 Bn 7.61 Bn
2 Meta Platforms 1,602.78 Bn 1,521.60 Bn 46.09 Bn 10.22 Bn
3 Spotify Technology 119.86 Bn 109.62 Bn 1.75 Bn 3.56 Bn
4 Reddit 33.71 Bn 30.94 Bn 511.94 Mn 151.47 Mn
5 Nebius 22.38 Bn 22.38 Bn 295.20 Mn 103.80 Mn
6 Pinterest 12.76 Bn 11.46 Bn 768.96 Mn 238.55 Mn
7 Kanzhun 12.59 Bn 10.49 Bn 255.62 Bn 43.23 Bn
8 Snap 9.64 Bn 6.81 Bn 1.29 Bn 239.01 Mn
9 Match 8.43 Bn 7.41 Bn 653.28 Mn 210.66 Mn
10 BuzzFeed - - 9.21 Mn 22.36 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 22.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 22.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 97.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 97.71 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 3.94 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 3.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 4.24 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 4.24 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 23.49 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 23.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -57.42 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -57.42 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 28.28 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 28.28 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 21.73 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 21.73 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 27.14 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 27.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 5.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 5.64 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 31.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 31.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 38.97 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 38.97 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 11.91 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 11.91 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 1.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 1.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 16.32 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 16.32 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 18.69 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 18.69 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 60.82 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 60.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 164.85 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 164.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 11.22 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 11.22 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 1.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 1.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 42.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 42.12 Mn