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BuzzFeed (BZFDW) Operating Expenses (2021 - 2026)

BuzzFeed posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $45.0 million for Q1 2026, down 9.47% year-on-year from $49.8 million in Q1 2025, and down 44.54% on a QoQ basis from $81.2 million in Q4 2025.

BuzzFeed (BZFDW) has 6 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $45.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 9.47% year-over-year to $45.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $228.4 million (up 12.69% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $233.2 million, up 9.24% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $45.0 million, down from $81.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $131.6 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $45.0 million in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $60.0 million (2022), against an average of $71.0 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses plunged 56.51%; it then soared 55.47% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $60.0 million in 2022, then declined by 15.67% to $50.6 million in 2023, then climbed by 3.22% to $52.2 million in 2024, then soared by 55.47% to $81.2 million in 2025, then plunged by 44.54% to $45.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $45.0 million (Q1 2026), $81.2 million (Q4 2025), and $52.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,554.43 Bn 4,338.81 Bn 102.29 Bn 70.20 Bn
2 Meta Platforms 1,602.78 Bn 1,521.60 Bn 46.09 Bn 33.44 Bn
3 Spotify Technology 119.86 Bn 109.62 Bn 1.75 Bn 512.79 Mn
4 Reddit 33.71 Bn 30.94 Bn 511.94 Mn 480.50 Mn
5 Nebius 22.38 Bn 22.38 Bn 295.20 Mn 527.00 Mn
6 Pinterest 12.76 Bn 11.46 Bn 768.96 Mn 1.09 Bn
7 Kanzhun 12.59 Bn 10.49 Bn 255.62 Bn -209.66 Bn
8 Snap 9.64 Bn 6.81 Bn 1.29 Bn 1.60 Bn
9 Match 8.43 Bn 7.41 Bn 653.28 Mn 627.52 Mn
10 BuzzFeed - - 9.21 Mn 45.05 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 45.05 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 81.23 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 52.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 49.86 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 49.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 52.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 54.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 46.71 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 60.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 50.62 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 66.71 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 78.55 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 79.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 60.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 121.82 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 131.65 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 126.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 138.03 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 90.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 89.52 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 89.17 Mn