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BuzzFeed (BZFDW) Research & Development (2021 - 2026)

BuzzFeed posted quarterly Research & Development of $2.3 million for Q1 2026, down 23.87% year-on-year from $3.1 million in Q1 2025, and down 1.81% on a QoQ basis from $2.4 million in Q4 2025.

BuzzFeed (BZFDW) has 6 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $2.3 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development fell 23.87% year-over-year to $2.3 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $10.1 million (down 5.89% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $10.8 million, down 0.57% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $2.3 million, down from $2.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $10.3 million in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $2.3 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $2.8 million (2025), against an average of $3.7 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development soared 48.59%; it then tumbled 67.32% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $3.8 million in 2022, then plunged by 39.87% to $2.3 million in 2023, then advanced by 2.88% to $2.3 million in 2024, then grew by 2.32% to $2.4 million in 2025, then declined by 1.81% to $2.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $2.3 million (Q1 2026), $2.4 million (Q4 2025), and $2.5 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Alphabet 4,554.43 Bn 4,338.81 Bn 102.29 Bn 17.03 Bn
2 Meta Platforms 1,602.78 Bn 1,521.60 Bn 46.09 Bn 17.70 Bn
3 Spotify Technology 119.86 Bn 109.62 Bn 1.75 Bn 387.52 Mn
4 Reddit 33.71 Bn 30.94 Bn 511.94 Mn 207.25 Mn
5 Nebius 22.38 Bn 22.38 Bn 295.20 Mn 67.40 Mn
6 Pinterest 12.76 Bn 11.46 Bn 768.96 Mn 380.79 Mn
7 Kanzhun 12.59 Bn 10.49 Bn 255.62 Bn -61.44 Bn
8 Snap 9.64 Bn 6.81 Bn 1.29 Bn 478.30 Mn
9 Match 8.43 Bn 7.41 Bn 653.28 Mn 116.81 Mn
10 BuzzFeed - - 9.21 Mn 2.33 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 2.38 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 2.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 2.82 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 3.07 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 2.32 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 2.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 2.72 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 3.23 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 2.26 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 2.44 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 3.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 3.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 3.76 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 5.90 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 10.25 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 7.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 5.38 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 5.69 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 6.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 6.70 Mn