---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-047817"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKTW"
cik: "0001805651"
company_name: "MARKETWISE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-09T21:34:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-10T10:06:01.117230+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MarketWise Q2 preliminary billings $91M (+56% YoY); raises FY billings guidance to $330M

## Summary
- Paid subscribers 400k at June 30, 2026, up 7% from Dec 2025.
- Billings $91M in Q2, highest since 2023, up 56% YoY and 12% sequentially.
- Raised FY 2026 billings guidance by 10% to $330M (21.7% YoY increase).
- ARPU $821, up 73% YoY; cash $33M after $12.2M legal settlement payment.
- Affirmed FY 2026 dividend target of $1.80 per share; paid $0.45 in Q2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-047817
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKTW
- cik: 0001805651
- company_name: MARKETWISE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-09T21:34:15+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828026047817/0001628280-26-047817-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805651/000162828026047817/mktw-20260709.htm

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