---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001828972-24-000105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BZFD"
cik: "0001828972"
company_name: "BuzzFeed, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T02:39:22.633348+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BuzzFeed Q1 revenue $44.8M (-18% YoY), net loss $26.6M, adj EBITDA loss $11.3M

## Summary
- Q1 revenue $44.8M, down 18% YoY; advertising $21.4M (-22%), content $13.1M (-19%), commerce $10.2M (-9%).
- Net loss from continuing ops $26.6M vs $29.4M loss in Q1 2023; adjusted EBITDA loss $11.3M, improved from $18.1M.
- Time spent on content 67M hours (-16% YoY); direct traffic now largest source, 90% of time on owned properties.
- Programmatic ad revenue grew YoY for third straight quarter across BuzzFeed and HuffPost.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001828972-24-000105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BZFD
- cik: 0001828972
- company_name: BuzzFeed, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000182897224000105/0001828972-24-000105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000182897224000105/bzfd-20240513.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001828972-24-000105
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001828972-24-000105.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BuzzFeed, Inc. reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 13, 2024, BuzzFeed, Inc. (the “Company”), issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000182897224000105/0001828972-24-000105-index.htm

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