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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001828972-25-000238"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BZFD"
cik: "0001828972"
company_name: "BuzzFeed, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T23:57:51.917018+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BuzzFeed Q3 revenue down 17% YoY to $46.3M; net loss of $7.4M vs net income year ago

## Summary
- Total revenue $46.3M, -17% YoY; net loss $7.4M vs net income $2.5M in Q3 2024.
- Ad revenue $22.2M (-11%), content $7.2M (-33%), commerce $17.0M (-15%).
- Adjusted EBITDA $0.8M, down sharply from $8.1M in Q3 2024.
- Total US time spent 68.5M hours (-15% YoY); 63% of BuzzFeed traffic now direct/internal.
- Company remains #1 among Gen Z/Millennials in competitive set with 10.7M hours Time Spent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001828972-25-000238
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BZFD
- cik: 0001828972
- company_name: BuzzFeed, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000182897225000238/0001828972-25-000238-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828972/000182897225000238/bzfd-20251106.htm

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