---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001830043-26-000099"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMBL"
cik: "0001830043"
company_name: "Bumble Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-05T20:05:39+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T20:07:20.522425+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bumble Q2 2026 revenue down 15% to $211M; net loss $128M; paying users fall 16%

## Summary
- Total revenue $210.5M (-15.2% YoY); Bumble App revenue $171.7M (-14.7%), Badoo & Other $38.8M (-17.1%).
- Net loss $127.9M (includes $169.3M impairment) vs $367.0M loss in Q2 2025 (incl. $404.9M impairment).
- Adjusted EBITDA $72.9M (34.6% margin) vs $94.6M (38.1% margin) in prior year.
- Total paying users 3.2M (-16.4% YoY); ARPPU $21.96 (+1.2%).
- CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd cites platform migration, algorithm changes, new features as part of 'reimagined Bumble.'

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001830043-26-000099
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMBL
- cik: 0001830043
- company_name: Bumble Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T20:05:39+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830043/000183004326000099/0001830043-26-000099-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830043/000183004326000099/bmbl-20260805.htm

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