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Buzzfeed is a social news and entertainment company with a focus on digital media and digital technology, providing breaking news, original reporting, entertainment and videos across the social web to the audience. It also provides social advertising that engages consumers, inspires sharing, and produces social lift or earned media.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2006 | |
| HQ | New York, US | Map |
| Website | buzzfeed.com | |
| Employee Ratings | More |
Recent NewsAll News
- 'The people at the platforms are good people': BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti responds to Elizabeth Warren's proposal to break up the tech giants
- Gen Z prefers traditional media outlets over millennial-targeted ones like BuzzFeed and HuffPost
- BuzzFeed just cut 15% of its staff, and some critics are now taking shots at CEO Jonah Peretti's strategy
- The Wall Street Journal: Employees at BuzzFeed News vote to unionize
Key People/Management at BuzzFeed
Jonah Peretti
Founder & CEO
Ken Lerer
Executive Chairman
Ben Smith
Editor-In-Chief, BuzzFeed
Dao Nguyen
Publisher
Ze Frank
Chief Research & Development Officer
John Johnson
Co-Founder
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BuzzFeed Office Locations
BuzzFeed has offices in New York, Sidney, San Francisco, Los Angeles and in 4 other locations
New York, US (HQ)
111 E 18th St 13th Floor
Los Angeles, US
12044 Washington Blvd
San Francisco, US
Market St & 6th St, San Francisco
Sidney, US
Bridge St
Sydney, AU
17-19 Bridge St
Tokyo, JP
Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioi Tower 1-3 Kioicho Chiyoda Ward
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BuzzFeed Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2006 |
BuzzFeed total Funding | $497 m |
BuzzFeed latest funding size | $200 m |
Time since last funding | 2 years ago |
BuzzFeed investors | Michael Lazerow, SoftBank Capital, SV Angel, RRE Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Kass Lazerow, Ken Lerer, Andreessen Horowitz, General Atlantic, John Johnson, Comcast NBC Universal, New Enterprise Associates, Founder Collective, HuffPost, Hearst Ventures |
BuzzFeed's latest funding round in November 2016 was reported to be $200 m. In total, BuzzFeed has raised $497 m. BuzzFeed's latest valuation is reported to be $1.7 b.
BuzzFeed Revenue
BuzzFeed's revenue was reported to be $260 m in Y, 2016 which is a 52.9% increase from the previous period.
| USD | |
|---|---|
Revenue (Y, 2016) | 260.0m |
Revenue growth (Y, 2015 - Y, 2016), % | 52.9% |
Market valuation | 1.7b |
- Source: Sharespost
BuzzFeed Operating Metrics
BuzzFeed's Monthly Unique Visitors was reported to be 165 m in Jan, 2018.
| Jan, 2014 | Jul, 2014 | Jan, 2015 | Jul, 2015 | Jan, 2016 | Jul, 2016 | Jan, 2017 | Apr, 2017 | Jul, 2017 | Aug, 2017 | Sep, 2017 | Oct, 2017 | Nov, 2017 | Dec, 2017 | Jan, 2018 | Jun, 2018 | |
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Digital Page Views | 357.91 m | 402.06 m | 483.29 m | 488.58 m | 486.88 m | 471.47 m | 521.05 m | 660.70 m | 462.93 m | |||||||
Global Monthly Content Views | 9 b | |||||||||||||||
Monthly Unique Visitors | 160.30 m | 157.10 m | 197.70 m | 198.60 m | 189.30 m | 184.40 m | 197.60 m | 200.28 m | 195.04 m | 194.75 m | 176.78 m | 171.81 m | 165.78 m | 152.71 m | 164.97 m | |
Offices | 18 |
BuzzFeed Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Acquired Company | Date | Deal Size |
|---|---|---|
| Zeega | February 19, 2015 | |
| Torando Labs | October 28, 2014 | |
| Kingfish Labs | September 11, 2012 | |
| Yoke | September 11, 2012 | |
| Star.me | September 30, 2011 |
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BuzzFeed Online and Social Media Presence
6.52m Twitter followers
BuzzFeed has 6.52m Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 0.1% month over month and increased 0.3% quarter over quarter
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Twitter Engagement Stats for @buzzfeed
215.3k
Tweets
2.9k
Following
6.5m
Followers
974
Tweets last 30 days
204.8
Avg. likes per Tweet
100%
Tweets with engagement
BuzzFeed News and Updates
March 08, 2019
'The people at the platforms are good people': BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti responds to Elizabeth Warren's proposal to break up the tech giants
BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti responded to presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's proposition of breaking up tech companies like Google and Facebook at SXSW on Friday.
Peretti acknowledged that there was "a real sense of crisis in Silicon Valley," but implied that the solution wasn't necessarily t…
February 13, 2019
Gen Z prefers traditional media outlets over millennial-targeted ones like BuzzFeed and HuffPost
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Something to mull this week: Brands and publishers have been obsessing forever over how to reach millennials, but a new study by The Atlantic’s creative marketing group Atlantic Re:think, Comscore, and H…
February 13, 2019
BuzzFeed just cut 15% of its staff, and some critics are now taking shots at CEO Jonah Peretti's strategy
BuzzFeed just laid off 15% of its staff, including its first big cuts in its news division, BuzzFeed News.
The cuts were a reckoning for a company that seemed like it had cracked the code and figured out how to support high-quality, online journalism with advertising.
Now, critics are blaming CEO …
February 13, 2019
The Wall Street Journal: Employees at BuzzFeed News vote to unionize
Employees at BuzzFeed News have voted to unionize, weeks after executives at the digital-media company announced substantial layoffs to steer the startup to profitability.
February 13, 2019
BuzzFeed News employees vote to unionize after mass layofffs
Employees at BuzzFeed News announced Tuesday they have voted to unionize with the NewsGuild of New York, claiming in a statement that they have "legitimate grievances about unfair pay disparities, mismanaged pivots and layoffs, weak benefits, skyrocketing health insurance costs, diversity and more."…
February 11, 2019
BuzzFeed to laid-off writers: We have a new job opening!
Former BuzzFeed employees who lost their jobs received a bizarre email.
“Hello,” the email began. “We are writing to let you know that due to a resignation on the News team, there is now an open position on the Culture Team for a Culture Writer.” The message was clear and innocuous enough, with a s…
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BuzzFeed Frequently Asked Questions
When was BuzzFeed founded?
BuzzFeed was founded in 2006.
Who are BuzzFeed key executives?
BuzzFeed's key executives are Jonah Peretti, Ken Lerer and Ben Smith.
How many employees does BuzzFeed have?
BuzzFeed has 2,192 employees.
What is BuzzFeed revenue?
Latest BuzzFeed annual revenue is $260 m.
What is BuzzFeed revenue per employee?
Latest BuzzFeed revenue per employee is $118.6 k.
Who are BuzzFeed competitors?
Competitors of BuzzFeed include Vice Media, Vox Media and Mashable.
Where is BuzzFeed headquarters?
BuzzFeed headquarters is located at 111 E 18th St 13th Floor, New York.
Where are BuzzFeed offices?
BuzzFeed has offices in New York, Sidney, San Francisco, Los Angeles and in 4 other locations.
How many offices does BuzzFeed have?
BuzzFeed has 8 offices.