OverviewSuggest Edit
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 | |
| Culture score | B | More |
Recent NewsAll News
- BuzzFeed hires The Mighty’s Peter Wang as its new CTO
- BuzzFeed Aims To Cut Out Google And Other Digital “Middlemen” As It Expands Its Commerce Business
- A martech startup has raised $3.5 million to bring cannabis and CBD ads to publishers like BuzzFeed, Hearst, and USA Today
- BuzzFeed News Publishes ‘The Mueller Report’s Secret Memos’
Key People/Management at BuzzFeed
Jonah Peretti
Founder & CEO
Ben Smith
Editor-In-Chief, BuzzFeed
Peter Wang
CTO
John Johnson
Co-Founder
Ben Kaufman
Head of BuzzFeed Commerce
Lee Brown
Chief Revenue Officer
BuzzFeed Office Locations
BuzzFeed has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Washington and in 7 other locations
New York, US (HQ)
111 E 18th St 13th Floor
Los Angeles, US
1135 N Highland Ave
Los Angeles, US
7323 Beverly Blvd
São Paulo, BR
Av. Pedroso de Morais, 272 - 9 andar - Pinheiros
Berlin, DE
Littenstraße 106-107
Mumbai, IN
Mumbai
BuzzFeed Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2006 |
BuzzFeed total Funding | $497 m |
BuzzFeed latest funding size | $200 m |
Time since last funding | 4 years ago |
BuzzFeed investors | New Enterprise Associates, Hearst Ventures, SV Angel, SoftBank Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, RRE Ventures, Founder Collective, John Johnson, Kass Lazerow, Ken Lerer, Michael Lazerow, General Atlantic, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Comcast NBC Universal, HuffPost |
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. BuzzFeed's Monthly Unique Users was reported to be 77.8 m in Apr, 2017.
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||||||
Monthly Content Views | 9 b | |||||||||||||||
Monthly Unique Users | 77.80 m | |||||||||||||||
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 |
BuzzFeed Acquisitions / Subsidiaries
| Company Name | 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 |
BuzzFeed Online and Social Media Presence
6.57m Twitter followers
BuzzFeed has 6.57m Twitter Followers. The number of followers has decreased 0.2% month over month and decreased 0.3% quarter over quarter
BuzzFeed's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @buzzfeed
249.3k
Tweets
2.9k
Following
6.6m
Followers
999
Tweets last 30 days
127.2
Avg. likes per Tweet
100%
Tweets with engagement
BuzzFeed Company Culture
Overall Culture
B
74/100
CEO Rating
A+
79/100
Compensation
C-
61/100
Diversity
C+
67/100
BuzzFeed News and Updates
January 09, 2020
BuzzFeed hires The Mighty’s Peter Wang as its new CTO
BuzzFeed’s technical team has a new leader — incoming chief technology officer Peter Wang, who’s leaving his role as CTO of healthcare community The Mighty. Wang has plenty of experience in the media industry, having served as CTO at Refinery29 and at Narrativ, a startup that helps publishers make m…
January 05, 2020
BuzzFeed Aims To Cut Out Google And Other Digital “Middlemen” As It Expands Its Commerce Business
As part of BuzzFeed's 2020 roadmap it plans to broaden the scope of it's commerce business.
November 04, 2019
A martech startup has raised $3.5 million to bring cannabis and CBD ads to publishers like BuzzFeed, Hearst, and USA Today
Mainstream media has largely shied away from cannabis ads because of regulatory hurdles.
But a martech startup called Vana claims it has proprietary age-gating and state-gating technology that can place cannabis and CBD ads that are compliant.
It's been running such ads across its publisher networ…
November 02, 2019
BuzzFeed News Publishes ‘The Mueller Report’s Secret Memos’
Buzzfeed Publishes Documents Related to Mueller’s Trump Probe
October 22, 2019
Buzzfeed and Gousto investors back London media AI startup
A London artificial intelligence (AI) startup has today closed a $25m (£19.2m) funding round to help businesses better track their [...]
The post Buzzfeed and Gousto investors back London media AI startup appeared first on CityAM.
August 08, 2019
Italy aide linked to Russia funding accusations frequented Moscow - BuzzFeed
An aide to Italy's deputy prime minister
Matteo Salvini, at the centre of accusations the ruling League
party sought millions of euros via a secret Russian oil deal,
flew back-and-forth to Moscow last year, news website BuzzFeed
said on Thursday.
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, Ben Smith and Peter Wang.
How many employees does BuzzFeed have?
BuzzFeed has 1,854 employees.
What is BuzzFeed revenue?
Latest BuzzFeed annual revenue is $260 m.
What is BuzzFeed revenue per employee?
Latest BuzzFeed revenue per employee is $140.2 k.
Who are BuzzFeed competitors?
Competitors of BuzzFeed include Mic Network, Mashable and Vice Media.
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, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Washington and in 7 other locations.
How many offices does BuzzFeed have?
BuzzFeed has 14 offices.
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