BuzzFeed was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, US
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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, New Delhi, Detroit, Denver and in 19 other locations
New York, US (HQ)
111 East 18th Street 13th Floor
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BuzzFeed Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2006 |
Total Funding | $497 m |
Latest funding size | $200 m |
Time since last funding | 2 years ago |
Investors | John Johnson, Comcast NBC Universal, New Enterprise Associates, Michael Lazerow, SoftBank Capital, Founder Collective, Kass Lazerow, HuffPost, Ken Lerer, Andreessen Horowitz, General Atlantic, Hearst Ventures, SV Angel, RRE Ventures, Lerer Hippeau 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 Financials
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 m |
Revenue growth (Y, 2015 - Y, 2016), % | 52.9% |
Market valuation | 1.7 b |
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
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BuzzFeed News and Updates
June 15, 2018
The Betrayed Clarinetist Whose Story Went Viral Was In Amazingly Good Spirits Talking About It On BuzzFeed's Morning Show
"It was the ultimate betrayal — to be stabbed in the back but also in the heart by someone you loved." Still, Eric was able to smile and laugh through his interview on AM2DM.
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June 10, 2018
57 Things You Never Knew About Kristin From BuzzFeed Ladylike
"I already regret saying that."
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June 07, 2018
CrossFit Spokesman Fired After Calling LGBTQ Pride A ‘Sin’
A CrossFit employee is out of a job after firing off a series of homophobic tweets.
June 07, 2018
Beyonce and Jay-Z fooled the world with photos of babies that aren't twins Sir and Rumi — and fans are seriously confused
Widely-circulated photos from Beyoncé and Jay-Z's joint concert on Tuesday appear to show the couple holding their 1-year-old twins, Sir and Rumi Carter.
A representative for Beyoncé, however, told BuzzFeed News that the babies in the photos are not actually the Carter twins.
The representative di…
June 06, 2018
Ivanka Trump may soon be in the crosshairs of FBI and congressional investigators
Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of President Donald Trump, reportedly pushed Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, to work with a Russian athlete to secure a deal for a Trump Tower in Moscow at the height of the election.
The athlete, former Olympic weightlifter Dmitry Klokov, is said to have …
June 05, 2018
Everyone Is Wrong In This Week’s ‘The Bachelorette’ Beef
In the great framed picture debacle, it’s hard to root for either Lincoln or Connor.
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