Media Layoffs
105 companies · 162 reported rounds
12,408
Employees laid off
All Media layoffs
Source
| | | | | Location | Source |
| Pocket FM | May 6, 2026 | 100 | 10% | Bengaluru | entrackr.com |
| Epidemic Sound | April 21, 2026 | 150 | 33% | Stockholm | marketscreener.com |
| Spotify | March 23, 2026 | 15 | — | Stockholm | variety.com |
| Crunchyroll | August 12, 2025 | — | — | Tokyo | thewrap.com |
| Kaltura | August 7, 2025 | 70 | 10% | New York City | calcalistech.com |
| Wondery | August 4, 2025 | 100 | — | Los Angeles | variety.com |
| Business Insider | May 29, 2025 | — | 20% | New York City | adweek.com |
| VerSe Innovation copy | May 18, 2025 | 350 | — | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Pocket FM | January 16, 2025 | 75 | — | Bengaluru | yourstory.com |
| TechCrunch | January 14, 2025 | — | — | SF Bay Area | businessinsider.com |
| Refinery29 | December 17, 2024 | — | — | New York City | axios.com |
| Vox Media | December 5, 2024 | — | — | Washington D.C. | adweek.com |
| Kuku FM | November 14, 2024 | 80 | — | Mumbai | inc42.com |
| Jellysmack | October 21, 2024 | 22 | — | New York City | businessinsider.in |
| Axios Media | August 6, 2024 | 50 | 10% | Washington D.C. | nytimes.com |
| Pocket FM | July 27, 2024 | 200 | — | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Humble Games | July 23, 2024 | 36 | 100% | SF Bay Area | venturebeat.com |
| Spotify | July 15, 2024 | 40 | — | Stockholm | adage.com |
| Redbox | July 10, 2024 | 1,000 | 100% | Chicago | wsj.com |
| Deadspin | March 11, 2024 | 11 | 100% | New York City | variety.com |
| Vice Media | February 22, 2024 | — | — | New York City | nytimes.com |
| BuzzFeed | February 21, 2024 | — | 16% | New York City | variety.com |
| Storytel | February 15, 2024 | 80 | 13% | Stockholm | investors.storytel.com |
| SiriusXM | February 12, 2024 | 160 | 3% | New York City | variety.com |
| The Messenger | January 31, 2024 | — | 100% | Miami | nbcnews.com |
| TechCrunch | January 30, 2024 | 7 | — | SF Bay Area | adweek.com |
| Wattpad | January 30, 2024 | 20 | 10% | Toronto | techcrunch.com |
| Business Insider | January 25, 2024 | — | 8% | New York City | thehill.com |
| Storytel | January 24, 2024 | 80 | 13% | Stockholm | investors.storytel.com |
| Jellysmack | January 23, 2024 | 30 | — | Paris | businessinsider.com |
| YouTube | January 17, 2024 | 100 | — | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Artifact | January 12, 2024 | — | 100% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Audible | January 11, 2024 | 100 | 5% | New York City | variety.com |
| The Messenger | January 2, 2024 | 24 | — | New York City | nytimes.com |
| Jellysmack | December 15, 2023 | — | — | Paris | businessinsider.com |
| Spotify WARN | December 5, 2023 | 5 | — | Kings, NY | — |
| Spotify WARN | December 5, 2023 | 750 | — | New York, NY | — |
| Spotify | December 4, 2023 | 1,500 | 17% | Stockholm | cnbc.com |
| Meow Wolf | December 4, 2023 | 8 | — | Santa Fe | finance.yahoo.com |
| Vox Media | November 30, 2023 | — | 4% | Washington D.C. | theinformation.com |
| Recast | September 22, 2023 | — | 100% | Edinburgh | linkedin.com |
| Roku | September 6, 2023 | 360 | 10% | SF Bay Area | cnbc.com |
| Chingari | August 24, 2023 | — | 50% | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Times Internet | August 18, 2023 | 100 | 5% | Gurugram | |
| StreamElements | August 17, 2023 | 60 | 35% | Tel Aviv | calcalistech.com |
| Big Cabal Media | August 4, 2023 | — | 19% | Lagos | benjamindada.com |
| Viaplay | July 20, 2023 | 450 | 25% | Stockholm | deadline.com |
| Highsnobiety | July 3, 2023 | 24 | 10% | Berlin | businessoffashion.com |
| Buzzer | June 30, 2023 | — | 100% | New York City | frontofficesports.com |
| Insider Intelligence | June 29, 2023 | 20 | — | New York City | theinformation.com |
| Plex | June 28, 2023 | 37 | 20% | SF Bay Area | theverge.com |
| Chingari | June 19, 2023 | 48 | 20% | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| dot.LA | June 12, 2023 | — | 100% | Los Angeles | lastartups.com |
| Spotify | June 5, 2023 | 200 | 2% | Stockholm | cnbc.com |
| Jellysmack | May 25, 2023 | 13 | — | Paris | businessinsider.com |
| Buzzer | May 9, 2023 | — | — | New York City | sports.yahoo.com |
| TheSkimm | May 3, 2023 | 22 | 13% | New York City | businessinsider.com |
| BuzzFeed | April 20, 2023 | 180 | 15% | New York City | variety.com |
| Insider | April 20, 2023 | — | 10% | New York City | thedailybeast.com |
| Kumu | April 17, 2023 | — | — | Manila | techinasia.com |
| Utopia Music | April 17, 2023 | — | 15% | Zug | billboard.com |
| Bluepad | April 13, 2023 | — | 100% | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Spotify | March 30, 2023 | 15 | — | Stockholm | bloomberg.com |
| Roku | March 30, 2023 | 200 | 6% | SF Bay Area | reuters.com |
| Hulu | March 30, 2023 | 200 | — | Beijing | en.pingwest.com |
| Morning Brew | March 9, 2023 | 40 | — | New York City | axios.com |
| Wattpad | March 8, 2023 | 42 | 15% | Toronto | betakit.com |
| SiriusXM | March 6, 2023 | 475 | 8% | New York City | variety.com |
| CNET | March 2, 2023 | 12 | 10% | SF Bay Area | theverge.com |
| Synamedia | February 22, 2023 | 200 | 12% | London | calcalistech.com |
| Crunchyroll | February 21, 2023 | 85 | — | Tokyo | animenewsnetwork.com |
| Jellysmack | February 15, 2023 | 208 | — | Paris | theinformation.com |
| Religion of Sports | February 15, 2023 | — | — | Los Angeles | nytimes.com |
| Quillt | February 9, 2023 | — | — | St. Louis | bizjournals.com |
| Pocket Aces | February 6, 2023 | 50 | 25% | Mumbai | economictimes.indiatimes.com |
| TheSkimm | February 1, 2023 | 17 | 10% | New York City | businessinsider.com |
| VerticalScope | February 1, 2023 | 60 | 22% | Toronto | theglobeandmail.com |
| Bustle Digital Group | February 1, 2023 | — | 8% | New York City | variety.com |
| Spotify | January 23, 2023 | 600 | 6% | Stockholm | reuters.com |
| Vox Media | January 20, 2023 | 130 | 7% | Washington D.C. | variety.com |
| Fandom | January 19, 2023 | — | — | SF Bay Area | variety.com |
| SmartNews | January 12, 2023 | 120 | 40% | Tokyo | techcrunch.com |
| StreamElements | January 10, 2023 | 40 | 20% | Tel Aviv | calcalistech.com |
| Minute Media | January 8, 2023 | 50 | 10% | London | calcalistech.com |
| Kaltura | January 4, 2023 | 75 | 11% | New York City | en.globes.co.il |
| Bilibili | December 27, 2022 | — | 30% | Shanghai | technode.com |
| BuzzFeed | December 6, 2022 | 180 | 12% | New York City | variety.com |
| VerSe Innovation | November 25, 2022 | 150 | 5% | Bengaluru | techcrunch.com |
| Utopia Music | November 24, 2022 | — | — | Zug | musicbusinessworldwide.com |
| StoryBlocks | November 18, 2022 | — | 25% | Washington D.C. | linkedin.com |
| Roku | November 17, 2022 | 200 | 7% | SF Bay Area | variety.com |
| Morning Brew | November 17, 2022 | — | 14% | New York City | twitter.com |
| Protocol | November 15, 2022 | 60 | 100% | SF Bay Area | cnn.com |
| Outside | November 15, 2022 | — | 12% | Boulder | crunchbase.com |
| Cloudinary | November 14, 2022 | 40 | 8% | SF Bay Area | calcalistech.com |
| Spotify | November 9, 2022 | — | — | Stockholm | digitalmusicnews.com |
| GoNuts | October 27, 2022 | — | 100% | Mumbai | inc42.com |
| Callisto Media | October 25, 2022 | — | 35% | SF Bay Area | publishersweekly.com |
| Flipboard | October 16, 2022 | 24 | 21% | SF Bay Area | axios.com |
| Spotify | October 6, 2022 | — | — | Stockholm | techcrunch.com |
| Acast | September 15, 2022 | 70 | 15% | Stockholm | bloomberg.com |
| Netflix | September 14, 2022 | 30 | — | SF Bay Area | deadline.com |
| Patreon | September 13, 2022 | 80 | 17% | SF Bay Area | theinformation.com |
| Patreon | September 9, 2022 | 5 | — | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Medium | September 6, 2022 | — | 25% | SF Bay Area | linkedin.com |
| Kaltura | August 9, 2022 | — | 10% | New York City | en.globes.co.il |
| FuboTV | August 2, 2022 | — | — | New York City | businessinsider.com |
| OnlyFans | August 1, 2022 | — | — | London | businessinsider.com |
| Tapas Media | July 28, 2022 | — | — | SF Bay Area | — |
| Vox Media | July 27, 2022 | 39 | 2% | Washington D.C. | axios.com |
| Callisto Media | July 21, 2022 | 140 | 35% | SF Bay Area | publishersweekly.com |
| Splice | July 20, 2022 | 23 | — | New York City | washingtonpost.com |
| Substack | June 29, 2022 | 13 | 14% | SF Bay Area | nytimes.com |
| StreamElements | June 23, 2022 | — | 20% | Tel Aviv | esportsinsider.com |
| Netflix | June 23, 2022 | 300 | 3% | SF Bay Area | cnbc.com |
| Mindgeek | June 22, 2022 | — | — | Luxembourg | variety.com |
| Buzzer | June 20, 2022 | — | 20% | New York City | sportico.com |
| Elementor | June 15, 2022 | 60 | 15% | Tel Aviv | en.globes.co.il |
| OpenWeb | June 15, 2022 | 14 | 5% | Tel Aviv | en.globes.co.il |
| Wave Sports and Entertainment | June 13, 2022 | 56 | 33% | Los Angeles | dot.la |
| Jellysmack | June 9, 2022 | — | 8% | New York City | businessinsider.com |
| Outside | May 20, 2022 | 87 | 15% | Boulder | adweek.com |
| Netflix | May 17, 2022 | 150 | 1% | SF Bay Area | cnbc.com |
| Netflix | April 28, 2022 | 25 | — | SF Bay Area | thewrap.com |
| Humble | April 15, 2022 | 10 | — | SF Bay Area | gamedeveloper.com |
| Legible | April 4, 2022 | 23 | 38% | Vancouver | betakit.com |
| Storytel | March 17, 2022 | 100 | 10% | Stockholm | svt.se |
| Ozy Media | October 1, 2021 | — | 100% | SF Bay Area | nytimes.com |
| Madefire | April 29, 2021 | — | 100% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Patreon | April 26, 2021 | 36 | — | SF Bay Area | youtube.com |
| Medium | March 24, 2021 | — | — | SF Bay Area | ev.medium.com |
| HuffPo | March 9, 2021 | 47 | — | New York City | huffpost.com |
| Quibi | October 21, 2020 | — | 100% | Los Angeles | layoffs.fyi |
| TheWrap | September 29, 2020 | — | — | Los Angeles | nypost.com |
| Bleacher Report | September 11, 2020 | 20 | — | London | awfulannouncing.com |
| Big Fish Games | September 1, 2020 | 250 | — | Seattle | venturebeat.com |
| Spaces | August 24, 2020 | — | — | Los Angeles | protocol.com |
| Vox Media | July 14, 2020 | — | — | Washington D.C. | cnbc.com |
| Kongregate | July 1, 2020 | 12 | — | SF Bay Area | forbes.com |
| Atlas Obscura | June 18, 2020 | 15 | — | New York City | poynter.org |
| Her Campus Media | June 10, 2020 | 10 | 18% | Boston | weny.com |
| The Athletic | June 5, 2020 | 46 | 8% | SF Bay Area | axios.com |
| Quartz | May 14, 2020 | 80 | 40% | New York City | nytimes.com |
| TheSkimm | May 1, 2020 | 26 | 20% | New York City | wsj.com |
| Culture Trip | May 1, 2020 | 95 | 32% | London | businessinsider.com |
| Fandom | April 30, 2020 | — | 14% | SF Bay Area | community.fandom.com |
| Cheddar | April 24, 2020 | — | — | New York City | thewrap.com |
| Patreon | April 21, 2020 | 30 | 13% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Politico / Protocol | April 21, 2020 | 13 | — | Washington D.C. | niemanlab.org |
| Meow Wolf | April 10, 2020 | 201 | — | Santa Fe | sfreporter.com |
| Geekwire | April 10, 2020 | 5 | 31% | Seattle | geekwire.com |
| Group Nine Media | April 7, 2020 | 50 | 7% | New York City | axios.com |
| Bustle Digital Group | April 3, 2020 | 24 | 8% | New York City | digiday.com |
| Bustle Digital Group | April 3, 2020 | 19 | — | New York City | adweek.com |
| G/O Media Group | April 3, 2020 | 14 | 5% | New York City | digiday.com |
| Avantage Entertainment | April 3, 2020 | 5 | 20% | Minneapolis | bizjournals.com |
| FiscalNote | April 2, 2020 | 30 | — | Washington D.C. | adweek.com |
| Highsnobiety | April 1, 2020 | 51 | 25% | Berlin | digiday.com |
| Maven | March 30, 2020 | 31 | 9% | Seattle | businesswire.com |
| O'Reilly Media | March 25, 2020 | 75 | 15% | SF Bay Area | businessinsider.com |
| Overtime | March 25, 2020 | 30 | 23% | New York City | frntofficesport.com |
| Yonder | March 20, 2020 | 18 | — | Austin | americaninno.com |