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🎙 Management Tone Tracker Mixed ↓ Deteriorating 4 quarters analysed

Q1 2025

Confident Specific

Management repeatedly cited concrete metrics: 87% user retention (vs 60% prior cycle), 59M MAUs, 34% revenue growth, and named specific brand advertisers (Netflix, Chevron, Crypto.com). The language is factual and forward-looking without hedging.

Q2 2025

Confident Specific

Management repeatedly uses phrases like 'incredibly proud', 'meaningful progress', 'growing momentum', and provides specific numbers (51 million MAU, $25.1M revenue, 12% YoY growth) and concrete partnership names (Cumulus, Tether, MoonPay) to project assurance about the core business and new initiatives.

Q4 2025

Confident Specific

Management uses exuberant language like 'on absolute fire', 'staggering', 'never been more exciting', and provides concrete metrics (e.g., record 1M unique video views, 85% GPU utilization). Yet they are vague on exact revenue timing, saying ad sales returns are 'back half of 2026 and primarily into 2027'.

Q1 2026 latest

Mixed

Confident about cloud transformation with specific milestones (Northern Data closing, GPU utilization, revenue pipeline) but cautious on video monetization timeline (advertising not meaningful until late 2026, Shorts monetization only in H2).

Guidance Reliability Pending · <3Q data

Investor Lens

The investment thesis is stronger after this call due to concrete progress toward the cloud transformation and Northern Data integration, which could fundamentally shift Rumble into a higher-revenue, higher-growth company. However, video platform ARPU is under pressure from unmonetized Shorts, and management pushed meaningful advertising revenue to late 2026 or 2027, which tempers near-term optimism. The lack of combined guidance and evasion around S-1 forecasts leaves uncertainty. Key things to watch next quarter: closure of Northern Data, GPU utilization rates, initial Shorts monetization impact, and any progress on large cloud deals.

AI-generated concall tone analysis · Updated 2026-06-09 · Not investment advice

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📊 MIXED Rumble reports $25.5M revenue, 56M MAUs, Northern Data acquisition on track to close

Revenue & Profitability

Revenue for Q1 2026 was $25.5 million, compared to $23.7 million in Q1 2025. Net loss was $30.3 million, versus a net loss of $2.7 million in the prior year, driven largely by non-cash changes. Adjusted EBITDA loss improved to $21.0 million from $22.7 million. Cost of services declined 10% year-over-year to $27.0 million.

Outlook

Management sees strong industry demand for cloud infrastructure in the agentic AI era and for crypto/agentic payments. Northern Data reported record Q1 revenue of €43 million and confirmed its full-year 2026 outlook of €130-€150 million. The company also expects a meaningful lift from midterm election advertising spending in late 2026 and into 2027.

Growth Drivers

Key growth levers include Rumble Shorts, which drove sequential MAU growth and set a new record of 2 million unique video views in a day (May 2026). The Rumble Wallet, in partnership with Tether, is scaling slowly with a $100 million advertising commitment expected to ramp in the second half. Cloud pipeline negotiations are underway for GPU-as-a-service, and programmatic advertising channels are opening through the Rumble Advertising Center.

Balance Sheet & CapEx

Not discussed in this earnings call.

Margins

Operating expenses: cost of services declined 10% year-over-year; G&A decreased 37% to $10.4 million; R&D increased 20% to $5.7 million; sales and marketing rose 134% to $8.5 million due to deliberate investments. Adjusted EBITDA loss improved to $21 million from $22.7 million. No specific margin guidance was provided.

Key Risks

Management flagged that Rumble Shorts growth, while unmonetized, negatively impacted ARPU in Q1. The net loss was impacted by non-cash fair value adjustments, acquisition-related transaction costs ($4.8 million), and changes in digital asset values. Reliance on scaling Tether's advertising commitment and successful integration of Northern Data were also noted as areas of focus.

Generated by AI · Q1 2026 results · Not investment advice

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Q2 2026 Q2 2026 2026-08-10

Record Q2 revenue rose 61% year-over-year to $40.4 million, driven by the Northern Data acquisition and strong AI infrastructure demand. Net loss widened due to acquisition costs, but adjusted EBITDA loss improved. Q3 revenue guidance is $87–93 million, with a focus on monetizing 250 MW of power for future growth.

Q1 2026 Q1 2026 2026-05-14

Q1 2026 revenue grew 7% year-over-year to $25.5 million, with strong MAU growth and cloud expansion. The Northern Data acquisition is set to close in June, positioning cloud as a major revenue driver. Monetization of Shorts and Tether ad scaling are expected in the second half of 2026.

Q4 2025 Q4 2025 2026-03-05

Revenue surpassed $100 million in 2025, driven by platform innovation, international user growth, and new brand partnerships. Cloud expansion and a major Tether ad deal set the stage for accelerated growth in 2026, with monetization of Rumble Shorts and Northern Data acquisition as key catalysts.

Q2 2025 Q2 2025 2025-08-11

Revenue grew 12% year-over-year to $25.1 million, with ARPU up 24% sequentially and user engagement steady at 51 million MEUs. Strategic partnerships and the upcoming Rumble Wallet launch are set to drive aggressive growth, supported by strong liquidity and a focus on AI and cloud expansion.

Q1 2025 Q1 2025 2025-05-08

Q1 2025 saw 34% revenue growth, improved user retention, and a strengthened balance sheet from the Tether deal. Major brand campaigns launched, Rumble Wallet is set for Q3, and cash reserves rose to $301.3M. Adjusted EBITDA loss improved 14% year-over-year.

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