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    Earnings call· Sep 2025(Q3 FY25)

    Roblox Corp RBLX

    Oct 30, 2025 Source

    Executive summary

    Roblox Q3 FY25 — Strong User Growth and Platform Expansion

    Roblox delivered robust Q3 FY25 results, driven by significant user and engagement growth across all regions and age demographics, particularly among older cohorts. The company continues to invest heavily in platform innovation, AI capabilities, and safety measures, which are expected to lead to short-term margin compression in 2026 but are seen as crucial for long-term sustainable growth and genre expansion. Management highlighted the increasing health of its creator ecosystem and its progress towards capturing a larger share of the global gaming market.

    Highlights

    5

    • Daily Active Users (DAUs) grew 70% year-on-year to 151.5 million.

    • Bookings increased 70% year-on-year to $1.92 billion.

    • Hours of engagement rose 91% year-on-year to 39.6 billion.

    • Monthly unique payers increased 88% year-on-year to 35.8 million.

    • Developer Exchange (DevEx) payouts reached a record $427.9 million, up 85% year-on-year.

    Concerns

    3

    • Margins are expected to decline slightly in 2026 due to increased investments in DevEx, infrastructure, and personnel.

    • New safety policies may cause some short-term friction to engagement and bookings.

    • Bookings per payer declined on a blended basis due to geographic mix shift towards lower monetizing regions.

    Guidance & targets

    3
    CategoryTargetConfidence
    Overall margins
    decline slightly
    high materiality
    High
    Incremental Capital Expenditure
    incremental CapEx
    medium materiality
    High
    Capital Expenditure levels
    similar levels of CapEx
    medium materiality
    High

    Segment performance

    2
    SegmentRevenueYoYQoQMargin
    U.S. and Canada
    Strong growth across key engagement and monetization metrics.
    Daily Active Users (DAUs) growth: 32% year-on-yearHours of engagement growth: 47% year-on-yearBookings growth: 50% year-on-year
    		————
    APAC
    Exceptional growth across all key metrics, with notable acceleration in bookings from specific countries like Indonesia.
    Daily Active Users (DAUs) growth: 108% year-on-yearHours of engagement growth: 127% year-on-yearBookings growth: 110% year-on-yearJapan bookings growth: 125% year-on-yearIndia bookings growth: 146% year-on-yearIndonesia bookings growth: 804% year-on-year
    		————

    Operational metrics

    12
    Total Revenue
    $1.36Bup 48% year-on-year
    Q3 FY25
    Bookings
    $1.92Bup 70% year-on-year
    Q3 FY25
    Developer Exchange Payouts
    $427.9Mup 85% year-on-year
    Q3 FY25

    Represents a new record for creator earnings on the platform.

    Peak Concurrent Users
    45M
    Q3 FY25

    Supported by infrastructure investments.

    Experiences with >10M DAUs
    7
    Q3 FY25

    Includes both familiar and newly created experiences.

    13+ Daily Active Users Growth
    89%year-on-year
    Q3 FY25

    Indicates continued evolution of the age demographic.

    13+ Hours of Engagement Growth
    107%year-on-year
    Q3 FY25

    Reflects strong engagement from older user cohorts.

    Engagement Growth (experiences outside top 10)
    58%vs Q2 FY25
    Q3 FY25

    Shows accelerating engagement in a broader range of content.

    Spending Growth (experiences outside top 10)
    north of 40%
    Q3 FY25

    Indicates healthy monetization beyond the most popular experiences.

    AI Systems Running
    over 400
    current

    Core within safety, discovery, and creation.

    Developer Exchange Rate Increase
    8.5%
    announced at RDC

    Aims to put more economics into creators' hands.

    Human Interaction Data for AI Training
    over 30,000 years
    daily

    Unique data used for future AI vision, not intended for external release or sale.

    Industry KPIs

    5
    MetricValueDetails
    ARPU armdeclined
    Paid members subscribers151.5MDAUs
    Member quality and retention—
    Addressable market penetration3.2%%
    Content spend title performance—

    Product announcements

    5
    ProductTypeDetails
    Cube 3D modellaunch
    Studio MCP serverlaunch
    RoGuardlaunch
    IP platformlaunch
    Roblox Momentslaunch

    Deals & partnerships

    3
    Attorney General Alliance (AGA)Child safety coalition

    Partnership to share and develop industry standards for communication in social and mobile apps, focusing on child safety.

    MattelJoined Roblox IP platform

    Mattel has joined Roblox's IP platform to connect with creators.

    KodanshaJoined Roblox IP platform

    Kodansha has joined Roblox's IP platform to connect with creators.

    Risks & headwinds

    4
    Margin compression due to increased investmentsFY26

    margins to decline slightly in 2026

    Mitigation: Investments are strategic for sustainable long-term growth; management views this as catching up on growth investments.

    Short-term friction from new safety policiesshort-term

    may cause some short-term friction to engagement and bookings

    Mitigation: Ultimately seen as a magnifier of long-term growth and essential strategic investment to be the gold standard for safety.

    Tough comparables from strong 2025 growth2026

    tough compares that we know we'll have coming out of 2025

    Mitigation: New technologies rolling out in late Q1 and early Q2 2026 are designed to aid growth, but adoption speed by developers will influence the growth rate.

    Decline in blended bookings per payerQ3 FY25

    decline in bookings per payer on a blended basis

    Mitigation: Primarily driven by geographic mix shift towards lower monetizing regions, not a fundamental issue with monetization strategy.

    What to watch in Q4 FY25

    5

    Engagement and Bookings Impact from Safety Policies

    next quarter
    CurrentNew policies rolling out
    TargetMinimal or no short-term friction to engagement and bookings

    Why it matters

    Management acknowledges potential short-term headwinds, but views these policies as crucial for long-term growth and platform health. Verifying the actual impact is key.

    We're also conscious of the fact that the new safety policies we're rolling out consistent with our commitment to being the gold standard for safety may cause some short-term friction to engagement and bookings.

    Q&A highlights

    6

    How will AI, particularly Cube 4D and real-time content generation, transform Roblox experiences and engagement over the next few years, and what will games look like?

    David Baszucki outlined a vision for Roblox where AI enables real-time modification of worlds, objects, and characters, supporting diverse genres from anime to photorealism, and allowing for a mix of human and NPC players. He highlighted Cube 4D's upcoming multiplayer rollout for real-time generation of complex objects and anticipated new, unthought-of types of gameplay.

    “What you're going to see coming out soon with Cube 4D is real-time generation in experience in multiplayer, not just the static objects, but of complex objects, vehicles, weapons, other types of things that user can interact with in multiplayer.”

    asked by Matthew Cost · answered by David Baszucki

    2 min read6 chapters

    Detailed Narrative

    01

    Platform Health & Engagement Growth

    Roblox's platform demonstrated robust health in Q3 FY25, with engagement in experiences outside the top 10 accelerating to 58% growth, up from 47% in Q2. Spending in this cohort also remained strong, growing over 40%. This indicates a broadening of successful content beyond perennial hits, fostering a more diverse and resilient creator ecosystem.

    02

    Age Demographic Evolution

    The platform continues to evolve its age demographic mix, with users aged 13 and over growing 89% year-on-year and now representing two-thirds of total Daily Active Users (DAUs). This shift is also reflected in engagement hours, with 68% of total hours coming from the 13+ age group, suggesting successful expansion into older, potentially higher-value user segments.

    03

    AI and Infrastructure Investments

    Roblox is heavily investing in AI, running over 400 AI systems for safety, discovery, and creation. Key initiatives include the upcoming multiplayer rollout of Cube 3D model, open-sourcing Studio MCP server, and leveraging 30,000 years of human interaction data for future AI development. The company is also optimizing its infrastructure with a mix of owned data centers and cloud bursting, including a new edge data center in Brazil to reduce latency and building out native bare metal GPU capability.

    04

    Creator Ecosystem & Monetization

    The creator ecosystem is thriving, evidenced by a record $427.9 million in DevEx payouts, an 85% year-on-year increase. The DevEx rate was also increased by 8.5%. The launch of an IP platform with partners like Mattel and Kodansha aims to streamline collaboration between IP holders and creators, further supporting the ecosystem's growth and monetization potential.

    05

    Safety and Civility Initiatives

    Roblox remains committed to safety, announcing a partnership with the Attorney General Alliance on a child safety coalition. By year-end, the company plans to implement AI-based facial age estimation to gate communication and content access, and it is adopting IARC ratings, raising the minimum age for restricted content to 18. These stricter policies are viewed as strategic long-term investments, despite potential short-term headwinds.

    06

    Discovery System Enhancements

    The Discovery system is being enhanced with increased transparency, sharing signals like play-through rates and 7-day play days per user with creators. This aims to help creators understand recommendation algorithms and foster new hits, such as "Fish It!" in Indonesia, while continuing to support perennial successes like "Brookhaven" and "Blox Fruits."

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