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Snapchat owner cuts 16% of global staff in latest round of job cuts
AP News ^ | April 15, 2026 | Associated Press

Posted on 04/22/2026 2:43:00 PM PDT by Angelino97

The owner of social media platform Snapchat said Wednesday it’s eliminating about 16% of its global workforce, or about 1,000 jobs that will be culled in its latest round of layoffs.

Snap Inc. said in a regulatory filing that the job cuts will cost about $95 million to $130 million in severance payments and related costs.

“The headcount reduction is designed to further streamline our operations and reallocate resources toward our highest-priority initiatives, leveraging increased operational efficiencies to accelerate our path toward net-income profitability,” the company said in its filing.

Snap had 5,261 full-time employees as of Dec. 31, 2025, the company said in its latest annual report.

CEO Evan Spiegel said in a letter to staff that another 300 open roles would not be filled.

It’s not the first time the Santa Monica, California-based company has eliminated jobs. In 2024, Snap cut 10% of its workforce, or about 530 employees.

Snap cut 3% of its staff in late 2023, and in 2022 it slashed its workforce by 20%.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chat; chatforum; computers; notnews; snapchat

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1 posted on 04/22/2026 2:43:00 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

...and SNAP!...they’re unemployed!


2 posted on 04/22/2026 2:59:44 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Talarico is Italian for "heretic".)
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To: Angelino97

And Snap - there goes CA income tax base. 200k tech jobs have gone poof.


3 posted on 04/22/2026 3:24:09 PM PDT by KingofZion
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To: Angelino97

Snapchat is used primarily by people under 25, and about 20% of all the users are high school age and younger.


4 posted on 04/22/2026 4:14:32 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Angelino97

My daughter had me get Snapchat. I just use it to make funny pictures of myself.


5 posted on 04/22/2026 4:17:02 PM PDT by roving
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