What does BuzzFeed use?

As of October 2026, runsonwhat has found 62 tools at BuzzFeed (buzzfeed.com) in public records. Edge & Hosting: Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services and Amazon Route 53. Application: Google Fonts, React and Adobe Fonts. Data & Observability: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Sentry. Go-to-market: Google Ads, Meta Pixel and Mailchimp. Company Ops: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and reCAPTCHA. Last checked October 7, 2026.

BuzzFeed uses Amazon Web Services for hosting and cloud infrastructure, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Amazon Web Services through a subdomain that points at Amazon Web Services and code on buzzfeed.com, and BuzzFeed has used it since at least May 2023. Amazon Web Services is used by 143,913 companies runsonwhat tracks.

BuzzFeed uses Microsoft 365 for email and office software, alongside Google Workspace and Apple Business, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Microsoft 365 through a DNS verification record for Microsoft 365. Microsoft 365 is used by 694,543 companies runsonwhat tracks.

BuzzFeed uses Zendesk for customer support and documentation, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Zendesk through email records that authorize Zendesk. Zendesk is used by 40,109 companies runsonwhat tracks.

BuzzFeed uses Google Analytics for analytics, alongside Google Tag Manager, comScore and Mixpanel, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Google Analytics through Google Analytics code on buzzfeed.com. Google Analytics is used by 815,909 companies runsonwhat tracks.

BuzzFeed uses Mailchimp for marketing, alongside Sailthru, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Mailchimp through email records that authorize Mailchimp. Mailchimp is used by 111,423 companies runsonwhat tracks.

BuzzFeed has used Amazon CloudFront since at least November 2018, going by the first public certificate of the buzzfeed.com subdomain that points at Amazon CloudFront. Other long-running tools at BuzzFeed include Amazon Web Services (since May 2023) and Auth0 (since September 2023).

Yes. runsonwhat found Google Fonts at BuzzFeed through Google Fonts code on buzzfeed.com. Google Fonts is a Media & UI tool used by 757,669 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Yes. runsonwhat has found Anthropic and TollBit at BuzzFeed; Anthropic, for example, through a DNS verification record for Anthropic. AI services called only from servers leave no public trace, so BuzzFeed may use more AI tools than these.

The companies with the stacks most like BuzzFeed's are USA TODAY, The Economist, Switch and Rvo Health, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). Each shares 13 to 17 tools with BuzzFeed, and rare tools count for more than common ones like Google Workspace, so the match reflects real stack choices.

runsonwhat reads public records only. Of the 62 tools at BuzzFeed, 30 were found through code on buzzfeed.com, 19 through DNS records, 8 through email records and 5 through subdomains that point at the vendor. A tool is listed only when a direct record backs it up; DNS is rechecked weekly and buzzfeed.com about monthly.