Baszucki completely disavows Hindenburg Research's allegations of inflated Roblox user metrics
David Baszucki · Roblox CEO: We Want AI To Generate Full Games · Mar 12, 2025 · at 31:26
Roblox CEO David Baszucki addresses Hindenburg Research's claims that Roblox inflated user metrics and engagement by 25 to 42 percent.
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“On this point in particular, you know, on TV, publicly on earnings call, we completely disavow the whole allegation. And the interesting thing is investors can look at the ratio of the time on Roblox to the hours on Roblox to the bookings on On Roblox, that that's available for four or five years, and you can watch the ratios of all of those. And when you dig into that math, it becomes very apparent that their research was completely flawed.”
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