Tenev: Robinhood Gold reached 4M subscribers, including 40% of new signups
Vlad Tenev · CEO Vlad Tenev on Robinhood's Record Year (+200%, ~$100B Market Cap) · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Jan 10, 2026 · at 5:15
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev details adoption and subscription metrics for Robinhood Gold on the Sourcery podcast.
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“Robinhood gold itself, which is a subscription product, we're up to four million gold subscribers, you know, and that's really ramped. Now, now at this .15% of all of our customers thereabouts are Robinhood gold subscribers, and of the customers that join on a quarterly basis, the new customers, it's like upwards of 40%.”
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