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Roblox Corporation's Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2023, filed with the SEC on 21 February 2024, states that the platform had 68.4 million average daily active users across more than 190 countries for the full year, part of the gaming-sector disclosures this desk tracks. A separate shareholder letter filed 7 February 2024 states that fourth-quarter average daily active users reached 71.5 million, up 22% year over year, and that full-year Bookings - Roblox's term for the value of virtual currency purchased - were $3,520.8 million, up 23% year over year.
The evidence
The same shareholder letter states that net loss attributable to common stockholders was $1,151.9 million for 2023, a figure that grew alongside both the user base and Bookings, meaning growth in engagement and in the platform's own accounting of purchases did not translate into profitability that year. Bookings is a non-GAAP metric Roblox defines separately from recognised revenue, because much of the value of a virtual-currency purchase is recognised over an item's estimated useful life rather than at the moment of sale; a strategist reading Bookings as equivalent to revenue would overstate how much of that cash the accounting statements currently recognise.
Timeframe and confidence
Both documents are SEC filings covering the same fiscal year from slightly different angles - the shareholder letter as a quarterly and annual summary, the 10-K as the full annual report - and their user and Bookings figures are consistent with each other, which is the strongest form of corroboration two documents from the same filer can offer. Neither filing, in the sections reviewed for this entry, breaks the 68.4 million average daily users down by age band, so any claim about the platform's under-13 user share would need a different, more detailed disclosure than what is cited here.
What would change the reading
A subsequent year's filing showing Bookings growth outpacing or falling behind user growth would indicate whether monetisation per user is strengthening or weakening. A narrowing net loss on continued user growth would support a path toward profitability; a widening loss despite slowing growth would suggest cost structure, not scale, is the binding constraint.
- How does average revenue or Bookings per daily active user compare with competing platforms in the same period?
- What proportion of daily active users are under 13, and how does that shape monetisation and safety obligations?
- Has the gap between Bookings and recognised revenue narrowed or widened in subsequent filings?
A growing user base and a growing net loss are not contradictory facts; they describe a platform still spending more to acquire and serve users than it currently recognises in revenue from them. The Bookings-versus-revenue distinction is the detail that keeps that growth story honest.
Source trail
- Roblox Corporation Form 10-K (Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023)www.sec.gov · Source publication: 2024-02-21 · Retrieved 2026-09-16
States full-year 2023 average daily active users of 68.4 million across more than 190 countries.
- Roblox Corporation Shareholder Letter, Q4 and Full Year 2023 Resultswww.sec.gov · Source publication: 2024-02-07 · Retrieved 2026-09-16
States Q4 2023 average daily active users (71.5 million), full-year Bookings ($3,520.8 million) and net loss attributable to common stockholders ($1,151.9 million).
- Event date
- 2024-02-21
- First source date
- 2024-02-07
- Source-record publication
- Not supplied — draft retained
- Preparation
- 2026-09-16