Segments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segments

Segments

The Company determines its operating segments based on how its chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) manages the business, allocates resources, makes operating decisions and evaluates operating performance. The Company's two operating and reportable segments are as follows:

•Software Platform: Software Platform generates revenue primarily from fees paid by advertisers for the placement of ads on mobile applications owned by Publishers.

•Apps: Apps generates revenue when a user of one of the Apps makes an in-app purchase and when an advertiser purchases the digital advertising inventory of the Company's portfolio of Apps.

The CODM evaluates the performance of each operating segment using revenue and segment adjusted EBITDA. The Company defines segment adjusted EBITDA as revenue less expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization and certain items that the Company does not believe are reflective of the operating segments’ core operations. Expenses include indirect costs that are allocated to operating segments based on a reasonable allocation methodology, which are generally related to sales and marketing activities and general and administrative overhead. Revenue and expenses exclude transactions between the Company's operating segments. The CODM does not evaluate operating segments using asset information, and, accordingly, the Company does not report asset information by segment.

The following table provides information about the Company's reportable segments and a reconciliation of the total segment adjusted EBITDA to income (loss) before income taxes (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Revenue:
Software Platform	$	504,452	$	306,592	$	1,265,273	$	742,972
Apps	359,804		406,507		1,064,553		1,371,779
Total Revenue	$	864,256	$	713,099	$	2,329,826	$	2,114,751
Segment Adjusted EBITDA:
Software Platform	$	364,117	$	190,256	$	855,697	$	622,555
Apps	55,174		67,381		170,806		181,055
Total Segment Adjusted EBITDA	$	419,291	$	257,637	$	1,026,503	$	803,610
Interest expense and loss on settlement of debt	$	(78,583)	$	(48,627)	$	(204,081)	$	(117,141)
Interest income and other, net	771		3,604		26,359		8,473
Amortization, depreciation and write-offs	(121,797)		(163,830)		(369,897)		(445,507)
Non-operating foreign exchange gain	613		406		1,159		1,683
Stock-based compensation	(110,839)		(42,147)		(275,058)		(143,943)
Acquisition-related expense	(231)		(4,317)		(995)		(21,052)
Publisher bonuses	—		—		—		(209,635)
MoPub acquisition transition services	—		—		—		(6,999)
Restructuring costs	—		(1,117)		(2,316)		(8,494)
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	109,225	$	1,609	$	201,674	$	(139,005)