<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edgarSubmission xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/schedule13D" xmlns:com="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">
  <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>
<headerData>
    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13D</submissionType>
    <filerInfo>
      <filer>
        <filerCredentials>
          <cik>0001635075</cik>
          <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
        </filerCredentials>
      </filer>
      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



    </filerInfo>
  </headerData>
  <formData>
    <coverPageHeader>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Buzzfeed, Inc., Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001</securitiesClassTitle>
      <dateOfEvent>05/12/2026</dateOfEvent>
      <previouslyFiledFlag>false</previouslyFiledFlag>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCIK>0001828972</issuerCIK>
        <issuerCusips>
          <issuerCusipNumber>12430A300</issuerCusipNumber>
        </issuerCusips>
        <issuerName>BuzzFeed, Inc.</issuerName>
        <address>
          <com:street1>50 WEST 23RD STREET, 6TH FLOOR</com:street1>
          <com:city>NEW YORK</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>10010</com:zipCode>
        </address>
      </issuerInfo>
      <authorizedPersons>
        <notificationInfo>
          <personName>Vivek Ramaswamy</personName>
          <personPhoneNum>2024173529</personPhoneNum>
          <personAddress>
            <com:street1>c/o Steve Roberts</com:street1>
            <com:street2>611 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Suite 353</com:street2>
            <com:city>Washington</com:city>
            <com:stateOrCountry>DC</com:stateOrCountry>
            <com:zipCode>20003</com:zipCode>
          </personAddress>
        </notificationInfo>
      </authorizedPersons>
    </coverPageHeader>
    <reportingPersons>
      <reportingPersonInfo>
        <reportingPersonCIK>0001635075</reportingPersonCIK>
        <reportingPersonNoCIK>N</reportingPersonNoCIK>
        <reportingPersonName>Ramaswamy Vivek</reportingPersonName>
        <fundType>PF</fundType>
        <legalProceedings>N</legalProceedings>
        <citizenshipOrOrganization>X1</citizenshipOrOrganization>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
        <aggregateAmountOwned>0.00</aggregateAmountOwned>
        <isAggregateExcludeShares>N</isAggregateExcludeShares>
        <percentOfClass>0.0</percentOfClass>
        <typeOfReportingPerson>IN</typeOfReportingPerson>
      </reportingPersonInfo>
    </reportingPersons>
    <items1To7>
      <item1>
        <securityTitle>Buzzfeed, Inc., Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001</securityTitle>
        <issuerName>BuzzFeed, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalAddress>
          <com:street1>50 WEST 23RD STREET, 6TH FLOOR</com:street1>
          <com:city>NEW YORK</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>10010</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>Vivek Ramaswamy</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessAddress>c/o Steve Roberts, 611 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Suite 353, Washington, DC 20003</principalBusinessAddress>
        <principalJob>Entrepreneur</principalJob>
        <hasBeenConvicted>N/A</hasBeenConvicted>
        <convictionDescription>N/A</convictionDescription>
        <citizenship>United States</citizenship>
      </item2>
      <item3>
        <fundsSource>N/A - sale transactions</fundsSource>
      </item3>
      <item4>
        <transactionPurpose>Disposition of a material number of securities</transactionPurpose>
      </item4>
      <item5>
        <percentageOfClassSecurities>none</percentageOfClassSecurities>
        <numberOfShares>0</numberOfShares>
        <transactionDesc>Sale of 3,129,779 shares on 5/12/2026, comprised of 3,090,779 common shares at an average price of $1.56, and 39,000 warrants at an average price of $0.04, totaling 8.6% of the total class of 36,296,018 shares as of 5/5/2026</transactionDesc>
        <listOfShareholders>N/A</listOfShareholders>
        <date5PercentOwnership>5/12/2026</date5PercentOwnership>
      </item5>
      <item6>
        <contractDescription>N/A</contractDescription>
      </item6>
    </items1To7>
    <signatureInfo>
      <signaturePerson>
        <signatureReportingPerson>Ramaswamy Vivek</signatureReportingPerson>
        <signatureDetails>
          <signature>/s/ Stephen Roberts, as Attorney-in-Fact for Vivek Ramaswamy</signature>
          <title>Vivek Ramaswamy</title>
          <date>05/14/2026</date>
        </signatureDetails>
      </signaturePerson>
    </signatureInfo>
  </formData>
</edgarSubmission>
