Reported October 29, 2026, Pinterest posted an all-time high of 661 million monthly active users, up 10% year over year, with revenue up 12% — even as the stock slid on a mixed profit picture.
2026-10-30 · by Moe Ameen
Pinterest reported its third-quarter 2026 results on October 29, 2026, for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, and the headline number was users. Global monthly active users reached an all-time high of 661 million, up 10% year over year from 600 million. CEO Bill Ready led with it: "Pinterest reached an all-time high of 661 million monthly active users in Q3, with revenue growing 12% year over year."
The growth is lopsided toward international markets. Rest of World — Pinterest's largest segment by users — grew 13% to 394 million, Europe rose 7% to 161 million, and the US and Canada added the fewest, up 4% to 107 million. That split matters for monetization: US and Canada average revenue per user was $8.38 in the quarter versus $1.21 in Europe and $0.23 in Rest of World, so the fastest user growth is in the regions Pinterest earns the least from today. Global ARPU was $1.80, up 1%.
Revenue was $1,173.9 million, up 12% year over year. The profit picture was softer: GAAP net income fell to $21.5 million, down 77% from $92.1 million a year earlier, while adjusted EBITDA rose 11% to $339.2 million. Revenue came in at or slightly below some analyst estimates, and reports put the stock down roughly 8% in after-hours trading, with at least one account citing a larger drop — the market read the quarter as strong on users but light on the financial guidance it wanted. Treat the exact per-share figures and the size of the stock move as fast-moving; the audited numbers above come from Pinterest's own release. For creators, the durable signal is the user count: Pinterest is still growing, and now sits at a record audience.
The number worth acting on here isn't the stock price — it's 661 million. Pinterest just posted a record audience that keeps growing fastest outside the US, on a surface where a single Pin can earn saves and clicks for months instead of fading overnight. The reason most creators still under-use it isn't doubt about the reach; it's that producing Pinterest-native content — vertical Pins, multi-image carousels, short portrait video, all on-brand — is one more manual job stacked on top of everything else they publish.
[Kompozy](/) removes that job. Point it at one source and it generates a Pinterest-ready set under a single [Persona Brief](/glossary/persona-brief): brand-exact [Carousel Posts](/glossary/hyperframes) built through HyperFrames, vertical [Photo Posts](/glossary/output-buckets) and [Quote Graphics](/glossary/output-buckets), and portrait [Listicle Video](/glossary/output-buckets) sized for the Pin feed — then schedules and publishes them with Pinterest as one of the eight social platforms, alongside your blog and Mailchimp, on [Autopilot](/glossary/autopilot) behind a per-post review gate. Because the same batch fans out everywhere at once, Pinterest stops being the channel you mean to get to and becomes one you actually show up on weekly. For the product side of Pinterest's year, see our reports on [Pinterest's Visual Search Ads](/news/pinterest-visual-search-ads) and [Pinterest Presents 2026](/news/pinterest-presents-2026).
Pinterest reported 661 million global monthly active users for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, an all-time high and up 10% year over year from 600 million. By region that is 394 million in Rest of World (up 13%), 161 million in Europe (up 7%), and 107 million in the US and Canada (up 4%).
Revenue was $1,173.9 million, up 12% year over year. GAAP net income fell to $21.5 million, down 77% from $92.1 million a year earlier, while adjusted EBITDA rose 11% to $339.2 million. Reports put the stock down roughly 8% after hours as investors focused on the mixed profit and guidance rather than the record user count.
Yes, and the Q3 2026 numbers reinforce it. A record 661 million users — growing fastest internationally — plus Pinterest's long content shelf life (a Pin can drive saves and clicks for months) make it a durable distribution channel. The friction is that publishing Pinterest-native formats is extra manual work, which is where a content engine helps.
Use a content generation and publishing engine like Kompozy. From one source it generates Pinterest-ready carousels, vertical images, quote graphics, and portrait video under a single brand voice, then schedules and publishes them to Pinterest as one of eight social platforms (plus blog and email) from one queue — so Pinterest fans out alongside everywhere else automatically.