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Roku surpassed Wall Street expectations for Q4 2025, reporting record quarterly revenue, adjusted EBITDA and net income on the back of continued growth in its connected TV platform business. 

And as the streamer, which tallied 90 million streaming households as of 2025, reported strong financial results, executives responded to questions about generative AI and short-form content – where they expect the technology to bring down content costs and boost consumption of longer-form content, to the benefit of Roku.  

Before getting more into comments around AI, some key financial results from Roku’s Q4 and full-year 2025 earnings report.

Roku platform revenue of $1.2 billion in Q4 was up 18% year-over-year with a gross margin of 52.8%, Q4 Adjusted EBITDA totaled $169 million and Roku reported net income of $80 million in the quarter – all of which represent records for the company. 

And device revenue – while no longer a growth engine for the company, was up 3% yoy in Q4 to $171 million. 

For the full-year platform revenue also grew 18% yoy to $4.15 billion, with 2025 Adjusted EBITDA of $421 million and free cash flow of $484 million.   

Roku back in 2024 outlined improved home screen monetization, growing subscriptions and expanding demand capabilities for advertisers as focus areas to help accelerate platform revenue growth.

It delivered on the goal of achieving break-even Adjusted EBITDA a year earlier than targeted, which CEO Anthony Wood said allowed Roku to invest further in the platform monetization efforts. That involved expanding third-party advertising demand access in 2025 with deepened DSP and other ad-tech partnerships, as well as more scaled measurement and performance ad capabilities.

And the latest financial results show efforts are starting to pay off. 

Roku attributed full-year platform revenue growth to continued strength in video advertising and…