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Datadog

HQ New York, USFounded 2010publicWebsite @datadoghq
Composite score
43.8
rank #34 · cuts

#34 Cut. Headcount down 3% over the last 90 days.

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Headcount
10.3k
+0.5%
90d change
-3.2%
Funding events (90d)
0
1 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$532k
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
13.3%
within typical band
Average tenure
2.5 yrs
—
Time since last raise
1y 11mo
last round

Hiring flow · Datadog

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
3,701
+12%
Sales
1,756
+18%
Support
616
+4%
Sales Engineering
437
+11%
Human Resources
372
-3%
Product
346
+17%
Operations
306
+17%
Marketing
209
+23%
Other
483
—

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
No recent mentions across our tracked sources.
Machine-readablesignals RSSJSON APIAPI & MCP docs

Events

Funding · post ipo debt · $870M
2y ago

Score history

2026-10-19
43.8
rank #34
2026-10-12
43.8
rank #26
2026-10-05
54.3
rank #7
2026-09-28
40.3
rank #9
2026-09-21
40.3
rank #8
2026-09-14
29.9
rank #31
2026-09-07
22.1
rank #43
2026-08-31
12.3
rank #47
2026-08-24
12.4
rank #47
2026-08-17
13.8
rank #46
2026-08-10
2.4
rank #48
2026-08-03
0.0
rank #49