HUYA News & Events

Huya announced that it will exclusively publish the upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing title, "The Legend of Swordman: Reunion," in the Chinese mainland. Pre-registration is now officially open.

Reports Q1 revenue $250.6M vs. $207.9M last year. Junhong Huang, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Huya, commented, "Huya continued to deliver solid results in the first quarter of 2026, underpinned by our ongoing transformation into a comprehensive game-related services provider. Total net revenues reached RMB1.73 billion, up 14.6% year-over-year, while game-related services, advertising, and other revenues grew 69.4% year-over-year to RMB627.4 million, representing a record 36.3% of total net revenues."

Huya announced that its board of directors has authorized a new share repurchase program, effective immediately on March 18. Under the share repurchase program, the company may repurchase up to $50M of its American depositary shares and/or ordinary shares over a 24-month period ending on March 18, 2028. The company's previous share repurchase program, which was originally adopted on August 15, 2023, was scheduled to expire on March 31. Upon the effectiveness of the 2026 share repurchase program on March 18, the 2023 share repurchase program was terminated, and any of the unutilized quota of $24.5M under the 2023 share repurchase program was cancelled.

To implement its 2025-2027 dividend plan adopted in March 2025, the board of directors of the company has approved a special cash dividend for the year 2026. The 2026 cash dividend will be paid to holders of ordinary shares and holders of ADSs of record as of the close of business on June 17, in U.S. dollars, in an amount of 13.5c per ordinary share. The total amount of cash to be distributed for the 2026 cash dividend is expected to be approximately $31M, which will be funded by surplus cash on the company's balance sheet. The payment date for holders of ordinary shares and holders of ADSs is expected to be on or around June 30. The dividend to be paid to the company's ADS holders through the depositary bank will be subject to the terms of the deposit agreement.