Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

Schedule of Income (loss) Before Income Taxes

Income (loss) before income taxes consists of:


	For the years ended December 31,
	2023			2024		2025
	RMB			RMB		RMB
Chinese mainland		2,787,963			1,806,369		1,741,866
Non-Chinese mainland		(135,602	)		19,010		(79,593	)

Income (loss) before income taxes		2,652,361			1,825,379		1,662,273

Components of Group's Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Group’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:


	As of December 31,
	2024			2025
	RMB			RMB
Deferred tax assets:
Advertising expense		404,023			396,309
Net operating loss carry-forward		286,835			335,031
Accrued expenses		27,450			23,314
Impairment on long-term investments		23,023			18,523
Less: valuation allowance		(705,265	)		(738,563	)

Deferred tax assets, net		36,066			34,614

Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangible assets acquired		2,820			50,568
Accelerated tax depreciation		4,582			8,597
Withholding income tax		234,513			471,952
Others		—			879

Deferred tax liabilities, net		241,915			531,996

Schedule Of Reconciliation Between Income Tax Expense To Income Before Income Taxes And Actual Provision For Income Tax

Reconciliation between income tax expense computed by applying the PRC EIT rate of 25% to income before income taxes and the actual provision for income tax is as follows:


	For the years ended December 31,
	2023			2024
	RMB			RMB
Net income before provision for income tax		2,652,361			1,825,379
PRC statutory tax rate		25	%		25	%
Income tax expense at statutory tax rate		663,090			456,345
Permanent differences and Research and development super-deduction		(76,414	)		(67,319	)
Change in valuation allowance		31,283			80,576
Effect of income tax rate difference in other jurisdictions		41,854			6,672
Effect of tax holidays and preferential tax rates		(213,804	)		(150,067	)
Effect of the preferential tax rate adjustment of prior year’s EIT		—			—
Effect of PRC withholding tax		184,014			518,815

Provision for income tax		630,023			845,022


	For the years ended December 31,
	2025
	RMB			Percent
Income tax expense at PRC statutory rate		415,568			25.0	%
Foreign tax effects		17,474			1.1	%
Effect of changes in tax laws or rates enacted in the current year		—			0	%
Effect of cross-border tax laws
PRC withholding tax		633,586			38.1	%
Tax credits
Tax incentives relating to R&D expenditures		(63,892	)		(3.8	%)
Change in valuation allowance		28,096			1.7	%
Nontaxable or nondeductible items		(8,114	)		(0.5	%)
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits		—			0	%
Other adjustments
Effect of tax holidays inside PRC		(124,138	)		(7.5	%)
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries deductible for tax purposes		(55,711	)		(3.4	%)

Income tax expense		842,869			50.7	%

Increase in Income Tax Expenses and Net Income Per Share Amounts

If Beijing Momo IT, Chengdu Momo and Tantan Technology did not enjoy income tax exemptions and preferential tax rates for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2024 and 2025, the increase in income tax expenses and resulting net income per share amounts would be as follows:


	For the years ended December 31,
	2023		2024		2025
	RMB		RMB		RMB
Increase in income tax expenses		213,804		150,067		124,138
Net income per ordinary share attributable to Hello Group Inc. - basic		4.62		2.41		2.05
Net income per ordinary share attributable to Hello Group Inc. - diluted		4.39		2.38		2.01

Schedule Of Income Taxes

Income taxes consist of:


	For the years ended December 31,
	2023		2024		2025
	RMB		RMB		RMB
Current income tax expenses		444,449		398,498		566,061
Deferred tax expenses		185,574		446,524		276,808

Total income tax expenses		630,023		845,022		842,869

Schedule Of Valuation Allowance Of Deferred Tax Assets

The movements of valuation allowance of deferred tax assets are as follows:


	For the years ended December 31,
	2023			2024			2025
	RMB			RMB			RMB
Balance at beginning of the year		638,980			654,033			705,265
Acquisitions		—			—			44,774
Additions		31,283			80,576			28,096
Expirations		(16,230	)		(29,344	)		(39,572	)

Balance at the end of the year		654,033			705,265			738,563