YY
Q1 2022 Earnings Call
May 31, 2022, 9:00 p.m. ET
Contents:
- Prepared Remarks
- Questions and Answers
- Call Participants
Prepared Remarks:
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to JOYY Inc.'s first quarter 2022 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the management's prepared remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. I'd now like to hand the conference over to your host today, Jane Xie, the company's senior manager of investor relations.
Please go ahead, Jane.
Jane Xie -- Senior Manager, Investor Relations
Thank you, operator. Hello, everyone. Welcome to JOYY's first quarter 2022 earnings conference call. Joining us today are Mr.
David Xueling Li, chairman and CEO of JOYY; Ms. Ting Li, our COO; and Mr. Alex Leo, the general manager of finance. For today's call, management will first provide a review of the quarter, and then we will conduct a Q&A session.
The financial results and webcast of this conference call are available at ir.joyy.com. A replay of this call will also be available on our website in a few hours. Before we continue, I would like to remind you that we may make forward-looking statements, which are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ from our current expectations. For detailed discussions of the risks and uncertainties, please refer to our latest annual report on Form 20-F and other documents filed with the SEC.
Finally, please note that unless otherwise stated, all figures mentioned during this conference call are in U.S. dollars. I will now turn the call over to our Chairman and CEO, Mr. David Xueling Li.
Please go ahead, sir.
David Xueling Li -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Hello, everyone. Welcome to our first quarter 2022 earnings call. Let me start the call with an overview of our first quarter results in line with our previous expectations as various parts of the world started to emerge from pandemic restrictions, a combination of force, including macroeconomic weakness seasonality, and unfavorable foreign exchange impact contributed to a drag on our top-line growth during the first quarter. For the first quarter of 2022, our group's total revenue was $623.8 million, decreasing by 3% year over year.
Among which, BIGO's revenue was $534.6 million decreasing by 8% year over year. However, our global business has demonstrated resilience despite the challenging market environment and weak seasonality. Such resilience is mainly attributable to our sustainable growth model and further improvement to our operating efficiency. When compared to prior-year period, we achieved a steady improvement in profitability during the first quarter of 2022.