This statistic gives information on the research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2017. During the most recent year, Alphabet spent 16.6 billion U.S. dollars on R&D. Social networking company Facebook spent 7.75 billion U.S. dollars on research.
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This statistic gives information on the research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2017. During the most recent year, Alphabet spent 16.6 billion U.S. dollars on R&D. Social networking company Facebook spent 7.75 billion U.S. dollars on research.
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- June 2018
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2014 to 2017
- Special properties
- research and development / product development spending
- Supplementary notes
- Yahoo was purchased by Verizon Communications in June 2017.
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- Region
- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2014 to 2017
- Special properties
- research and development / product development spending
- Supplementary notes
- Yahoo was purchased by Verizon Communications in June 2017.
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- Number of full-time Alphabet employees from 2007 to 2017Alphabet: number of full-time employees 2007-2017
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