This statistic shows the number of employees in internet companies from 2014 to 2019. In 2019, social media platform Facebook had a total of 44,942 full-time employees whereas Alphabet had 98,771 full-time workers.
Number of employees of leading internet companies worldwide from 2014 to 2019
*In July 2015, PayPal split from eBay to become an independent company. There are no separate figures regarding PayPal employees in 2014. Alibaba FY 2020 ended March 31, 2020. Yahoo was acquired by Verizon Communications in June 2017. LinkedIn was acquired by Microsoft in December 2016.
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Twitter, & Amazon, & Google, & eBay, & Alibaba, & Yahoo, & Facebook, & LinkedIn, & Statista, & PayPal. (May 22, 2020). Number of employees of leading internet companies worldwide from 2014 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/271575/number-of-employees-in-web-companies/
Twitter, und Amazon, und Google, und eBay, und Alibaba, und Yahoo, und Facebook, und LinkedIn, und Statista, und PayPal. "Number of employees of leading internet companies worldwide from 2014 to 2019." Chart. May 22, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271575/number-of-employees-in-web-companies/
Twitter, Amazon, Google, eBay, Alibaba, Yahoo, Facebook, LinkedIn, Statista, PayPal. (2020). Number of employees of leading internet companies worldwide from 2014 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/271575/number-of-employees-in-web-companies/
Twitter, and Amazon, and Google, and eBay, and Alibaba, and Yahoo, and Facebook, and LinkedIn, and Statista, and PayPal. "Number of Employees of Leading Internet Companies Worldwide from 2014 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/271575/number-of-employees-in-web-companies/
Twitter & Amazon & Google & eBay & Alibaba & Yahoo & Facebook & LinkedIn & Statista & PayPal, Number of employees of leading internet companies worldwide from 2014 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/271575/number-of-employees-in-web-companies/ (last visited July 12, 2020)
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