The Top 20 Tech Companies by Revenue Per Employee
Whether the goal is to organize the world’s information or to build an algorithm that makes millions of lives easier, pretty much every tech company in existence aims to leverage software in some way to do the types of jobs that would otherwise be impossible or uneconomical for humans to do.
Tapping into the properties of the digital world allows these companies to do more with less. They can have global reach with minimal infrastructure, massive scale with little overhead, and impressive revenues without any physical inventory.
Tech companies can even “provide” a service by simply connecting people through a platform, rather than knowing how to perform the service itself.
“Our Greatest Asset”
With this kind of scale, every action taken by an employee packs an extra punch to have an effect on company performance. It’s why companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are willing to pay an arm and a leg for the smartest engineers. These teams are not physically turning out widgets in a factory under the constraints of normal economic factors – instead, they are applying their brains to a codebase, and even the tiniest cost savings can add up when multiplied by millions of users.
Today’s visualization from cost information site HowMuch.net helps put this all in perspective by showing revenue per employee of some of the world’s largest tech companies that are a part of the S&P 500.
Here’s the data in table form:
| Rank | Company | Revenue per employee |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Apple | $1,859,000 |
| #2 | $1,621,000 | |
| #3 | Alphabet | $1,253,000 |
| #4 | VeriSign | $1,154,000 |
| #5 | Visa | $1,062,000 |
| #6 | Mastercard | $906,000 |
| #7 | Broadcom | $843,000 |
| #8 | Lam Research | $785,000 |
| #9 | Qualcomm | $772,000 |
| #10 | Microsoft | $748,000 |
| #11 | Applied Materials | $694,000 |
| #12 | Activision Blizzard | $688,000 |
| #13 | Cisco | $684,000 |
| #14 | Xilinx | $640,000 |
| #15 | Yahoo! | $608,000 |
| #16 | PayPal | $599,000 |
| #17 | Intuit | $594,000 |
| #18 | Intel | $560,000 |
| #19 | KLA-Tencor | $535,000 |
| #20 | AMD | $521,000 |
List only based on S&P 500 companies listed in “Technology” category
Facebook, Alphabet, and Visa each bring in over $1 million in revenue per employee – and Apple rakes in nearly $2 million per person.
While these numbers are impressive, not all tech companies on the S&P 500 are masters of scale. In fact, the average tech company brings in closer to $480,000 of revenue per employee.
This amount is comparable to other sectors that make up the S&P 500, like Materials ($600,000 per employee) or Consumer Discretionary ($420,000 per employee).
Ecommerce
Ranked: The World’s Most Used Ecommerce Apps
Asian platforms dominate global rankings.
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December 24, 2025
Ranked: The World’s Most Used Ecommerce Apps
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Key Takeaways
- Amazon remains the world’s most popular ecommerce app, with over 650 million monthly active users.
- Asian platforms dominate global rankings, accounting for seven of the top 10 ecommerce apps.
Mobile apps have become the primary gateway to online shopping for hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide. From everyday essentials to fast fashion and electronics, ecommerce apps now shape how people browse, compare, and buy products across borders.
This visualization ranks the world’s most popular ecommerce apps in 2025 based on average monthly active users (MAUs). The data for this visualization comes from Similarweb.
Together, the top 10 apps reach well over two billion users each month.
Amazon’s Global Lead
Amazon ranks first by a wide margin, with an average of 651.7 million monthly active users. Its dominance reflects a broad product selection, deep logistics infrastructure, and strong brand recognition across North America, Europe, and parts of Asia.
Notably, Amazon is one of only three companies in the top 10 that are not based in Asia.
Asia’s Ecommerce Powerhouses
Asian platforms account for seven of the top 10 apps, led by Shopee (392.8 million MAUs), Temu (246.4 million), and Shein (215.1 million). These companies have grown rapidly by combining mobile-first design, aggressive pricing, and highly localized offerings.
India and Southeast Asia are also well represented. Flipkart (190.8 million) and Meesho (159 million) reflect India’s fast-growing digital consumer base, while Singapore’s Lazada (109.2 million) continues to serve multiple Southeast Asian markets through a single app ecosystem.
| App | Country | Monthly Users |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States | 651.7M |
| Shopee | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 392.8M |
| Temu | 🇨🇳 China | 246.4M |
| Shein | 🇨🇳 China | 215.1M |
| Flipkart | 🇮🇳 India | 190.8M |
| AliExpress | 🇨🇳 China | 159M |
| Meesho | 🇮🇳 India | 159M |
| Mercado Libre | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 125.3M |
| Lazada | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 109.2M |
| Walmart | 🇺🇸 United States | 93.9M |
Regional Champions Outside Asia
Beyond Amazon, two other non-Asian platforms appear in the top 10. Mercado Libre ranks eighth with 125.3 million monthly active users, reflecting its dominant position across Latin America. Walmart rounds out the list at 93.9 million MAUs, supported by its strong U.S. retail footprint.
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Ranked: The Online Marketplaces Getting AI Traffic
Amazon captures almost half of all AI-referred visits.
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December 23, 2025
The Online Marketplaces Getting AI Traffic
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Key Takeaways
- Amazon dominates AI-driven referral traffic, capturing nearly half of all visits sent by AI tools.
- Large, established marketplaces benefit most from AI referrals, while smaller platforms capture only marginal shares.
Online shopping is increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence. From product discovery to price comparison, AI tools are now acting as intermediaries between consumers and digital storefronts.
This visualization shows which online marketplaces are receiving the most referral traffic from AI sources and how concentrated this traffic is among a handful of major players.
The data for this visualization comes from Similarweb. It tracks AI-generated referral traffic between July 2024 and June 2025, measuring both share of referrals and total visit volumes.
Amazon’s Outsized Lead
Across all platforms, AI tools drove an estimated 25.9 million referrals over the 12-month period.
Amazon stands far ahead of every other marketplace. The platform captured 46% of all AI-driven marketplace traffic, totaling roughly 11.9 million visits. This dominance reflects Amazon’s massive product catalog, strong brand recognition, and deep integration into search and recommendation ecosystems.
AI tools tend to surface comprehensive, reliable results, which favors platforms with Amazon’s scale.
Big-Box Retailers and Marketplaces Follow
Behind Amazon, Walmart secured 12% of AI referrals, or about 3.1 million visits. Etsy followed closely with 11%, reflecting strong AI interest in niche goods. eBay rounded out the top tier with 9% of referrals.
Traditional retailers like Target and Wayfair each captured around 6% of AI traffic.
| Marketplace | Share of AI Referrals | Number of AI Referrals |
|---|---|---|
| amazon.com | 46% | 11.9M |
| walmart.com | 12% | 3.1M |
| etsy.com | 11% | 2.9M |
| ebay.com | 9% | 2.4M |
| target.com | 6% | 1.6M |
| wayfair.com | 6% | 1.5M |
| costco.com | 2% | 426.1K |
| samsclub.com | 1% | 292.3K |
| temu.com | 1% | 288.7K |
| zazzle.com | 1% | 285.2K |
| Other marketplaces | 5% | 1.23M |
| Total | 100% | 25.9M |
Smaller Platforms
Beyond the top six marketplaces, AI traffic drops off sharply. Costco, Sam’s Club, Temu, and Zazzle each received between 1% and 2% of referrals, amounting to a few hundred thousand visits apiece. Collectively, all other marketplaces accounted for just 5% of AI-driven traffic.
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