NASDAQ: MSFTMicrosoft Corp Statistics & Facts
Key Microsoft facts
- Founded
- 1975
- Headquarters
- Redmond, Washington
- Founders
- Bill Gates, Paul Allen
- IPO Date
- 1986-03-13
Microsoft Customer Stats
Microsoft Office 365 Consumer Subscribers
How many people use Office 365?
Microsoft Teams Users
How many people use Microsoft Teams?
Source:sourceName
Active users
270M
Microsoft Teams had 270 million active users as of January 2022. [6]
Date: Jan 26, 2022
Microsoft Teams User Demographics
Here are Microsoft Teams' user stats by age.
Microsoft Windows Stats
Microsoft Windows Market Share
How popular is Windows?
Windows has a leading 72.72% global market share. [8]
Last Accessed: Jan 14, 2024
Microsoft Windows Version Usage
What version of Windows do most people have?
Source:StatCounter
Windows 10
67.42%
Windows 11
26.54%
Windows 7
3.35%
Windows 8.1
1.68%
Windows XP
0.64%
Windows 8
0.28%
67.42% of Windows users are still on Windows 10. [9]
Last Accessed: Jan 14, 2024
Microsoft Stats: LinkedIn
Microsoft Stats: LinkedIn Users by Age (US)
What is the largest age demographic on LinkedIn?
60% of LinkedIn users in the US are between 25 and 34 years old. [11]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Microsoft Stats: LinkedIn Users by Country
Where are most LinkedIn users based?
200 million of LinkedIn's 950 million users are based in the US. [11]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Microsoft Stats: Most Followed Accounts
Who has the biggest following on LinkedIn?
Source:We Are Social
Bill Gates
36.12M
Richard Branson
19.77M
Jeff Weiner
10.75M
Satya Nadella
10.26M
Ariana Huffington
10.2M
Mark Cuban
7.63M
At 36.12 million followers, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the biggest influencer on LinkedIn. [11]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Microsoft Stats: Biggest Companies on LinkedIn
Which company has the most LinkedIn followers?
Source:We Are Social
Amazon
29.04M
Google
27.39M
LinkedIn
24.24M
TED Conferences
23.16M
Microsoft
18.68M
Unilever
18.36M
At 29.04 million, Amazon has more followers than any other company on LinkedIn. [11]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Microsoft Stats: Most Popular LinkedIn Hashtags
What hashtags are good for visibility on LinkedIn?
Source:We Are Social
#India
67.3M
#Innovation
38.6M
#Management
35.8M
#HumanResources
33.1M
#DigitalMarketing
27.2M
#Technology
26.3M
With 67.3 million followers, #India is the most popular hashtag on LinkedIn. [11]
Date: Jan 26, 2023
Microsoft Revenue Breakdown
Microsoft Other Revenues
What does Microsoft make money on?
Source:Microsoft
Server products and cloudservices
$79.97B
Office products and cloud services
$48.73B
Search and news advertising
$12.21B
Enterprise services
$7.72B
Devices
$5.52B
Dynamics
$5.44B
Microsoft's biggest money maker is its server products and cloud services, accounting for $79.97 billion of the $211.915 billion in fiscal 2023 revenue. [10]
Date: Jul 27, 2023
Microsoft Dynamics made $5.437 billion in revenue during Microsoft's fiscal year 2023, up from $4.687 billion in fiscal 2022. [10]
Date: Jul 27, 2023
Microsoft made $12.208 billion from search and news advertising during its fiscal year 2023. [10]
Date: Jul 27, 2023
Microsoft Revenue by Segment
Breaking down Microsoft's earnings by operational segment.
Source:Microsoft
More personal Computing
$54.73B
Intelligent cloud
$87.91B
Productivity and business processes
$69.27B
$69.274 billion of Microsoft's $211.915 billion in fiscal year 2023 revenue came from the Productivity and Business Processes segment. [10]
Date: Jul 27, 2023
Microsoft Expense Statistics
Microsoft Major Acquisitions & Partnerships
Microsoft acquired video game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in 2023. [16]
Date: Oct 13, 2023
Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in 2016. [17]
Date: Jun 13, 2016
Microsoft has invested a total of $13 billion in OpenAI so far. [18]
Date: Apr 8, 2023
Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 billion in 2011. [19]
Date: May 10, 2011
Microsoft acquired Bethesda Softworks' parent company ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion in September 2020. [20]
Date: Sep 21, 2020
Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion in 2018. [21]
Date: Jun 4, 2018
Microsoft bought Nokia's device and services division for $7.2 billion in 2013. [22]
Date: Sep 3, 2013
Microsoft bought aQuantive for $6.3 billion in 2007 and renamed it to Microsoft Advertising. The venture failed and Microsoft took a $6.2 billion writedown. [23]
Date: Jul 12, 2012
Microsoft bought Navision for $1.45 billion in 2002. [24]
Last Accessed: Jan 15, 2024
Microsoft bought diagramming software company Visio for $1.375 billion in 1999. [24]
Last Accessed: Jan 15, 2024
Microsoft bought social media service Yammer for $1.2 billion in 2012. [25]
Date: Jun 25, 2012
Microsoft bought Fast Search & Transfer for $1.2 billion in 2008. [26]
Date: Jan 8, 2008
Microsoft bought Tellme Networks for $800 million in 2007. [27]
Date: Mar 14, 2007
Microsoft bought game developer Rare for $375 million in 2002. It was restructured to become the company behind Kinect Sports. [24]
Last Accessed: Jan 15, 2024
Microsoft acquired medical conversational AI company Nuance for $18.8 billion in 2022. [10]
Date: Jan 27, 2023
Microsoft Employee Statistics
Microsoft Employees
How many people work at Microsoft?
221,000 people were employed by Microsoft at the end of June 2023.0 layoffs. [10]
Date: Jul 27, 2023
120,000 of Microsoft's 221,000 employees at the end of June 2023 were based in the US. [10]
Date: Jul 27, 2023
Microsoft had multiple rounds of layoffs in 2023 affecting at least 10,000 employees. [28]
Date: Jul 11, 2023
Microsoft Employees by Race/Ethnicity
What are Microsoft's demographics?
Source:Microsoft
White
46%
Asian
35.3%
Latine
7.9%
Black
6.8%
Native American and Alaska Native
0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
0.2%
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Microsoft 2020 Annual Report
https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar20/index.htmlDate: Oct 13, 2020
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Microsoft Q4 FY2020 Report
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2020-Q4/press-release-webcastDate: Jul 22, 2020
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The Motley Fool
https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2020/04/30/microsoft-corp-msft-q3-2020-earnings-call-transcri.aspxDate: Apr 30, 2020
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Microsoft Q4 FY2022 Report
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2022-Q4/press-release-webcastDate: Jul 26, 2022
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Yahoo
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-teams-surpasses-270m-monthly-234320102.htmlDate: Jan 26, 2022
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StatSocial
https://www.statsocial.com/insights/slack-vs-microsoft-teams-statsocial-digs-deep-into-the-collaboration-wars/Date: Jul 22, 2019
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StatCounter
https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/worldwideLast Accessed: Jan 14, 2024
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Microsoft FY2023 Annual Report
https://microsoft.gcs-web.com/static-files/e2931fdb-9823-4130-b2a8-f6b8db0b15a9Date: Jan 27, 2023
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The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/15/23306068/microsoft-xbox-one-sales-lifetime-versus-ps4-salesDate: Aug 15, 2022
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Synergy Research Group
https://www.srgresearch.com/articles/ai-helps-to-stabilize-quarterly-cloud-market-growth-rate-microsoft-market-share-nudges-up-againDate: Oct 26, 2023
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The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/13/23791235/microsoft-activision-blizzard-acquisition-complete-finalizedDate: Oct 13, 2023
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Microsoft
https://news.microsoft.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-to-acquire-github-for-7-5-billion/Date: Jun 4, 2018
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Microsoft
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/acquisition-history.aspxLast Accessed: Jan 15, 2024
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Microsoft
https://news.microsoft.com/2007/03/14/microsoft-to-acquire-tellme-networks/#sm.00000s7h0pfelzedmpike618ykydmDate: Mar 14, 2007
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Microsoft
https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RW1e53bLast Accessed: Jan 14, 2024
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