Il monopolio di Google nei servizi web:
- #1 and #2 most-visited websites: Google.com is the most popular website in the world, and YouTube is #2. Google.com gets 85 billion monthly visits – more than the next 9 most-visited websites, combined
- Android: around 4.2 billion users (circa 75% of global smartphone market share)
- Chrome: circa 3.45 billion users (around 65% of global browser market share)
- Gmail: approximately 1.8 billion active users
Con questi risultati finanziari:
In absolute terms, Google is currently the most profitable company in the world; it generated $115 billion in profit (net income) over the past 12 months on $371 billion in revenue.
At its core, Google is still an advertising company; around 75% of revenue comes from selling ads on Google Search, YouTube, and the Google Ads network.
E questa quantità di staff tecnico:
Google employs around 60,000 software engineers [...] This makes Google one of the largest employers of software engineers. [...] Google runs more than 25 engineering offices.