Visual Capitalist April 25, 2022
Carmen Ang

In 2021, the Big Five tech giants—Apple, Amazon, Google (Alphabet), Meta, and Microsoft—generated a combined $1.4 trillion in revenue.

What are the sources of this revenue, and how does it breakdown?

Below, we’ll dive into the main ways that these big tech giants generate revenue, and take a look at how much their revenues have increased in recent years.

Breaking Down Big Tech’s Revenue Streams

As we’ve mentioned in previous editions of this graphic, there are two main ways that big tech companies generate revenue:

  • They either sell you a product
  • Or sell you as the product to advertisers

Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon fall into the first category—like most traditional businesses, these companies offer customers a physical (or...

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