During the most recent year, Alphabet spent over 45 billion U.S. dollars on research and development, up from 39.5 billion USD in 2022. Additionally, Snap Inc. invested 2.1 billion U.S. dollars in research and development.
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Google, & Facebook, & eBay, & Yahoo, & Twitter, & LinkedIn, & IAC, & AOL, & Meta Platforms. (April 1, 2024). Research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/270854/research-and-development-expenditure-of-leading-internet-companies/
Google, und Facebook, und eBay, und Yahoo, und Twitter, und LinkedIn, und IAC, und AOL, und Meta Platforms. "Research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed February 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270854/research-and-development-expenditure-of-leading-internet-companies/
Google, Facebook, eBay, Yahoo, Twitter, LinkedIn, IAC, AOL, Meta Platforms. (2024). Research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270854/research-and-development-expenditure-of-leading-internet-companies/
Google, and Facebook, and eBay, and Yahoo, and Twitter, and LinkedIn, and IAC, and AOL, and Meta Platforms. "Research and Development Expenditure of Leading Internet Companies from 2014 to 2023 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270854/research-and-development-expenditure-of-leading-internet-companies/
Google & Facebook & eBay & Yahoo & Twitter & LinkedIn & IAC & AOL & Meta Platforms, Research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270854/research-and-development-expenditure-of-leading-internet-companies/ (last visited February 12, 2025)
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