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Internet companies: research and development expenditure 2017

Research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2017 (Figures expressed in millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data presents the research and development expenditure of leading internet companies from 2014 to 2017. During the most recent year, Alphabet spent 16.6 billion USD on R&D. Social networking company Facebook spent 7.75 billion USD on research.

Alphabet 9832 12282 13948
Facebook 2666 4816 5919
Snap 82.24 183.68
eBay 983 923 1114
PayPal 747 792 834
Twitter 691.54 806.65 713.48
IAC/InterActiveCorp 160.52 196.62 212.77
Yahoo! 1156.39 1177.92 1156.39