Adobe Statistics (2026) — Revenue, Net Income, Firefly, Employees, PDFs

Adobe is a software company known for creative tools (like Photoshop and Illustrator), document workflows (Acrobat and PDF), and enterprise marketing/analytics products (Experience Cloud). Founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, Adobe helped define desktop publishing through PostScript and later became a global standard-bearer in digital creativity and document formats.

On this page:

• Key Adobe stats
• Adobe history timeline
• Firefly and AI-related stats
• PDF and Document Cloud scale
• Experience Cloud ecosystem
• Adobe revenue and net income by year (GAAP)
• Methodology
• FAQ
• Sources & references

Key Adobe stats (2026)

• Employees: 30,000+ (Adobe Fast Facts)
• Adobe Stock assets: 450+ million assets (Adobe Fast Facts)
• Adobe Scan: 150+ million downloads and 2.5 billion documents created (Adobe Fast Facts)

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Adobe history timeline

• 1982: Adobe is founded by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. (Company overview: Adobe)
• 1983: Apple licenses PostScript and takes an ownership stake (historical background referenced broadly across Adobe history summaries).
• 1987: Adobe releases Illustrator (vector graphics).
• 1990: Adobe releases Photoshop.
• 1993: Adobe introduces PDF (Portable Document Format).
• 2005: Adobe completes its acquisition of Macromedia (Flash, Dreamweaver, etc.).
• 2012: Adobe announces Creative Cloud, shifting toward subscription-based software delivery.
• 2023: Adobe introduces Firefly, a generative AI model family for creative workflows. (Adobe Fast Facts (PDF))

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Firefly and AI-related stats

Images generated in the first month after Firefly launch:
70+ million images (Adobe Fast Facts)

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Total images generated using Firefly across Adobe’s creative tools to date:
9+ billion images (Adobe Fast Facts)

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Adobe Express growth metrics (as reported in Adobe Fast Facts):

• Quarter-over-quarter growth in monthly active mobile users: 96% growth
• Year-over-year increase in cumulative creations: 86% increase

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PDF and Document Cloud scale

PDFs opened and documents edited in Acrobat in the last year (reported):
400+ billion PDFs opened and 16 billion documents edited (Adobe Fast Facts)

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Files read in Liquid Mode (reported):
1+ billion files (Adobe Fast Facts)

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Experience Cloud ecosystem

Global ecosystem supporting Adobe Experience Cloud (reported):
4,000+ active partners (solution integrators, agencies, technology, and marketplace partners) and 460,000+ developers and community members (Adobe Fast Facts)

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Adobe Analytics (U.S. retail insights) coverage (reported):

• Analyzes 1 trillion+ visits to U.S. retail websites (aggregated and anonymized)
• Covers 100 million+ product SKUs across 18 categories

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Percentage of the top 100 U.S. retailers relying on Adobe Analytics (reported):
85%+ (Adobe Fast Facts)

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Adobe revenue and net income by year (GAAP)

Adobe annual revenue (GAAP):

• FY 2025: $23.77 billion
• FY 2024: $21.51 billion
• FY 2023: $19.41 billion
• FY 2022: $17.61 billion
• FY 2021: $15.79 billion
• FY 2020: $12.87 billion
• FY 2019: $11.17 billion
• FY 2018: $9.03 billion
• FY 2017: $7.30 billion
• FY 2016: $5.85 billion
• FY 2015: $4.79 billion
• FY 2014: $4.15 billion

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Adobe annual net income (GAAP):

• FY 2025: $7.13 billion
• FY 2024: $5.56 billion
• FY 2023: $5.43 billion
• FY 2022: $4.76 billion
• FY 2021: $4.82 billion
• FY 2020: $5.26 billion
• FY 2019: $2.95 billion
• FY 2016: $1.17 billion
• FY 2015: $0.63 billion
• FY 2014: $0.27 billion

Note: Adobe’s net income figures above are GAAP net income as reported in Adobe filings/earnings materials. (Some older internet summaries incorrectly label revenue as net income; this section uses only filing-based numbers.)

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Methodology

• Primary sources first: Company scale/product metrics come from Adobe’s official Fast Facts PDF.
• Financials from filings: Revenue and net income figures are taken from Adobe earnings materials and Form 10-K/annual report PDFs.
• No estimates or forecasts: This page includes only confirmed reported figures (no forward-looking projections).

FAQ

Where is Adobe headquartered?

Adobe is headquartered in San Jose, California. (Adobe)

How many employees does Adobe have?

Adobe reports 30,000+ employees in its Fast Facts document. (Adobe Fast Facts (PDF))

How many images has Adobe Firefly generated?

Adobe reports 70+ million images generated in the first month after launch and 9+ billion images generated to date across Adobe’s creative tools. (Adobe Fast Facts (PDF))

What was Adobe’s revenue in FY2025?

Adobe reported $23.77 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2025. (Adobe Q4/FY2025 Earnings (PDF))

Sources & references

• Adobe — Fast Facts (PDF)
• Adobe — About Adobe
• Adobe — Q4 and FY2025 Earnings (PDF)
• Adobe — FY2025 Form 10-K (PDF)
• Adobe — FY2024 Annual Report (PDF)
• Adobe — Q4 and FY2024 Earnings (PDF)
• SEC — Adobe FY2023 results (Exhibit 99.1)
• Adobe — FY2022 Form 10-K (PDF)
• Adobe — FY2021 Form 10-K (PDF)
• SEC — Adobe FY2018 Form 10-K (HTML)
• SEC — Adobe FY2017 Form 10-K (HTML)
• Adobe — FY2016 Form 10-K (PDF)