Tonight, we continue our digital statistic post series by taking a look at a bunch of Microsoft statistics and facts.
Microsoft has a storied history filled with interesting statistics. Any company that has been at or near the top of their industry for as long as Microsoft has is sure to rack up some amazing totals along the way.
Here are the most interesting Microsoft company and product statistics I could find, as always, I will be updating and adding to these stats semi-regularly so be sure to check back regularly.
Microsoft Facts
- Year Microsoft was founded: 1975
- Microsoft homepage: microsoft.com
- Where is Microsoft’s headquarters: Redmond, WA
- Who created Microsoft: Bill Gates and Paul Allen
- Microsoft CEO: Satya Nadella
- Key subsidiaries: Skype, Yammer, LinkedIn, Minecraft (Mojang), GitHub
- Key Products: Windows, Office, XBox, Azure, Surface, Edge, Bing
Microsoft History
- 1975 – Microsoft is founded
- 1979 – Microsoft moves from Albuquerque, NM to Bellevue, WA
- 1980 – Microsoft enters into a deal to include their OS with IBM computers
- 1980 – Steve Ballmer joins Microsoft
- 1983 – Microsoft Word is first released
- 1985 – Windows 1.0 is released
- 1986 – Microsoft moves headquarters from Bellevue to Redmond, WA and goes public
- 1989 – Microsoft Office is first released
- 1990 – Windows 3.0 is released
- 1992 – Windows 3.2 is released
- 1995 – Windows 95 is released; Internet Explorer is released
- 1996 – MSNBC launches; Slate launches
- 1998 – Windows 98 is released
- 2000 – Microsoft loses its antitrust battle with the US government
- 2001 – Windows XP and Office XP are released; Xbox is released
- 2007 – Windows Vista is released
- 2009 – Windows 7 is released
- 2011 – Microsoft purchases Skype
- 2012 – Windows 8 is released; Surface and Windows Phone are introduced; Microsoft purchases Yammer
- 2014 – Microsoft purchases Mojang
- 2016 – Microsoft purchases LinkedIn
- 2018 – Microsoft purchases GitHub
Microsoft Statistics
How many employees does Microsoft have:
Last updated 7/1/18
Microsoft revenue for Q3 2015 (calendar)/Q1 2016 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q4 2015 (calendar)/Q2 2016 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q1 2016 (calendar)/Q3 2016 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q2 2016 (calendar)/Q4 2016 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q3 2016 (calendar)/Q1 2017 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q4 2016 (calendar)/Q2 2017 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q1 2017 (calendar)/Q3 2017 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q2 2017 (calendar)/Q4 2017 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q3 2017 (calendar)/Q1 2018 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q4 2017 (calendar)/Q2 2018 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q1 2018 (calendar)/Q3 2018 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q2 2018 (calendar)/Q4 2018 (fiscal):
Microsoft revenue for Q3 2018 (calendar)/Q1 2019 (fiscal):
How many people use Microsoft OneDrive?
Last updated 8/8/17
Percentage of the Fortune 500 that use OneDrive:
Last updated 8/8/17
Number of Microsoft Launcher downloads:
Last updated 12/18/17
Reported market value of Microsoft:
Last updated 10/20/17
Average amount an intern earns at Microsoft:
Last updated 2/28/14
Number of active PC users:
Last updated 9/4/13
Microsoft’s share of the global digital advertising market:
Last updated 12/15/14
Here is a digital collection of every Microsoft statistic I have curated over the years as of December 2018. 125 of them including stats on:
- Microsoft company stats
- Windows Stats
- Windows Phone Stats
- Cortana Stats
- Office Stats
- Cloud Stats
- Surface Stats
- Bing Stats
- XBox Stats
- Etc.- all in one place
I try to go through each and every stat regularly and update as much as possible, but we all know that some stats are easier to track down than others. As always, every stat is linked to its original source.
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