Relatively speaking, PayPal has been around forever which makes it easy to take for granted. That said, who would’ve thought that the little service we used to pay for eBay impulse purchases 10 years ago would become such an eCommerce force and still going strong in 2018?
One would think that an online banking platform used by 200+ million people would have an abundance of interesting stats and PayPal certainly doesn’t disappoint. Here are a few of the more interesting PayPal statistics and facts I was able to dig up. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.
This report is a digital collection of the most interesting Paypal statistics I have curated over the years as of March 2018. 90 of them including stats for:
- Users
- Venmo
- Payments
- Mobile
- Revenue
- 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 and has the source date listed.
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Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these stats come from PayPal’s own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100% accurate.
PayPal Facts
- PayPal Website: paypal.com
- Year PayPal launched: 1998
- PayPal headquarters: San Jose, CA
- PayPal founders: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Yu Pan, Max Levchin, Ken Howery, Luke Nosek
What is PayPal?
PayPal is the safer, easier way to pay and get paid online. The service allows anyone to pay in any way they prefer, including through credit cards, bank accounts, PayPal Smart Connect or account balances, without sharing financial information. (source)
PayPal Statistics
Total number of active PayPal accounts:
227 million active customer accounts
Last updated 1/31/18
Number of active merchant account on PayPal:
Last updated 11/8/17
PayPal 2016 Revenue:
PayPal’s 2017 revenue:
Total number of PayPal payment transactions in 2017:
Total number of PayPal payment transactions in 2016:
Number of payments processed through PayPal in 2015:
Number of payments processed through PayPal in 2014:
Average number of annual transactions per active Paypal account:
Last updated 10/19/17
Number of currencies PayPal is available in:
Last updated 10/19/17
Number of markets that PayPal is available in:
Last updated 10/19/17
Average number of weekly PayPal OneTouch transactions:
Last updated 12/21/15
Number of merchants that use PayPal OneTouch:
Last updated 11/8/17
Percentage of PayPal users that use OneTouch:
17%
Last updated 10/20/16
Number of PayPal OneTouch registered users:
Last updated 11/8/17
Number of Braintree cards on file:
Last updated 6/5/16
If Paypal was a bank, it would be the 21st-largest bank in the U.S.
Average balance in a Paypal user account:
Last updated 6/3/16