Here are the more interesting Samsung statistics I was able to dig up. As always, I will be adding more and updating these periodically as I find new stuff. Be sure to check back regularly.
Samsung Facts
- Year Samsung was founded: 1938
- Samsung headquarters: Seoul, South Korea
- Samsung founder: Lee Byung-chul
- Samsung Chairman: Lee Kun-hee
- What is Samsung?
Samsung Electronics inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies that give people the power to discover new experiences. With a constant focus on innovation and discovery, we keep redefining the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, network systems, and memory, system LSI, foundry and LED solutions. (source)
Samsung Statistics
Number of Samsung employees:
Last updated 1/1/17
Samsung sales 2017:
Samsung sales 2016:
Samsung sales 2015:
Samsung sales 2014:
Samsung sales 2013:
Samsung sales 2012:
Estimated brand value of Samsung:
Last updated 1/1/15
Samsung’s share of the flat-panel TV market:
Last updated 1/1/15
Average number of Samsung TVs sold annually:
Last updated 5/31/16
Average number of weekly visitors to the Samsung Smart TV Smart Hub:
Last updated 2/1/16
Number of Samsung Pay users:
Last updated 3/2/16
Number of markets Samsung Pay is available in:
Last updated 8/21/18
Number of Samsung Pay users in South Korea:
Last updated 10/26/15
Total number of transactions handled through Samsung Pay:
Last updated 8/24/16
Samsung’s share of the US smartphone market:
Last updated 8/9/17
Samsung’s share of the global wearable market:
Last updated 3/2/17
Samsung share of the smartphone market in India:
Last updated 11/14/17
Number of Samsung Health downloads:
Last updated 8/1/18
Amount that Samsung spends on research and development each year;
Last updated 6/6/18
This report is a digital collection of all the Samsung statistics I have curated over the years as of December 2018. 55 of them including stats for:
- Users
- Phones and Tablets
- Pay
- Gear
- Tizen
- 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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Samsung Statistics Translations:
Note: This is done so non-English searchers will find these helpful Samsung statistics. I use Google for translations and apologize in advance for any unintended errors:
- Chinese (Traditional): 三星統計
- Japanese: サムスン統計
- Korean: 삼성 통계
- Spanish: Estadísticas de samsung