An interesting company had its IPO today. Twilio, a global communications company, is a company that I have had my eye on and have been meaning to do a stat post for a while now. They have some amazing usage numbers which is something that almost always piques my interest.

Here are a few of the most interesting Twilio 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.

Twilio Facts

Twilio Website: www.twilio.com
Year Twilio launched: 2008
Location of Twilio headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Twilio Founders: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
Key Twilio subsidiary: SendGrid
Twilio CEO: Jeff Lawson

Twilio Statistics

Number of people Twilio reaches globally:

350 million people

Last updated 9/18/13

Number of paying Twilio customer accounts:

90,000

Last updated 3/31/16

Number of active Twilio customer accounts:

Number of registered Twilio developer accounts:

2 million

Last updated 4/7/19

Number of Twilio cloud data centers:

27 data centers

Last updated 7/1/18

Number of countries Twilio operates in:

180 countries

Last updated 3/31/16

How many Twilio employees:

900 employees

Last updated 11/8/17

Percentage of Twilio revenue that reportedly comes from WhatsApp:

15%

Last updated 6/23/16

Twilio revenue (annual)

Twilio revenue (quarterly)

Q1 2016: $59.3 million
Q2 2016: $64.5 million
Q3 2016: $71.5 million
Q4 2016: $82 million
Q1 2017: $87.4 million
Q2 2017: $95.9 million
Q3 2017: $100.5 million
Q4 2017: $115.2 million
Q1 2018: $129.1 million
Q1 2018: $129.1 million
Q2 2018: $147.8 million
Q3 2018: $168.9 million
Q4 2018: $204.3 million

What is Twilio?

Twilio's mission is to fuel the future of communications. Developers and businesses use Twilio to make communications relevant and contextual by embedding messaging, voice, and video capabilities directly into their software applications. (source)

Last updated: July 1, 2020