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:
Last updated 9/18/13
Number of paying Twilio customer accounts:
Last updated 3/31/16
Number of active Twilio customer accounts:
- 2018: 64,286 active customer accounts
- 2017: 48,979 active customer accounts
- 2016: 36,606 active customer accounts
- 2015: 25,347 active customer accounts
- 2014: 16,631 active customer accounts
Number of registered Twilio developer accounts:
Last updated 4/7/19
Number of Twilio cloud data centers:
Last updated 7/1/18
Number of countries Twilio operates in:
Last updated 3/31/16
How many Twilio employees:
Last updated 11/8/17
Percentage of Twilio revenue that reportedly comes from WhatsApp:
Last updated 6/23/16
Twilio revenue (annual)
- 2018: $650 million
- 2017: $399 million
- 2016: $277.3 million
- 2015: $245.5 million
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)
