How Much Revenue Do Tech Giants Earn Per Employee?

Marcus Lu
2025-07-03 08:16:00
www.visualcapitalist.com

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How Much Revenue Do Tech Giants Earn Per Employee?

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Key Takeaways

OnlyFans is one of the world’s most efficient companies, generating $37.6 million in revenue per employee
Valve is also a top company in this regard, leveraging its digital distribution platform, Steam

Which tech companies are generating the most profit per employee?

In this graphic, we’ve visualized 22 major tech companies by revenue per employee in 2024, highlighting the efficiency of business models that monetize user-generated content.

Data & Discussion

The data for this visualization comes from Multiples.

Platform	Revenue per Employee ($)
OnlyFans	$37,600,000
Valve	$19,000,000
YouTube	$7,600,000
NVIDIA	$3,600,000
Instagram	$2,500,000
Lyft	$2,000,000
Twitch	$2,000,000
Apple	$2,400,000
Meta	$2,200,000
Alphabet	$1,900,000
Airbnb	$1,500,000
Broadcom	$1,400,000
Uber	$1,400,000
Upwork	$1,300,000
Etsy	$1,200,000
Mercari	$1,100,000
Microsoft	$1,100,000
Instacart	$1,000,000
Booking Holdings	$1,000,000
eBay	$900,000
TikTok	$600,000
Amazon	$400,000

Revenue per Employee Leaders

OnlyFans, Valve, and YouTube are the top three leaders in this dataset. All three are digital platforms that have successfully scaled up with a relatively small workforce.

OnlyFans has 51-200 employees according to LinkedIn, while Valve operates Steam, the world’s largest PC gaming platform, with a workforce of just 350 people. YouTube has the largest headcount of the three, with 7,173 employees as of January 2024.

By leveraging user-generated content (OnlyFans and YouTube) or digital distribution strategies (Valve), these companies differ from traditional companies that rely on labor-intensive operations.

The Origins of OnlyFans

OnlyFans was founded in 2016 by British entrepreneur Tim Stokely as a subscription-based platform where creators could monetize content directly from fans, initially targeting fitness influencers and lifestyle personalities.

The platform’s growth accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has become extremely popular in the adult entertainment industry.

In 2018, Stokely sold 75% of OnlyFans’ parent company to Ukranian-American billionaire Leonid Radvinsky, and later stepped down as its CEO in 2021.

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