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Google’s revenues have almost grown 3 times between 2016 and 2021.
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/266206/googles-annual-global-revenue/
Around 82% of Google’s revenues come from advertising down from 97% in 2009.
Advertising Revenues in $ bn
Non-Advertising Revenues in $ bn
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Source:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/266249/advertising-revenue-of-google/
https://statstic.com/googles-non-advertising-revenue-is-growing-fast/
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Google is the global market leader in Digital advertising closely followed by Facebook.
Source: https://www.emarketer.com/content/duopoly-still-rules-global-digital-ad-market-alibaba-amazon-on-prowl
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Google Advertisements
Source:
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/at-31-billion-amazon-beats-youtube-in-advertising-revenue-8037041.html
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GOOGLE SEARCH ADS
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GOOGLE MAPS
Note:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/18/how-does-google-make-money-advertising-business-breakdown-.html
https://www.kamilfranek.com/how-google-maps-makes-money/
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YOUTUBE
• To be eligible to monetize videos, a channel needs 4,000 public watch hours within the past
12 months, 1,000 subscribers, and must adhere to other prescribed policies of Youtube.
Note: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/18/how-does-google-make-money-advertising-business-breakdown-.html
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ADSENSE
• Google will display targeted ads on the webpage that are either relevant to the content of the
• Website visitors will start clicking those ads and - the website will be paid for it.
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Cost per click varies widely across industries.
• Industry Niche
• Location
• Key Words
• Bidding Rate
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COST PER CLICK BY INDUSTRY
Source: https://instapage.com/blog/google-ads-industry-benchmarks 12
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AVERAGE CPC BY COUNTRY
Source: https://instapage.com/blog/google-ads-industry-benchmarks 13
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CTR – CLICK THROUGH RATE
Source: https://instapage.com/blog/google-ads-industry-benchmarks 14
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AVERAGE CONVERSION
Source: https://instapage.com/blog/google-ads-industry-benchmarks 15
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GOOGLE’S NON-ADVERTISING
REVENUES
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Google’s Non-advertising
Revenues
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Google’s non-advertising revenues form 18% of the company’s revenues in FY 2021 up
from just 3.2% in FY 2009.
• Google Play is a distribution channel for Android apps that Google operates.
• It charges them 30% of the amount consumers pay for the apps or as an in-app payment.
• For regular subscription-based payments, it charges 30% for the first-year subscription consumer
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Google Play generated revenue of $48 bn in 2021 from it’s Playstore though ios is the
leader with $85 bn
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Source: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/app-revenues/
Games remain the primary form of revenue generation for both iOS and Android, accounting for 67% of all
app revenue. Subscription and non-gaming apps forms the rest of the revenues.
Source: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/app-revenues/
Android reduces the customer acquisition costs and give higher bargaining power
to Google
STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE DUE TO ANDROID
• Due to Android, Google Apps are loaded in all Android run smart phones
• Without Android, Google would have had to spend big to get it’s search engine, and other apps
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Google’s Revenue from the distribution of Movies, Music, Video, and Books.
• Apart from the app store, Google get revenues from Play Movies & TV, Play Book, Youtube
subscription without ads.
• For example, Google has more than 42 million subscribers for its music-streaming service.
• These apps are part of “must-have” apps that phone manufacturers have to include on every
Android phone if they want to install Google Play on it.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/20/22892939/music-streaming-services-market-
share-q2-2021-spotify-apple-amazon-tencent-youtube
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Amazon is the leading player in the global smart speaker market, with 26%
percent share while Google follows with 20 % share
GLOBAL SMART SPEAKER MARKET SHARE
2028
Source:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/792604/worldwide-smart-speaker-market-share/
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/02/09/2381477/0/en/Smart-Speaker-Market-to-Rise-to-USD-34-24-Billion-by-2028-Rising-
Smart-Home-Trend-to-Propel-Growth-Fortune-Business-Insights.html
Google is the 3rd largest player in the cloud market.
GOOGLE CLOUD
Source: https://www.statista.com/chart/18819/worldwide-market-share-of-leading-cloud-infrastructure-service-providers/
GOOGLE – MOTOROLA STORY
• Acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in 2012.
• Most analysts believed Google simply wanted Motorola’s 17,000 technology patents.
• But they also wanted to sell smartphones, which Google had been trying to do on its own with
its Nexus line of smartphones, but with limited success.
• Following Apple’s lead in owning both the hardware and software sounded great but the
realities of the market made it nearly impossible.
• Google couldn’t play favorites with Motorola for fear of alienating other handset manufacturers
that also use Android.
• Ultimately, Google sold Motorola to Lenovo group for $2.9 bn in 2014.
• Retaining of majority of patents was the only benefit to Google.
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Amazon
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Amazon has grown 3.5 times between 2016 and 2021.
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/672747/amazons-consolidated-net-revenue-by-segment/
All segments registered healthy growth in 2021
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Online Stores Physical Stores Retail Third party Subscription AWS
Seller Services Services
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/672747/amazons-consolidated-net-revenue-by-segment/
In Q4 2021, though AWS constitute only 13% of revenues, they contributed to close to
100% of Amazon’s operating income as other two divisions made loss in that quarter.
AMAZON: REVENUES AND PROFITS
Source:
https://www.investopedia.com/how-amazon-makes-money-4587523
AMAZON: ONLINE ECO-SYSTEM
• Online-store revenue remains the foundation of Amazon's business and also grew at 13% in
2021.
• Geographically US is the biggest market for Amazon.
• Aside from its online sales, Amazon also made $103 billion on third-party registering 28%
growth in 2021.
• These include commissions, shipping fees, and other seller services tangentially related to the
corporation's online shopping empire.
Amazon has been focusing on physical stores both in US and in other geographies
• Tapping into the FOMO (fear of missing out) concept, the popular
Treasure Truck has expanded to 30 cities, according to Amazon’s
Roaming Treasure Truck website.
• Each truck contains new, trending and local hand-picked items, stirring
up excitement and anticipation as it cruises through cities.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beRphtBRyD8
Amazon has been investing in some of the existing physical stores in India
• Flexibility
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• Access to latest technologies
Source: https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/cloud-computing-market-234.html
Asia Pacific is going to be the next biggest growth driver for Cloud market
REGIONAL DYNAMICS
• North America and Europe account for more than 70% of cloud market.
• Going forward Asia pacific will be the growth driver with > 30% CAGR in the next 5 years.
• Top players are building ore data centers in Asia Pacific region
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Source: Canalys
AWS
• Global leader with first mover advantage.
• Has the most complete and technically advanced system, it expanded aggressively.
• It boast over 165 fully featured services and claims over 40 of which were not available
anywhere else.
• AWS boast an impressive list of customers including Netflix, LinkedIn, Facebook, Expedia,
Cars.com and even NASA, which streamed images received from its space rover Curiosity,
• Though AWS contributed to only 13% of Amazon’s revenues in Q4 2021, it contribute 100%
• Microsoft’s has huge installed base and cross-sold it’s cloud services to the companies that
used MS technologies.
• Targeted retailers who wanted to avoid AWS due to competitive threat such as eBay,
• Companies like Dell, British Heart Foundation, Heineken, Samsung, SMRT (Singapore’s main
transport provider) and DBS Bank are also among Microsoft Azure’s customers.
GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM
• Late entrant having neither Amazon’s retail muscle nor Microsoft’s enterprise sales pedigree.
• GCP gained traction among banks and financial services firms
• A partnership with SAP help GCP to expand among SAP’s clients.
• GCP offers lower pricing and higher speed of 10tbs
• With Spotify, Apple, Lush Cosmetics and Evernote part of its impressive clientele, GCP
emerged as a strong competitor.
• Revenue increased from just $4 bn in 2017 to $19 bn billion in 2020.
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/478176/google-public-cloud-revenue/
ALIBABA CLOUD
• Alibaba Cloud, Aliyun was established as a subsidiary of the Alibaba Group in 2009.
• On Singles Day in 2020 (11.11), handled more than $74 billion in transactions which is a world
record.
• Face challenges for expansion outside China.
• Since 2015, increased focus on global expansion.
• Key global clients include MNCs like K’archer and Ford, Cathy Pacific, Air Asia, IHG.
Amazon Ads
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Amazon’s advertising revenues has growth 2.5 times between 2019 and 2021.
Source:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/259814/amazons-worldwide-advertising-revenue-development/
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Amazon is more preferred by Consumer Packaged Goods companies
AMAZON’S GROWTH
Source: https://www.webfx.com/blog/marketing/amazon-vs-google/
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AMAZON ADVANTAGES
• Sellers are advertisers - Over 600 million products available on Amazon in the US
alone. Neither Google nor Facebook is into retailing
• All advertisements are internal generating revenues for sellers and Amazon
• User intent:
Google and Facebook uses many signals to understand the user intent
However, user intent is clear when it comes to Amazon searches: the
searcher is there to buy a specific product.
• Amazon Video Platforms
OTT platforms like IMDB, Twitch contributes 11% of ad revenue
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AMAZON PRIME
subscription
https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/over-the-top-ott-market
Amazon is the second largest player in the OTT market after Netflix.
Source: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/netflix-statistics/
In India, Disney is the market leader with more than 40% share while Amazon comes distant 3rd
after Eros Now.
Source: https://www.exchange4media.com/digital-news/disney-hotstar-has-41-share-of-indian-online-
video-subscription-market-omdia-112817.html
Fire Phone
AMAZON FIRE PHONE
PRICE
Amazon has a history of undercutting competitors on everything.
But the Fire Phone launched at a very high price of $199, essentially the same price as the iPhone
and high-end Samsung Galaxy.
LATE TO MARKET
When Fire Phone was launched, Apple was on its eighth generation of iPhones, and Android
devices have been around nearly as long.
Smartphones accounted for 72 percent of the overall mobile market in the U.S.
ALEXA
Amazon is the leading player in the global smart speaker market, with 26%
percent share while Google follows with 20 % share
GLOBAL SMART SPEAKER MARKET SHARE
2028
Source:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/792604/worldwide-smart-speaker-market-share/
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/02/09/2381477/0/en/Smart-Speaker-Market-to-Rise-to-USD-34-24-Billion-by-2028-Rising-
Smart-Home-Trend-to-Propel-Growth-Fortune-Business-Insights.html
ALEXA
• Amazon rectified the errors it made in Fire Phone:
• First Mover
Amazon Echo launched in June 23, 2015
Google Home launched Google Home in November 4, 2016
Apple Homepod launched in February 9, 2018
• Price (May 2019)
Amazon Echo - $99 , Google Home – $130, Apple Homepod- $349
Entry level Price
Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Generation)- $50, Google Nest Mini (2nd Generation) - $50
• Features
• Amazon Echo is the most compatible with both Android and ios, while Google Home is most
suitable for Android users and Apple Homepod is most suitable for customers in the Apple
Ecosystem with an iPhone, Apple TV, and HomeKit
Facebook
Facebook ’s revenues and profits have grown more than 4 times between 2016 and 2021.
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/277229/facebooks-annual-revenue-and-net-income/
KEY TAKE AWAYS FROM FACEBOOK NUMBERS
• From only 20 million monthly active users in 2007 to more than 2.9 billion in 2021
Source: https://backlinko.com/facebook-users
Time spent by people in social media has been increasing continuously.
Apologies by Zuckerberg/Facebook
news from Facebook (and this
Source: https://www.oberlo.in/blog/social-media-marketing-
statistics#:~:text=The%20latest%20social%20media%20statistics%20show%20that%20there%20are%203.78,of%20the%20current%20world
%20population.
Of all the GAFA companies, Facebook is least diversified in terms of revenues.
FACEBOOK: REVENUE BREAK-UP
3%
98%
The core of Facebook’s business model is charging advertisers for access to precisely
- Mark Zuckerberg
Source:
https://www.businessinsider.in/how-facebook-makes-money-from-your-data-in-mark-zuckerbergs-
words/articleshow/63717594.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
• Mark Zuckerberg had to go through US Congressional testimony in April 2018 and was grilled
for about 10 hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncbb5B85sd0
Anna Eshoo (D-CA): Are you willing to change your business model in the interest of protecting individual
privacy?
Zuckerberg: Congresswoman, we are — have made and are continuing to make changes to reduce the amount
of ...
Anna Eshoo: No, are you willing to change your business model in the interest of protecting individual
privacy?
Zuckerberg: Congresswoman, I’m not sure what that means.
Frank Pallone (D-NJ): I'd like you to answer yes or no, if you could. Will you make the commitment
to changing all the user default settings to minimize, to the greatest extent possible, the collection and use of
users' data?
Zuckerberg: Congressman, this is a complex issue that I think deserves more than a one-word answer.
• By most accounts, Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional testimony was a resounding
success.
• From beginning to end of the Congressional hearing, Facebook’s market cap increased
by $34 billion.
1. Why Facebook will always have problems with Data Privacy more than Google or
Amazon?
5. Why users are still in facebook despite knowing their privacy is invaded?
Why Facebook will
Apologies by Zuckerberg/Facebook
always have problems
with Data Privacy?
FACEBOOK VS PRIVACY
• Facebook faces an inescapable tradeoff between protecting the privacy of its users and increasing its growth
and profitability.
• The more restrictive Facebook becomes related to user information, the lower the “rent” Facebook can
• For example, if an advertiser wants to promote a woman’s beauty product, it would be willing to pay a
relatively high price per thousand impressions (CPM) if it knows its ads will only be seen by customers
with the highest purchase potential (e.g., defined by gender, income, location, purchase history, interest
• Since Facebook knows more about more consumers than anyone, they provide advertisers with uncanny
• It is estimated that more than 90% will leave Facebook if it charge users
• Hence, to replace this revenue in an ad-free service, Facebook would have to charge each remaining user
• That’s why on the logic for charging user fees, Zuckerberg commented “that sounds ridiculous to
me!”
Source:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/234056/facebooks-average-advertising-revenue-per-user/
Why Facebook will not
focus
Apologies byon spreading
Zuckerberg/Facebook
balanced or nuanced
views?
Facebook’s tryst with serious content
• Facebook had made some efforts to recruit reputable news organizations to publish
content directly on its platform, with the promise to share advertising revenues.
• The New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic and others signed up for the “Instant
Articles” initiative, but user engagement and financial returns proved disappointing, and
Apologies
most publishers quit within a year andby Zuckerberg/Facebook
hence Facebook abandoned this plan.
• Zuckerberg’s statement on abandoning serious journalism:
“We've gotten feedback from our community that public content – posts from businesses,
brands and media – is crowding out the personal moments that lead us to connect more with
each other. Based on this…I'm changing the goal I give our product teams from focusing on
helping you find relevant content to helping you have more meaningful social interactions.”
Facebook Newsfeed Algorithm
• The algorithms that control what you see or don’t on your News Feed – are designed to maximize shares
and likes.
• Facebook’s News Feed algorithms now generally rank news stories lower than opinion pieces, and
complicated, nuanced topics lower than simple ones even more so than in the past.
• Ditto for posts from friends that reaffirm your political beliefs compared to more nuanced non-partisan
“We’re a technology company; we’re not a media company. When you think about a media
company, you have people who are producing content, who are editing content, that’s not us.
Apologies
We’re a technology company. by Zuckerberg/Facebook
We build tools. We do not produce any of the content.“
Apologies by can
“How facebook Zuckerberg/Facebook
influence how you act”
Facebook Election Day Experiment
• Facebook has also performed experiments with numerous academic researchers to measure its impact on how
you act.
• For example, consider the decision on whether or not to vote in Congressional elections
• Facebook collaborated with researchers at the University of California, San Diego to test the effectiveness of
• The experiment assigned all US Facebook users over 18 who accessed the website on November 2, 2010 to one of
three groups.
Group 1
• For 1% of the users, Facebook sent the following message:
Group 2
Apologies by Zuckerberg/Facebook
• For 98% of the users, Facebook sent the following message
Group 3
• For the remaining 1% of users, Facebook did not send any message
RESULT
Researchers compared publicly available voting records with the data on Facebook user
behavior to determine that the more effective social message prompted an estimated 3,40,000
Apologies by Zuckerberg/Facebook
Source: Ponemon Institute, “Facebook’s Privacy Trust: Impact of the Recent Privacy Mega Breach,”
Why many users are not unduly worried about privacy breach?
“I’ve heard that my Facebook data is being spread around for all kinds of reasons, but that doesn’t bother me. I never
bother to look at the Facebook ads in my News Feed and there’s nothing in my boring posts that would be of any
interest to anyone other than my friends. Sure it bugs me when I hear all these stories about fake news and election
Apologies by Zuckerberg/Facebook
meddling, but really, what does that have to do with me? I’m just sharing personal tidbits with my friends. And let’s
“…the price advertisers are willing to pay Facebook to invade users’ privacy is vastly greater
than the price most consumers would be willing to pay Facebook to protect their privacy.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlptP2bpWD8
Apple has been struggled for growth from 2015 to 2020 but it’s share price increased from $27.33
on 2nd January 2015 to $154 on 6th September 2021.
APPLE PROFITS
APPLE REVENUES
Source:
Company Reports
APPLE : INITIAL YEARS
• Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, a pair of 20-something college dropouts, founded Apple
Computer on April Fool’s Day, 1976.
• Launched Apple II in April 1978.
• Quickly became the industry leader and also revolutionized the personal computer (PC)
industry.
• IBM entered the PC market with MS DOS and Intel microprocessor and became No. 1 in the PC
industry in a couple of years.
• Apple responded by introducing the Macintosh in 1984.
• Mac’s slow processor speed and lack of compatible software limited sales.
• Apple’s net income fell by 62% between 1981 and 1984, sending the company into a crisis.
• Steve Jobs, was forced out in 1985 and the boardroom coup left John Sculley, the executive
whom Jobs had recruited from Pepsi-Cola, alone at the helm.
The Sculley Years, 1985–1993
• Sculley pushed the Mac into new markets, most notably in desktop publishing and education.
• Macintosh’s loyal customers allowed Apple to sell its products at a premium price.
• By 1990, Apple was the most profitable PC company in the world with gross profit of around
50%
• Apple devoted 9% of sales to research and development (R&D), compared with 5% at Compaq
• Under the leadership of Sculley, Apple's sales multiplied from $982 million in 1983 to $7.9
billion in 1993 and the company had $ 2 bn in cash and $200 mn in debt.
The Spindler and Amelio Years, 1993–1997
• Tried to slash costs and pushed for international growth, but Apple lost momentum.
• A 1995 Computerworld survey found that none of the Windows users would consider buying a
Mac, while more than half the Apple users expected to buy an Intel-based PC.
• Following a $69 million loss in Apple’s first fiscal quarter of 1996, the company appointed
• Apple lost $1.6 billion under Amelio. At one point, insiders believed that Apple was within 90
days of bankruptcy
• To save the company, Jobs became the company’s interim CEO in September 1997
RETURN OF STEVE JOBS AND QUICK TURN AROUND
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ipod
• Jobs’s shift toward a digital hub strategy was initiated by the
debut of the iPod in 2001, followed by the iPhone in 2007, then
the iPad in 2010.
• The iPod could initially sync only with a Mac. Jobs reportedly
declared at one point that Windows users would get iPods
“over my dead body”
• Apple’s executive team pushed Jobs to change his mind, and he
ultimately relented.
• Opening the iPod provided access to the vast market of
Windows users.
• Apple has sold more than 400 million iPods since its launch.
• Currently, iPod contribution to Apple’s revenues is negligible.
THE iPhone
• Entry into mobile phones might have been a risky move for Apple. At the time, the industry was
dominated by Nokia, Motorola, and Samsung, with a roughly 60% market share.
• More than 2 bn iphones sold since it’s launch
• Though iphone’s share in the global shipment was just 13% of the Smart phone market, it’s share
in revenue was 40% and share in profits was 75% of the handset industry’s profits in 2021
• Apple hugely succeeded in its premium pricing - the price of the base version iPhone 11, for
instance, was more than triple the ASP of Android smartphones ($699 vs. $214).
• It reduced costs relentlessly – the material costs of a typical iphone was just 45% of its price.
Source:
• https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-handset-market-operating-profit-q2-2021/
• “Global average selling price of smartphones from 2010 to 2019,” https://www.statista.com/statistics/484583/globalaverage-selling-price-
smartphones/, accessed January 15, 2020.
• Ed Hardy, “iPhone 11 Pro Max Production cost is shockingly low,” Cult of Mac, October 12, 2019, https://www.cultofmac.com/658650/iphone-
11-pro-max-production-cost-bill-materials-bom/, accessed January 15, 2020.
iphone sales which was stagnant after the peak of 2015 picked up in 2020 and 2021.
iphone Sales by Region in millions
https://www.businessofapps.com/data/apple-statistics/
Moving beyond iphones - ipad
“Some people say, Give the customers what they want. But that’s not my approach. Our
job is to figure out what they’re going to want before they do.”
Source: https://9to5mac.com/2021/05/01/idc-apple-tablet-market-ipad/
Apple saw an impressive 57 percent increase in iPad sales in 2020, primarily due to the
coronavirus pandemic but sales dropped in 2021.
ipad Sales
https://www.businessofapps.com/data/apple-statistics/
New Growth Engines: Wearables,
HomePod, and Services
• Apple under Steve Jobs had revolutionized four industries: PCs, music, cellphones, and
tablets.
• It became obvious to Tim Cook and his team that Apple would need to diversify its
revenue stream beyond smartphones.
• Apple attacked three big markets: wearables, voice-based devices, and new services.
• The contribution of Wearables, Homepods and Services increased to over 29% of
Apple’s revenues in 2021 compared to just 11% in 2012
Apple Watch
https://www.businessofapps.com/data/apple-statistics/
Apple is the market leader in smart watch segment with the next player Samsung far behind.
Source: https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-smartwatch-shipments-market-share/
Apple Airpods
damned.”
-Verge, September 7, 2016,
Source: https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/7/12838024/apple-iphone-7-plus-headphone-jack-removal-courage,
What were panned by many as pricey accessories have become mainstream, with almost
every phone manufacturer offering their own ‘hearable’ to compete with Apple.
Apple Airpods
• Apple quickly sold out its entire stock of the new $159
earbuds after releasing them in December 2016.
• Apple’s AirPods lineup had also expanded to include a
$200 pair with a wireless charging Case and the $249
AirPods Pro, which were noise canceling and water
resistant.
• Apple’s Q3 2021 market share fall from 37.6%, to 24.6%.
However, that still left Apple with more than twice the
share of its nearest rival, Samsung, at 12%.
• Fall in Sales can be partly attributed to the customers
postponing Apple Airpod purchase waiting for 3rd Source: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/apple-statistics/
generation model
Source: https://www.counterpointresearch.com/global-true-wireless-hearables-
market-reaches-27-million-units-q2-2019/,
Though Apple sits far behind Amazon and Google in market share, it almost doubled its
market share in 2021 with the launch of Homepod mini.
Apple Homepod
Subscription services
App store
Though iphone has a market share of just 13% compared to 71% of Android phones, ios app revenues is much
higher than that of google play store.
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Source: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/app-revenues/
Apple saw the number of subscribers to its services increase dramatically over the
past six years.
Subscription Services
Includes subscriptions to
iCloud, Apple Music, Apple
TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple
News+, Apple Fitness+.
Source: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/apple-statistics/
Subscription Services
Apple music
• Music Streaming Service
• As of 2020, Apple Music had more than 60 million subscribers.
• Apple overtook Spotify to become the most popular music streaming service in the United
States in April 2019.
Applecare
• A collection of extended warranties, protection plans, and other forms of coverage for Apple
products, for which customers could pay a single upfront fee or a monthly subscription, which
varied depending on the product.
• AppleCare generated $6.5 billion of revenue in 2019
Source:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/27/18761603/apple-music-60-million-subscribers-eddy-cue-spotify
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-music-overtakes-spotify-in-u-s-subscribers-11554475924
Subscription Services
Apple Arcade
• Game subscription service
• Charging $4.99 per month for access to 100 games exclusive to Apple, users could play games
on multiple Apple devices including the iPhone, the iPad, and Apple TV.
• At the time, players in the video game subscription space were numerous and diverse: prices
ranged from $5 to $15 per month, catalogs ranged from 100 to more than 800 titles.
• EA access, had 5 million subscribers, and PlayStation had 1 million subscribers.
• But still Apple Arcade has acquired 12 million subscribers by the end of 2020
Source: https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/06/poll-has-your-opinion-of-apple-arcade-improved-with-the-arrival-of-
classic-ios-games/#:~:text=Apple%20has%20never%20discussed%20Apple,by%20the%20end%20of%202020.
APPLE IN FUTURE
• Would Apple be a hardware-first or a services-first?
• How might a services-first mentality change Apple’s strategy?
• Apple had also long relied on its ability to differentiate its products. If services were key, how
would Apple differentiate those services?
• And finally, what type of skills did Tim Cook want in the next CEO?
• Cook became 60 years old in 2020.