59+ PayPal Revenue & Users Statistics (2024)

Quick Overview

PayPal's annual revenue was $25.4 billion in 2021.

PayPal revenue breakdown (2010-2021)

Here is an overview of PayPal's annual revenue from 2010 to 2021.

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PayPal generated $4,169,000,000 in net income in 2021.

PayPal profit (2012-2021)

Here is an overview of PayPal's profit from 2021 to 2021.

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PayPal has 426 million verified users and merchants.

PayPal Active Users (2010-2021)

There are more than 400 million active users on the PayPal platform.

Back in 2013, PayPal had 143 million users - this shows how much PayPal has grown in the last several years.

PayPal users (2013-2021)

Sources: PayPal, Statista, HostingTribunal

What is PayPal's total valuation in 2021?

PayPal has a total valuation of $237.37 billion as of November 12, 2021.

As of right now, PayPal's shares are valued at $270.

Like a majority of the stock market then, PayPal's shares dropped for a spell in the first quarters of 2020.

But the company managed to pick itself up to pre-pandemic levels fairly quickly, with no losses in the number of shareholders willing to invest in the publicly traded company.

PayPal payment volume (2014-2021)

In 2020, PayPal's annual payment volume was $936 billion.

Sources: PayPal, Statista

PayPal non-GAAP operating margin (%)

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Over 19 billion transactions were completed on PayPal in 2021, accounting for $1.2 trillion in transaction volume.

PayPal transactions
(2013-2021)

PayPal Payment Value (2014-2021)

PayPal broke the $1 trillion barrier in payment volume in 2021 for the first time.

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PayPal transactions per account (2013-2021)

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PayPal merchant accounts (2015-2021)

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PayPal market share statistics

Here are the most important PayPal market share stats:

• PayPal had a market share of 54.48% in 2020.
• PayPal’s market value grew to $49 billion just one day after splitting from eBay in 2015.
• PayPal’s stock market price is currently valued at around $244.60.
• PayPal's net income was 39 cents per share in 2019.
• PayPal has the 6th largest market cap in the world ($295 billion).

PayPal's biggest competitor is Stripe, though others have emerged or are emerging to be competitors.

Other competitors to PayPal include Cash App, Wise (formerly known as Transferwise), and Skrill.

Ever since Western Union began allowing uses to send money to other accounts, it has become a PayPal competitor.

PayPal employees

Worldwide, PayPal has 26,500 employees, with equitable pay for both women and men.

Its diversity score was 58% in 2020, which takes into account both the ethnic and gender makeup of the company.

The majority of PayPal's lead roles are staffed by men. But the percentages become smaller when comparing leadership positions.

From PayPal's own stats, 63% of all vice presidents with the company were men.

In addition to this, males make up 64% of their board of directors.

As for their developers, men consist of three-quarters of tech-related positions, which puts women at 25%.

Women have been hired at increasing rates, however, with an 11% rise in female hires.

About 50% of PayPal's employees are white, 31% Asian, and 7% black. Its Hispanic makeup is even smaller at only 4%.

These statistics were provided in 2018 - the demographic makeup has changed ever since.

PayPal subsidiaries

PayPal is an online payment system that makes paying for things online, sending and receiving money secure and safe.

Here is an overview of this fast-growing company.

Fun Facts About PayPal

Here are a few unique and interesting facts about PayPal.

• In 2013, PayPal accidentally credited one man’s account with more than $92 quadrillion.
• PayPal allows its US users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies.
• There was a time when PayPal gave new customers $10 for joining their platform.
• 25% of online shops in North America have PayPal as an option for payment.
• PayPal supports 26 currencies.

PayPal demographics statistics

• 58% of Americans have a PayPal account.
• 2 million people in the United Kingdom have a PayPal account.
• Children make up 9% of PayPal's users in the United States.
• PayPal users aged 50 and over grew rapidly in the first two quarters of 2020.
• People between the ages of 41 and 56 use PayPal more than anyone else.
• 75% of all Europeans trust PayPal over alternative payment services.

Who owns PayPal?

PayPal is owned by two people, Dan Schulman, the CEO, and John Donahoe the Chairman.

Schulman is one of the founders of PayPal, as several other reputable people that continue to work in the tech industry.

How many PayPal transactions happen per day?

On average, there are 41 million PayPal transactions done every day. The amount of PayPal transactions that happen per day increases year-by-year.

How many PayPal users are in the UK?

There are around 2 million PayPal users in the UK. Millions of people in the United Kingdom use PayPal to send and receive payments.

What country uses PayPal the most?

The USA is the country that uses PayPal the most. Beginning in 1998, PayPal operated most of its services in the United States.

But since then, it has expanded, especially in Europe.

Although the US is home to a majority of its accounts, Europeans as a whole are more likely to use PayPal, particularly when countries within the European continent are scrutinized closely.

For example, Germany has over 90% of its citizens that rely on PayPal for online monetary transactions.

How much did eBay acquire PayPal for?

eBay acquired PayPal in the final quarter of 2002, October 3 for $1.5 billion.

In 2014, eBay split with PayPal, though the merchant remains close to PayPal and continues to handle a majority of its transactions with PayPal account holders.

How many online e-commerce users use PayPal?

E-commerce is a growing trend among shoppers and businesses, and PayPal is the conduit for many of their financial transactions.

92 million people use PayPal for e-commerce transactions, with 8.6 million merchants conducting business with PayPal merchant accounts.

How many PayPal users have activated One Touch?

Recent figures put 80 million people as having used One Touch to pay for goods and services with PayPal.

These statistics have been in the interest of many online merchants since the One Touch features can simplify the payment process.

The faster that payments are finalized, the quicker conversions are made. And with easier payment options comes more conversions as a whole.

What is the average amount in a PayPal account?

The average amount of funds in most users' accounts is $485.

PayPal's users number far and wide, with some relying on the service in the same way that others use established banking companies.

It has a debit card and credit card. In the United States, the average is about $500. The amount that's held in PayPal's wallet is slightly lower, around $195.

What is PayPal’s largest acquisition?

The largest purchase ever made by the company was for the acquisition of Honey, which totaled over $4 billion.

The purchase was done in the first quarter of 2020. It's also their most recent purchase of another company.