How Much is the User?
Major technology companies, for instance Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon, Yelp, Twitter, exist only thanks to their users. Company HowMuch.net counted price of each user for every company, dividing the market capitalization by the number of active users.
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Amazon
Capitalization: $ 198 billion
Active users: 270 million
The cost of a user: $ 733
Alibaba
Capitalization: $ 217 billion
Active users: 350 million
The cost of a user: $ 621
Ebay
Capitalization: $ 71 billion
Active users: 152 million
The cost of a user: $ 474
Google
Capitalization: $ 364 billion
Active users: 2 billion
The cost of a user: $ 182
Facebook
Capitalization: $ 227 billion
Active users: 1.4 billion
The cost of a user: $ 158
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Tencent
Capitalization: $ 196 billion
Active users: 2 billion
The cost of a user: $ 96
Twitter
Capitalization: $ 24.4 billion
Active users: 302 million
The cost of a user: $ 81
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Yahoo!
Capitalization: $ 42.2 billion
Active users: 600 million
The cost of a user: $ 70
LinkedIn
Capitalization: $ 24.9 billion
Active users: 364 million
The cost of a user: $ 69
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Groupon
Capitalization: $ 4.5 billion
Active users: 160 million
The cost of a user: $ 28
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Zynga
Capitalization: $ 2.8 billion
Active users: 100 million
The cost of a user: $ 28
Yelp
Capitalization: $ 3.5 billion
Active users: 142 million
The cost of a user: $ 25