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drdrek · 2024-01-11 06:44:32

Not that I particularly love the big G but why are top comments taking this seriously? Google grew in 2022 from 150,000 to 190,000 then down to 170,000 in 2023. What are couple of hundred down in such a large company? This is just some FUD piece.

mhoad | karma 4678 | avg karma 4.64 · | 2014-07-02 17:30:58+00:00

Just for some context Google have ~50,000 employees according to this https://investor.google.com/financial/tables.html

glenrivard | karma 74 | avg karma 0.44 · | 2019-02-04 14:16:11

Yet Google market share increases and now 93%. It is not real people but just people that like to scream and yell about leaving Google.

http://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share

Google will report numbers later today. But have been growing at 20%+ the last 10 quarters.

Obviously Google has nothing to worry about with those type of growth numbers.

Versus Apple reported last week declines in both top and bottom lines.

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jacksmith21006 | karma 1319 | avg karma 1.28 · | 2018-04-23 21:30:06+00:00

What? Google grew over 25%. Which is just accelerating as numbers get bigger.

SeanAnderson | karma 3514 | avg karma 5.01 · | 2024-01-30 17:56:57

It is absolutely mind-boggling that a company as large as Google could increase their headcount by 62% in three years.

JamesBarney | karma 10602 | avg karma 2.85 · | 2016-11-03 19:27:58+00:00

For anyone who is looking for a since of scale. There are only around 52,000 total employees @ Google, and there are 3 million+ software engineers. So this quote is either out of context or wildly inaccurate.

jlokier | karma 5548 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2021-05-23 17:01:53

Google has grown from 75k to 150k people in the last three years?

thockingoog | karma 507 | avg karma 3.99 · | 2018-08-29 16:45:53+00:00

That's hyperbolic. Part of the announcement is a commitment to re-evaluate the numbers as time goes on.

Google is in No Way stepping back from this.

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funstuff007 | karma 472 | avg karma 1.42 · | 2022-06-20 12:22:00

> grew to a community of over 300 million people

Was this while still under Google's control? Is one not able to count that low?

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bts | karma 86 | avg karma 3.58 · | 2009-06-09 20:22:11+00:00

Anyone have an idea of where he's getting the figure for the number of employees at Google? He says 10,000, but Wikipedia[1] has it at 20k.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Google&oldid=2...

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JangoSteve | karma 3385 | avg karma 3.6 · | 2017-10-31 22:08:50+00:00

To be fair, Google has a little more than 200 users.

ry0ohki | karma 4012 | avg karma 4.8 · | 2011-09-25 12:29:30+00:00

Considering there is a giant "ad" at the top of Google.com, I'm surprised it's such a small number, relative to total number of GOOG users.

malermeister | karma 2730 | avg karma 1.86 · | 2024-02-22 22:28:44

Jesus Christ that chart. What is going on over at Google???

Tarq0n | karma 1218 | avg karma 2.79 · | 2017-08-24 06:00:42

The growth rates of these are fascinating. I'm amazed Google still has that much of an exponential curve.

sova | karma 2369 | avg karma 1.19 · | 2021-10-02 18:32:29

How many people are employed by Google as of 2021? This company has got to be huge, yet we always just say "Google" as if it's a few people.

FreeInFlorida | karma 30 | avg karma 3.0 · | 2018-12-10 19:56:15

Wait...

Google+ had 52 million users?

That should be the headline.

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Zigurd | karma 8472 | avg karma 1.31 · | 2013-07-14 16:19:55

Well, that's totally worth doubling Google's headcount.

bonch | karma | avg karma · | 2011-10-18 01:42:11

How can anyone possibly make this kind of prediction? Especially since Google+ has been dropping in activity level.

pugworthy | karma 2597 | avg karma 2.34 · | 2019-05-08 01:13:38+00:00

Look not to be blunt, but 1800 users? Why should they care?

I'm being a devils advocate, but ... if you were at Google and a person making large business decisions, why would you care about 1800 users?

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boomboomsubban | karma | avg karma · | 2023-02-24 08:02:56

The market has grown, I wouldn't be surprised if their amount of users has stayed similar for quite a few years now. Google pays per user, not per percent of market share.