When everything started going online in 2017, Microsoft’s plan to stay ahead of every competitor led to another great innovation—Microsoft Teams.
The platform gained attention soon after its launch. However, the actual breakthrough happened in 2020, when the world depended on online communication due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Teams provided an ideal platform for online communications at various institutes. Offices, businesses, and schools used it to stay afloat amid the pandemic. So let’s dig into some Microsoft Teams statistics.
Microsoft Teams Key Statistics
- Microsoft Teams welcomed 2023 with 280 million daily active users worldwide
- The company got a more than 700% increase in revenue in 2020
- The highest Teams app downloads were 22,000 in 2020
- Microsoft Teams usage is the highest in the US
- Over 100 million students are using this collaboration platform for studies and online classes
- The software is available in 48 languages
Microsoft Teams Overview
- Launch date: 17 March 2017
- Founder: Bill Gates (co-founder), Satya Nadella (CEO)
- Company: Microsoft
- Industry: Information Technology
- Headquarters: Redmond, Washington
- Geographical area: Available worldwide
- Software type: Communications and collaborations
Microsoft Teams Users’ Stats
How many users are actively using the app? The company used the number of daily active users as the parameter to measure the Microsoft team’s usage ratio.
As per the official data, the company has been getting at least two million daily active users since 2017.
Year | Monthly Active Users (in Million) |
2017 | 2 |
2018 | 8 |
2019 | 20 |
2020 | 75 |
2021 | 145 |
2022 | 270 |
2023 (January) | 280 |
The majority of monthly active users were seen after 2020. You can see its demand from the fact that there were 75 million daily active users in April 2020. This number jumped to 145 million within a year (April 2021).
Microsoft Teams Business Statistics
Over a million companies use Microsoft Teams for their day-to-day communications, messages, and group video conferencing. Most of these companies belong to the IT and software development industries.
Not only this, but 91 out of 100 Fortune 500 companies use Teams for business meetings. All the prominent companies use this platform and say that it helps them save time on overnight trips.
Monthly Active Users Demographics
Since its launch, Teams has been most popular in the United States of America (USA). The Microsoft Teams’ usage percentage graph as per the demographics is as follows:
Country | Percentage |
USA | 17.85 |
UK | 6.46 |
India | 5.77 |
Japan | 5.40 |
Brazil | 4.69 |
Other | 59.84 |
The most common country for Teams’ daily active users is the United States. No single country has more than 20% of all Teams’ users in the world. However, if we consider this data chart only after 2021, Poland had the most Teams users among all countries.
The UK was still in second place, while the USA had only 9.54 percent of the total users.
Country | Percentage |
Poland | 30.65 |
United Kingdom | 23.74 |
Germany | 20.65 |
Ireland | 19.48 |
Australia | 18.22 |
United States | 9.54 |
Age and Gender Demographics
When we look at the age demographics graph, the age bracket of 35-45 years has the most Microsoft Teams users.
Age | Percentage of Users |
18-24 | 4 |
25-34 | 14 |
35-44 | 31 |
45-54 | 29 |
55+ | 20 |
As far as gender percentage is concerned, data shows more men (72%) use Teams compared to women (24%).
Microsoft Teams Statistics: Revenue
The company does not disclose earnings details specifically for Microsoft Teams but shows it as a collaborative profit. However, the sudden rise in leads after 2019 shows Teams had a huge hand in the total profits.
- Microsoft recorded 0.8 Billion profit in 2019, which amazingly became 6.8 billion in 2020.
- This year, there was a massive gain of $46.4 billion only from the productivity and business sector of Microsoft.
- Mid-year 2022, there was a 20% increase in total profits, making it $51.7 billion.
- In the same year, there was also a 21% increase in the company’s net income.
- In 2017, Microsoft’s total revenue was less than 1 billion. Now, it is said to be more than 9 billion dollars!
Microsoft Teams Meetings Statistics
Teams experienced the total number of meeting minutes increasing threefold, and that too in less than a month (March 2020).
The active meeting minutes in Teams can last up to three hours (more than a day). Moreover, one meeting can hold up to 1000 participants.
Microsoft Teams App Stats
Another way to see Microsoft Teams’ growth is by looking at the mobile app downloads.
- There are a total of above 100 million Team’ mobile app downloads in the world.
- The app downloads increased by 66.9% in 2019.
- The Microsoft Teams app is the most downloaded in the US.
- From 2019 to 2020, the total number of device app downloads increased by 750%.
- The web page visits on various devices hit 243.8 million in 2022.
Microsoft Teams Competitors
When the platform was launched, the market had big competitors like Skype and Slack, so Microsoft added additional features to video meetings to attract more people.
Organizations already having Microsoft 365 got Teams as part of their collaboration apps package. This gave Teams a huge advantage over their competitors. Teams boosted growth in 2020, surpassing Zoom and Skype video conferencing services.
Even Slack has only 18 million active users, while Teams has 270 million. However, the platform’s market share comes in third behind that of Zoom and Google Meet, respectively.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How do Microsoft Teams make money?
Microsoft Team often makes money in two ways; either through paid subscriptions or sales of the Microsoft Office 365 suite. The app downloads and website visits also have a role in the total profit.
2. How many people use Microsoft Teams in 2022?
As per the company’s insights, Microsoft Teams’ monthly active users were above 270 million in the second quarter of 2022.
Conclusion
Teams by Microsoft helped the company make $46 billion as a whole. It is used by almost 50% of Office 365’s commercial users. Thus, its annual profit must be around $4 to $8 billion.
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