Mozilla has released its 2020 financial report. In 2020, Mozilla's revenues almost halved to $496.86 million, roughly the same as in 2018. For comparison, Mozilla earned $2019M in 828, $2018M in 450, $2017M in 562, $2016M in 520, $2015M in 421, and $2014M in 329. in 2013 - 314 million, 2012 - 311 million.
441 million out of 496 received through royalties for the use of search engines (Google, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Bing, Yandex), cooperation with various services (Cliqz, Amazon, eBay) and placement of contextual advertising blocks on the start page. In 2019, the amount of such deductions amounted to $451 million, in 2018 - $429 million, and in 2017 - $539 million. According to unofficial data, about $ 400 million a year brings in a deal with Google to transfer search traffic, which is concluded until 2023.
Last year, $338 million was classified as other income, the source of which is not detailed, and this year this figure has decreased to $400. In 2018, there was no such income column in the Mozilla report. 6.7 million dollars were donations (last year - 3.5 million). The amount of funds invested in investments in 2020 amounted to 575 million dollars (in 2019 - 347 million, in 2018 - 340 million, in 2017 - 414 million, in 2016 - 329 million, in 2015 - 227 million, in 2014 - 137 million). Subscription services and advertising revenue in 2020 was $24 million, twice as much as in 2019.
Among the costs, development costs dominate ($242 million in 2020 versus $303 million in 2019 and $277 million in 2018), service support ($20.3 million in 2020 versus $22.4 million in 2019 and $33.4 million in 2018), marketing ( $37 million in 2020 vs. $43 million in 2019 and $53 million in 2018) and administrative expenses ($137 million in 2020 vs. $124 million in 2019 and $86 million in 2018). $5.2 million spent on grants (up from $2019 million in 9.6).
The total cost was $438 million (2019: $495 million; 2018: $451; 2017: $421.8; 2016: $360.6; 2015 - 337.7 million). Assets at the beginning of the year - $2014 million, at the end of the year - $317.8 million.
Source: opennet.ru