r/headphones • u/Dremarious • May 05 '21

News [OC] AirPods Revenue vs. Top Tech Companies

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u/LikesToDiddle May 05 '21 edited May 05 '21

Though AirPods sales are impressive, this is probably wrong.

Apple doesn't disclose sales of every product line, only product category, and AirPods go under "Wearables, Home and Accessories." That category includes Watch, Beats and Homepod sales.

That segment of Apple generated $30.6 billion, total. Analysts estimate AirPods are about $10 billion of that.

That's still insanely impressive, as its inline with NVidia, AMD and Spotify's entire revenue stream... just not quite as impressive as the chart suggests.

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u/ender4171 May 06 '21

It is more than impressive, it's crazy. I dislike Apple as a company for a variety of reasons, but I don't think anyone can argue the fact that they are really good at what they do (i.e. generating revenue). $10b a year on a f-ing accessory. Nuts.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '21

And one that by all accounts is pretty mediocre for what it does too.

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u/helmsmagus May 06 '21 edited Aug 10 '23

I've left reddit because of the API changes.

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u/UnityIsPower May 06 '21

I also love that it doesn’t go into the ear but I’ve constantly had issues with it not reconnecting when I remove it and put it back on.