Mozilla has just published their annual “The State of Mozilla”
report. They do this once they’ve filed their audited financial
statements for the previous year, so these numbers are for 2009. Still,
they’re impressive numbers given how much competition their is in the
market — particularly from their biggest benefactor: Google.
For 2009, Mozilla reported revenues of $104 million. That was up 34 percent from 2008 when revenues were $78 million. Notably, that revenue number includes a $104,000 loss from long-term investments, but that’s a huge improvement from 2008 when the same loss was $7.8 million. So where does Mozilla make most of this money from? Firefox, of course, thanks largely to their search deal with Google. In the FAQ section of the report, Mozilla addresses this:
The majority of Mozilla’s revenue is generated from search functionality included in our Firefox product through all major search partners including Google, Yahoo, Yandex, Amazon, Ebay and others. Mozilla’s reported revenue also include very important individual and corporate donations and grants as well as other forms of income from our investable assets.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Mozilla: $104 Million In Revenues, 400 Million Users, Google Deal Running Through 2011
Author: MG Siegler
