They make HOW much? Interactive infographic reveals astonishing amount top tech companies earn per second - and Samsung tops the list with £4,051

  • Site compares BlackBerry to Facebook, Microsoft, Apple and Samsung
  • Earnings per second are based on each firm's official quarterly revenue
  • As each second passes on the site, the amount increases in real-time
  • Samsung tops the list, Apple is in second, while BlackBerry earns the least

By Victoria Woollaston

PUBLISHED: 08:13 EST, 14 November 2013 | UPDATED: 10:26 EST, 14 November 2013

In the five seconds it has taken you to read this sentence, Samsung has earned a staggering $32,430.

This converts to £20,200 and is what the average university graduate in the UK earns in a year.

To highlight the obscene amounts of money the world’s major tech companies earn, a money-saving website has created an interactive infographic that shows exactly how much each firm makes in real time. 

Scroll down on the infographic to compare companies

The site, designed by UK-based Happier, is also interesting because it highlights how successful the companies are in comparison to one another.

Phone makers Samsung, Apple, BlackBerry and Nokia all make the list, as do other hardware and software manufacturers Microsoft, Google, HP, Dell, Foxconn, IBM, Oracle and Cisco.

 

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Facebook is the only social network on the list, earning $230 (£143) a second, and Amazon is the only online retailer and earns $1,996 (£1,247).

Samsung earns the most, by a considerable amount. According to the graphic, the Korean firm makes $6,486 (£4,051) per second.

Apple is in second place, earning $4,539 (£2,835) per second, with BlackBerry floundering at the bottom of the list earning a relatively small $205 (£128) every second.

FIGURE

The figures are all based on the companies¿ official respective earnings from the most recent quarterly reports available. Website Happier took these earning amounts for each firm and worked out exactly how many days had passed in that quarter

Samsung earns the most, by a considerable amount.
Apple is in second place, earning $4,539 per second

According to money-saving site Happier's infographic. Samsung, left, earns the most, by a considerable amount, making $6,486 (£4,051) per second. Apple, right, is in second place, earning $4,539 (£2,835) per second, with BlackBerry floundering at the bottom of the list earning a relatively small $205 (£128) a second

WHICH COMPANY EARNS THE MOST?

Samsung: $6,486 (£4,051) per second

Apple: $4,539 (£2,835)

Foxconn: $3,815 (£2,383)

HP: $3,459 (£2,160)

IBM: $3,166 (£1,978)

Microsoft: $2,331 (£1,456)

Amazon: $1,996 (£1,247)

Google: $1,873 (£1,170)

Dell: $1,865 (£1,165)

Intel: $1,628 (£1,017)

Cisco: $1,594 (£995)

Oracle: $1,068 (£667)

Nokia: $941 (£587)

Facebook: $230 (£143)

BlackBerry: $205 (£128)

In fact, BlackBerry, Nokia and Facebook were the only companies to make less than four figure amounts.

The figures are all based on the companies’ official respective earnings from the most recent quarterly reports available.

Happier took these earning amounts for each firm and worked out exactly how many days had passed in that quarter.

This can vary slightly between 90 and 92 days depending on when a company files their report.

To get to the amount each company makes per second, Happier divided a company’s earnings by days in this quarter.

This ‘day’ amount was then divided by 86,400 - the number of seconds in 24 hours - and the final figure was rounded.

According to the graphic, Microsoft makes more money than Google - $2,331 (£1,456) compared to $1,873 (£1,170)

Technology firm IBM does well, earning $3,166 (£1,978) a second, while Taiwanese electronics firm Foxconn is shown making $3,815 (£2,383) a second, and chip maker Intel makes $1,628 (£1,017) every second. 

When a user first clicks on the site, the counter next to each firm is reset to zero. As a visitor stays on the site, seconds tick by at the top of the page.

The amount each company makes - based on Happier’s figures - is updated in real-time in conjunction with this counter.

The size of the company, based on how much money they make, is indicated by the number of logos pictured next to their name.

The figures are all based on the companies¿ official respective earnings from the most recent quarterly reports available.

The figures are all based on the companies' official respective earnings from the most recent quarterly reports available. Facebook, pictured, is the only social network on the list, and make $230 per second



 

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Enter ...and WHY is it important know how much they make 'PER SECOND' ?????????? WAGES ARE GENERALLY ACCEPTED 'PER HOUR' Another ploy of sensationalizing a headline... everyday DM stuff,,, true to form !!!!!

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Does this relate to profit or just turnover, profit is the more relevant but the graphic and text are not clear. However it is clear we all spend money on technology either directly or indirectly and our reliance on tech is getting higher everyday via banking, medical, transport , commerce and communications. Every aspect of modern day life relies on the brands in the top of this chart. I am not sure that's a good thing but can't see it reversing anytime soon

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Samsung - I purchased 4 tv sets within 12 months - 4 years later only one left and that has been repaired - will never ever purchase anything Samsung in the future.

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I have nothing against Samsung, APPLE, Intel, Foxconn and Amazon making profits but compared to these and the rest, what service does Facebook offer to generate such revenues? If people gain intelligence and leave FB, that would be awesome.

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They also spend a lot of that every second to make sure they are top game players, which is why it's difficult to compete with these companies.

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... and it all eventually come out of your pocket ...

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Tony, London - the best comment on here. Well done. Tony has a brain. "The listing for Samsung is incorrect - Samsung corporation is an industrial conglomerate, Samsung Electronics are the people who sell phones and TV's. This graph isn't comparing like with like."

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This is wrong. The graphic shows 'revenue' per second yet the article speaks of 'earnings' per second. Revenue is different to earnings (or profit). Revenue is all the incoming money into a business from the sale of products and services. Earnings or profit is whats left after all the costs are taken out of that revenue. So I would call if revenue per second or turnover per second and not earnings per second. Its a big difference.

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BBC managers and stars must be quite high up that list.

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Grow up.

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Stop buying overpriced obscene- margin cheaply-made handsets! These electronics need to be commoditised like everything else.

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