R&D expense · 2019–2025

Applovin R&D expense

$227M−39.6% · FY2025

Applovin (APP) reported $227M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −39.6% year on year.

$45.0M2019$181M2020$366M2021$508M2022$334M2023$375M2024$227M2025
Applovin — R&D expense, 2019–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$227M−39.6%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$375M+12.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$334M−34.2%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$508M+38.5%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$366M+102.8%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$181M+301.8%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$45.0M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2019–2025 compound annual growth +30.9%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Applovin R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/applovin/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001751008-26-000010 · February 19, 2026

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