R&D expense · 2012–2025

Weibo R&D expense

$324M+5.0% · FY2025

Weibo (WB) reported $324M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +5.0% year on year.

$71.2M2012$101M2013$126M2014$143M2015$154M2016$193M2017$250M2018$284M2019$324M2020$431M2021$415M2022$334M2023$309M2024$324M2025
Weibo — R&D expense, 2012–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$324M+5.0%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$309M−7.5%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$334M−19.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$415M−3.6%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$431M+32.9%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$324M+13.9%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$284M+13.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$250M+29.2%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$193M+25.5%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$154M+7.4%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$143M+14.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$126M+24.9%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$101M+41.5%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$71.2M—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 · 2012–2025 compound annual growth +12.4%

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Ready-made references for the figures on this page, as published on September 25, 2026.

Wikipedia

{{cite web |title=Weibo R&D expense |url=https://companiesranked.com/en/company/weibo/research-and-development-expense |website=CompaniesRanked |date=2026-09-25 |language=en}}

APA 7

CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Weibo R&D expense. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/weibo/research-and-development-expense

BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-weibo-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Weibo R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/weibo/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: 20-F · 0001104659-26-047217 · April 23, 2026

{{cite web |title=Weibo R&D expense — 20-F (0001104659-26-047217) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1595761/000110465926047217/wb-20251231x20f.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-04-23}}

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