Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Akamai Technologies' (AKAM) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $959.1 million in Q1 2026, up 11.45% year-on-year from $860.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 4.09% quarter-over-quarter from $1.0 billion in Q4 2025.

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Akamai Technologies has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $959.1 million for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $959.1 million, up 11.45% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.7 billion (up 6.91% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.6 billion, up 5.31% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $959.1 million for Q1 2026 at Akamai Technologies, down from $1.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.0 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $721.5 million in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $820.2 million (2024), against an average of $833.7 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses grew 18.33% in 2024 and retreated 4.86% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Akamai Technologies' Operating Expenses stood at $760.3 million in 2022, then grew by 6.57% to $810.2 million in 2023, then rose by 7.61% to $871.9 million in 2024, then grew by 14.7% to $1.0 billion in 2025, then dropped by 4.09% to $959.1 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $959.1 million (Q1 2026), $1.0 billion (Q4 2025), and $888.6 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.57 Bn
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn 517.59 Mn
10 Akamai Technologies 20.01 Bn 19.08 Bn 916.55 Mn 959.12 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 959.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 1.00 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 888.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 892.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 860.56 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 871.88 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 934.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 831.59 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 820.24 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 810.23 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 789.36 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 785.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 789.06 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 760.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 721.46 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 728.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 730.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 709.27 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 655.07 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 653.39 Mn