Growth Metrics

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) has disclosed Research & Development for 17 consecutive years, with $139.5 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Research & Development rose 15.97% to $139.5 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $513.6 million through Dec 2025, up 9.06% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $513.6 million for FY2025, 9.06% up from the prior year.
  • Research & Development hit $139.5 million in Q4 2025 for Akamai Technologies, up from $124.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $139.5 million in Q4 2025 to a low of $77.3 million in Q2 2021.
  • Historically, Research & Development has averaged $105.9 million across 5 years, with a median of $105.7 million in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Research & Development: skyrocketed 38.59% in 2021 and later fell 8.08% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at $93.2 million in 2021, then rose by 13.1% to $105.4 million in 2022, then increased by 3.62% to $109.2 million in 2023, then rose by 10.11% to $120.2 million in 2024, then rose by 15.97% to $139.5 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Research & Development for AKAM at $139.5 million in Q4 2025, $124.7 million in Q3 2025, and $125.8 million in Q2 2025.