Celebrating 25 million concurrent users
Yesterday we reached a new milestone for peak concurrent users: 25 million people online, on Skype, at the same time. Our software is designed to handle large numbers of concurrent users, with wideband audio and group video calls all flowing smoothly around the world – from mothers in Montevideo to their sons in San Francisco, and from contractors in Canberra to their suppliers in Seoul.
In 2009, our users spoke, stared and sung for 113 billion Skype-to-Skype minutes – and for the first six months of this year, approximately 40% of Skype-to-Skype minutes were video minutes. All of this made possible by software built by a team of just under 800 people*. How do we do this?
Very simply: we do one thing. Our single minded focus is on building the best communications products, and building them for the whole world. This is not a hobby – it’s who and what we are. And at Skype, we have one ambition: to build communications products which billions of people embrace every day.
Skype software takes care of the complexities of network topography, firewalls, different OSes, multiple devices – computers, and a myriad of connection types, leaving you to do the talking, laughing, smiling, crying, singing, dancing and more. Because we think 25 million is worth celebrating.
* as of June 30, 2010
andy.gongea commented Tuesday, Nov 23
Good job and keep up the excellent work. I've been using Skype for over 3 years and it is the best business communication tool.
Kudos!
jackie_hawk commented Thursday, Nov 25
I wish there was a way to video chat on your iPhone to people on the computer using FaceTime compatibility. Other than that, keep up the good work
bandandy commented Friday, Nov 26
25 Million concurrent users is huge. How many mobile usesr/accounts do you have?
emma.conway266 commented Saturday, Nov 27
wow........ I have seven contacts! I can't believe there are so many people on Skype!!!!Along with Taylor Swift,Justin Bieber,Cody Simpson,Superchick,icecream,webkinz,fantage,disney,clubpenguin,art,dance,music,summer, the pool,snow,baseball,my dog,my frfiends,my family.......Sype is the coolest thing ever!
Extremely useful when I'm traveling!!!
jumpingjackhammer commented Wednesday, Mar 2
Wow No Kidding Millions of users? then how come i can't find a single person to talk to?
how do you find other users? i dont know? why should it be so hard?
this is dumb.