How Many Users Does Wish Have? User and Revenue Stats
Written by Brian Dean

Wish is a popular mobile e-commerce platform that connects merchants with buyers.
Known for a variety of cheap goods, 64 million people made at least one purchase on the platform in 2020.
The business generated $2.54 billion in revenue in 2020 – a 17.64x increase since 2015.
Important Wish Stats
- Wish has 107 million monthly active users.
- Wish reported 64 million buyers on the platform in 2020.
- Wish has more than 550,000 merchants.
- Wish generated $2.54 billion in revenue in 2020.
- 875 full-time employees work at Wish.
Wish monthly active users
Wish identifies monthly active users as the number of unique visitors accessing Wish in a given month via mobile or desktop. For annual data, monthly active users equal the average across the year.
The e-commerce platform had 107 million monthly active users in 2020. That’s an increase of 18.9% vs the previous year, accounting for 17 million new monthly active users.

As such, the monthly active user base has increased by 2.18x since 2017.
Here’s a table with the number of Wish’s monthly active users since 2015:
Year | Monthly active users |
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2015 | 21 million |
2016 | 30 million |
2017 | 49 million |
2018 | 73 million |
2019 | 90 million |
2020 | 107 million |
Source: Wish.
Wish active buyers
64 million active buyers placed at least one order on the Wish platform in 2020, adding 2 million new active buyers over the past year.

We’ve charted the number of Wish’s active buyers since 2015:
Year | LTM active buyers |
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2015 | 18 million |
2016 | 31 million |
2017 | 52 million |
2018 | 64 million |
2019 | 62 million |
2020 | 64 million |
Source: Wish.
Wish merchants
Wish has over 550,000 partner merchants.

Source: Wish.
Wish revenue
Wish generated $2.54 billion in revenue in 2020, leading to the company’s revenue growing by 33.68% since 2019.

The global selling platform has achieved a 4-year revenue CAGR of 54.58%.
This is a table showing Wish’s total revenue since 2015:
Year | Total revenue |
---|---|
2015 | $144 million |
2016 | $445 million |
2017 | $1.1 billion |
2018 | $1.73 billion |
2019 | $1.9 billion |
2020 | $2.54 billion |
Source: Wish.
Wish revenue by type
There are three main types of revenue at Wish:
- Core marketplace
- ProductBoost
- Logistics
Wish’s core marketplace revenue includes commission fees associated with processed consumer purchases.
The company brought in $1.83 billion in core marketplace revenue in 2020, accounting for 71.9% of Wish’s total revenue. Wish core marketplace revenue grew by 24.49% over the past year.

Here’s a table with Wish’s core marketplace revenue (including share) since 2017:
Year | Core marketplace revenue (Share) |
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2017 | $1.05 billion (95.64%) |
2018 | $1.5 billion (87.27%) |
2019 | $1.47 billion (77.48%) |
2020 | $1.83 billion (71.9%) |
Wish also brings in ProductBoost revenue from advertising fees paid to showcase products in preferential places on the platform.
As a result, Wish generated $200 million in ProductBoost revenue in 2020, accounting for 7.87% of the company’s total revenue. However, ProductBoost revenue has decreased by 31.27% over the past year.
This table shows Wish’s ProductBoost revenue (including share) since 2017:
Year | ProductBoost revenue (Share) |
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2017 | $48 million (4.36%) |
2018 | $214 million (12.38%) |
2019 | $291 million (15.3%) |
2020 | $200 million (7.87%) |
Revenue from logistics includes fees paid for transportation and delivery services.
Wish generated $514 million in logistics revenue in 2020, accounting for 20.23% of Wish’s total revenue that year. Logistics revenue grew by 3.75x from 2019 to 2020.
We’ve charted Wish’s logistics revenue (including share) since 2018:
Year | Logistics revenue (Share) |
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2018 | $6 million (0.35%) |
2019 | $137 million (7.2%) |
2020 | $514 million (20.23%) |
Source: Wish.
Wish core marketplace revenue by geography
Wish provides a breakdown of core marketplace revenue by geographical region based on the buyer’s shipping address.
The worldwide trading platform generated $833 million in core marketplace revenue from orders with a shipping address in Europe in 2020. This accounted for 45.59% of the company’s total revenue, more than any other region.

Wish revenue from European users grew by 16.34% over the past year.
Below is a table indicating Wish’s revenue from the European market (including share) since 2018:
Year | Europe core marketplace revenue (Share) |
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2018 | $759 million (50.33%) |
2019 | $716 million (48.6%) |
2020 | $833 million (45.59%) |
Wish had $735 million in core marketplace revenue from the North American market in 2020, accounting for 40.23% of total revenue.
The company’s revenue in the region has grown by 29.86% since 2019.
We’ve charted Wish’s North American core marketplace revenue (including share) since 2018:
Year | North America core marketplace revenue (Share) |
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2018 | $579 million (38.39%) |
2019 | $566 million (38.42%) |
2020 | $735 million (40.23%) |
The South American market contributed $90 million to Wish’s core marketplace revenue in 2020 – a 4.93% share. The company’s revenue from this region grew by 25% over the past year.
Here’s a table with Wish’s South American core marketplace revenue (including share) since 2018:
Year | South America core marketplace revenue |
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2018 | $58 million (3.85%) |
2019 | $72 million (4.89%) |
2020 | $90 million (4.93%) |
Wish core marketplace revenue from markets outside of Europe, North America, and South America reached $169 million in 2020.
Here’s a breakdown of the core marketplace revenue from orders shipped to addresses outside of Europe, North America, and South America (including share) since 2018:
Year | Other core marketplace revenue |
---|---|
2018 | $112 million (7.43%) |
2019 | $119 million (8.08%) |
2020 | $169 million (9.25%) |
Source: Wish.
Wish total operating expenses
Wish’s total expenses reached $2.22 billion in 2020. Overall, its operating expenses increased by 38.75% over the past year.

Here’s a look at Wish’s total operating expenses since 2015:
Year | Total operating expenses |
---|---|
2015 | $588 million |
2016 | $455 million |
2017 | $1.04 billion |
2018 | $1.67 billion |
2019 | $1.6 billion |
2020 | $2.22 billion |
Wish operating expenses by category
Sales and marketing contributed to 76.76% ($1.7 billion) of Wish’s total operating expenses in 2020. Despite an increase of 16.44% in sales and marketing spending over the past year, the share of those expenses dropped from 91.32%.

This is Wish’s sales and marketing expenses (including share) since 2015:
Year | Sales and marketing expenses (Share) |
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2015 | $560 million (95.24%) |
2016 | $428 million (94.06%) |
2017 | $989 million (94.82%) |
2018 | $1.58 billion (94.2%) |
2019 | $1.46 billion (91.32%) |
2020 | $1.7 billion (76.76%) |
Wish’s product development expenses totalled $222 million in 2020 – a 3x increase over the previous year. These expenses made up 9.98% of all operating expenses.

Here’s a table showing Wish’s product development expenses (including share) since 2015:
Year | Product development expenses (Share) |
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2015 | $6 million (1.02%) |
2016 | $10 million (2.2%) |
2017 | $28 million (2.68%) |
2018 | $45 million (2.69%) |
2019 | $74 million (4.62%) |
2020 | $222 million (9.98%) |
Wish had spent $295 million on general and administrative expenses in 2020, showing a 4.54x increase on 2019’s total.

We’ve charted Wish’s general and administrative expenses (including share) since 2015:
Year | General and administrative expenses (Share) |
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2015 | $22 million (3.74%) |
2016 | $17 million (3.74%) |
2017 | $26 million (2.49%) |
2018 | $52 million (3.1%) |
2019 | $65 million (4.06%) |
2020 | $295 million (13.26%) |
Wish employees
Wish has 875 full-time employees across the world, including 492 based in the United States.
Source: Wish.