globalrev

A lot of web companies raise loads of money and you often read claims of profit or at least enormous revenue.

But do they actually make a profit? I have searched and tried to figure this out and there doesn't seem to be a clear answer.

Now if 1 in 20 people in the whole world use your product and you're backed by the heaviest VCs then perhaps you don't need to makemoney right away but still...

So I'm thinking about first and foremost: The giants: * Skype * Facebook * Youtube Smaller ones: * Digg * Reddit * Delicious

Secondly: * All HN-startups and similar kind of startups.Why a lot of them perhaps are useful it just seems like stuff people would stop using as soon as it costs money.