DROPBOX, INC. Research And Development Expense

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DROPBOX, INC. reported Research And Development Expense of $732.00 million for the year ending 2025.

  • DROPBOX, INC. showed a decrease of -20.0% in Research And Development Expense from 2024 to 2025.
  • This data is from DROPBOX, INC.'s annual report (Form 10-K), filed with the SEC on February 20, 2026.
  • XBRL data for this metric is available from 2016 to 2025 (10 years of filings). Earlier data may not exist in machine-readable XBRL format as companies adopted electronic filing at different times.
  • Quarterly values from 10-Q filings: Q1 2017: $89.30 million | Q2 2017: $89.80 million | Q3 2017: $97.20 million | Q1 2018: $378.50 million | Q2 2018: $119.70 million | Q3 2018: $133.20 million | Q1 2019: $150.00 million | Q2 2019: $162.40 million | Q3 2019: $172.80 million | Q1 2020: $181.80 million | Q2 2020: $185.80 million | Q3 2020: $183.30 million | Q1 2021: $181.20 million | Q2 2021: $185.50 million | Q3 2021: $187.30 million | Q1 2022: $210.80 million | Q2 2022: $215.00 million | Q3 2022: $227.60 million | Q1 2023: $235.20 million | Q2 2023: $262.80 million | Q3 2023: $216.40 million | Q1 2024: $219.10 million | Q2 2024: $227.10 million | Q3 2024: $225.70 million | Q1 2025: $178.40 million | Q2 2025: $184.40 million | Q3 2025: $182.30 million.
  • Over the full 10 years of available data (2016 to 2025), DROPBOX, INC.'s Research And Development Expense has grown by 152.7%.
  • Historical annual values: Fiscal year 2025: $732.00 million | Fiscal year 2024: $914.90 million | Fiscal year 2023: $936.50 million | Fiscal year 2022: $891.90 million | Fiscal year 2021: $755.90 million | Fiscal year 2020: $727.50 million | Fiscal year 2019: $662.10 million | Fiscal year 2018: $768.20 million | Fiscal year 2017: $380.30 million | Fiscal year 2016: $289.70 million.
  • Data sourced from SEC EDGAR public filings as of August 4, 2026.

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