PayPal in charts

Every chart is drawn from verified facts on the listing and public records, and compared with payment receiving platforms and the rest of the directory. Open any chart for the full interactive version, the exact method, the raw data and its sources.

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57%of what we track is filled in

4.2/5our rating, from facts

Money

What you pay, what you keep and how you get paid

Fee vs similar platforms

At 3%, PayPal is cheaper than 13% of the 15 payment receiving platforms that charge a percentage fee (median 1.7%).

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At 3%, PayPal is cheaper than 13% of the 15 payment receiving platforms that charge a percentage fee (median 1.7%).

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Of every $100 you earn on PayPal, you keep $97.01, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges.

Open full chart Withdrawal methods vs peers

PayPal pays out 2 ways. Its rarest is Debit card, offered by 20% of payment receiving platforms.

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NASDAQ: PYPL reported $17.8B in revenue for 2019 (+64% since 2016), with a net profit of $2.5B.

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Joining

Who can sign up, and where

Where you can join

PayPal accepts people in 174 countries: AI, Albania, Algeria, AN, Andorra and Angola and 195 more.

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Open in 201 countries and territories, PayPal reaches more places than 100% of the 48 payment receiving platforms with known country rules (median 1).

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Quality

Ratings, badges, reviews and how much we know

Rating breakdown

Rated 4.2/5. Ahead of the payment receiving platforms average on getting paid, access and track record.

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PayPal scores above every other one of the payment receiving platforms on track record, its strongest part.

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PayPal has 45 of 100 achievement points from 8 badges; the average for payment receiving platforms is 25.4.

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paypal.com ranks #174 on the web, more visited than 100% of the 49 payment receiving platforms we have a rank for.

Open full chart Profile completeness vs the type

We have 57% of what we track for PayPal, against an average of 60% for payment receiving platforms.

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History

How old it is and what has happened since

Timeline

4 events from 1998 to 2026, across founded, our listing and listing changes.

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Founded in 1998 (about 28 years ago), PayPal is older than 98% of the 52 payment receiving platforms with a known founding year.

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