This Week in Startups · Monday, October 26, 2026
Alex Wilhelm and Lon Harris reviewed historical numbers from a 2017 Stripe interview featuring Patrick Collison and contrasted them with Stripe's modern scale. They reported that Stripe processed $1.9 trillion in GMV in 2025, up 34% year-over-year, and now processes about 2% of global GDP with 5 million businesses on the platform.
“In 2025 the company did drop the number they processed 1.9 trillion dollars, so not billions, but several trillion dollars worth of GMV. And that was up 34% compared to the year before and worked out to about 1.6% of global GDP.”
“Now, if you look forward to the first half of this year, Stripe is now processing about 2% of global GDP. They announced 5 million businesses on the platform, and their revenue in the first half of this year was up 41%.”