Canva User and Revenue Statistics

Substack was initially released in August 2023 as a graphic design platform.

Within its first year since release, Canva hit a milestone of 600 thousand users.

Now, over 220 million users create designs in Canva and the company hit $3 billion in annualized revenue.

Canva Statistics (Top Picks)

Canva has 220 million active users worldwide.
Canva has 21 million paying users.
Substack hit $3 billion in annualized revenue.
Around 5000 employees work at Canva.

Canva Monthly Active Users

According to the company update shared in December 2024, Canva has over 220 million monthly active users. That’s up from 200 million active users in October 2024.

Canva grew its monthly active user base by 2.93x since December 2021.

Here’s a table with Canva’s monthly active user growth since January 2014:

Date
Canva Monthly Active Users

January 2014
150 thousand

July 2014
600 thousand

2015
1.5 million

2016
3.6 million

2019
24 million

October 2020
40 million

September 2021
60 million

December 2021
75 million

October 2022
100 million

2023
135 million

January 2024
170 million

October 2024
200 million

December 2024
220 million

Source: Canva

Canva Paying Users

According to Canva co-founder and CEO, Canva has 21 million paid users as of September 2024, up from 16 million paying users reported in September 2023.

To put in perspective, the total number of Canva users hit 190 million in September 2024. Paying subscribers account for 11.05% of all active users on the platform.

Source: Capital Brief

Canva Revenue

According to the latest report, Canva reached $3 billion in annualized revenue. That’s up from $2.4 billion as of July 2024.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of Canva revenue over time:

Date
Canva Revenue

2020
$500 million

2021
$1 billion

2023
$2 billion

July 2024
$2.4 billion

2025
$3 billion

Sources: Fast Company, Capital Brief, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Business Insider

Canva Funding

Canva has raised a total of $562.6 million in disclosed funding, including its latest $200 million Series F funding in 2021.

Here’s a table with details of Canva funding rounds since 2014:

Date, Funding Round
Funding Amount

2014, Seed
$6.6 million

2015, Series A
$15 million

2016, Series B
$15 million

2018, Series C
$40 million

2019, Series D
$70 million

2019, Series D
$85 million

2020, Series D
$60 million

2021, Series E
$71 million

2021, Series F
$200 million

Sources: Canva, Tracxn, TechCrunch

Canva Valuation

Canva’s most recent valuation stands at $26 billion, down from a $40 billion valuation following a funding round in 2021.

Source: Forbes, Canva

Number of Designs Created in Canva

According to the latest company data, users create an average of 38.5 million designs on Canva per day. The total number of designs created using Canva hit 30 billion in December 2024.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of the number of designs created with Canva over time:

Date
Number of Designs Created in Canva

February 2023
15 billion

December 2023
20 billion

December 2024
30 billion

Source: Canva

Canva Employees

According to recent data, the Canva team has around 5000 employees as of 2024, an increase from 4000 in 2023.

Company headcount grew from 1000 in 2020 to 5000 in 2024.

Here’s a table with the number of employees at Canva over time since 2015:

Year
Canva Employees

2015
50

2016
100

2019
500

2020
1000

2023
4000

2024
5000

Sources: Canva, The Sydney Morning Herald

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