From their own report [0], in 2023, they made 494M from 'Royalties' and 64M from 'Subscription and Advertising Revenue".
If I read it correctly, 'Royalties' is mostly just Google paying them to be the default search engine. 'Subscription and Advertising Revenue' is what people on HN refer as harebrained projects, like Mozilla VPN.
Notably both numbers declined in 2023, and it's not clear how much these subscription and advertising projects cost. So we don't really know if they made a profit.
If I read it correctly, 'Royalties' is mostly just Google paying them to be the default search engine. 'Subscription and Advertising Revenue' is what people on HN refer as harebrained projects, like Mozilla VPN.
Notably both numbers declined in 2023, and it's not clear how much these subscription and advertising projects cost. So we don't really know if they made a profit.
https://assets.mozilla.net/annualreport/2024/mozilla-fdn-202...