Big Tech is a collective term for the world's largest and most influential technology companies, particularly those with substantial market power in the digital economy. Also known as tech giants or tech titans, the term draws parallels with industry groupings such as Big Media, Big Oil and Big Pharma.
In the United States, Big Tech traditionally refers to Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, and Meta (Facebook). The term is also used more broadly to include other major technology companies, such as Nvidia, Adobe, Anthropic, Broadcom, Cisco, Dell, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), IBM, Intel, Netflix, OpenAI, Oracle, Qualcomm, Salesforce, Tesla, SpaceX, and Uber, depending on the context and definition used.
Sources: Companiesmarketcap. Association for Progressive Communications. Reuters. EFF. WikiPedia.
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Last updated: October 24, 2026.
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