Start with the five-company bench contrast before outreach
Amazon 4413, Microsoft 1624, Uber 174, Meta 20, LinkedIn 12: five records add to 6243. Research Scientist and Data Scientist stay outside this page's scope.
How the seat is cut: spelled-out Applied Scientist only
The seat is spelled-out Applied Scientist only; Senior joins the same family. Five exclusive homepage records total 6243 as of 2026-09-21 PT.
Denominator: sum of current Applied Scientist profiles across five exclusive company homepage records, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
Amazon 4413 on its exclusive company record leads the pack
Amazon sets the top of the range. Its own exclusive company homepage record, www.amazon.com, carries 4413 current Applied Scientist profiles as of 2026-09-21 PT. Nobody else in the pack comes close, and because the record is exclusive to Amazon, that 4413 is not inflated by acquired or parent brands.
Denominator: current profiles on the Amazon exclusive homepage record (www.amazon.com) matching Applied Scientist / Senior Applied Scientist, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
Microsoft 1624 holds the second rung
Microsoft follows on its own exclusive company homepage record, www.microsoft.com, with 1624 current Applied Scientist profiles as of 2026-09-21 PT. Against Amazon, this rung is narrower under the same seat definition; the difference is bench depth rather than a different scope.
Denominator: current profiles on the Microsoft exclusive homepage record (www.microsoft.com) matching Applied Scientist / Senior Applied Scientist, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
Uber 174 and Meta 20 form the mid-pack band
Uber holds the mid band with 174 current profiles on www.uber.com, and Meta follows with 20 on www.meta.com, both as of 2026-09-21 PT. The mid band is often the most under-read rung.
Denominator: current profiles on Uber (www.uber.com) and Meta (www.meta.com) exclusive homepage records matching Applied Scientist / Senior Applied Scientist, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
LinkedIn 12 closes the pack on its own record
LinkedIn closes the tail with 12 current Applied Scientist profiles on its own exclusive company homepage record, www.linkedin.com, as of 2026-09-21 PT. A tail bench is not a dismissal: for hiring moves that need a precise seat picture, 12 is still a reachable, comparable pool.
Denominator: current profiles on the LinkedIn exclusive homepage record (www.linkedin.com) matching Applied Scientist / Senior Applied Scientist, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
The pack total of 6243 comes from five exclusive company records
The pack total is 6243 current Applied Scientist profiles, the sum of the five exclusive company homepage records: 4413 + 1624 + 174 + 20 + 12 = 6243, as of 2026-09-21 PT. Because the five records do not overlap on the seat being counted, the total is a clean addition.
Denominator: sum of current profiles across five exclusive company homepage records, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
Research Scientist and Data Scientist stay outside the 6243
Research Scientist and Data Scientist titles remain outside the 6243. They may sit beside Applied Scientist on the same org chart, but the pack counts only the one spelled-out seat, so the total stays traceable to five exclusive company homepage records as of 2026-09-21 PT.
Denominator: sum of current Applied Scientist profiles across five exclusive company homepage records; Research Scientist and Data Scientist sit outside this denominator, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
Methodology
Counting rule for this chapter. Every figure is a count of current profiles on one named company's own exclusive homepage record — Amazon, Microsoft, Uber, Meta, LinkedIn — never a rolled-up parent entity. The seat is kept deliberately narrow: spelled-out Applied Scientist, with Senior counted in the same family. All numbers share a single as-of date, 2026-09-21 PT. Source: Metix AI.
| Metric | Value | Denominator |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 4413 | current profiles on the Amazon exclusive homepage record (www.amazon.com) matching Applied Scientist / Senior Applied Scientist |
| Microsoft | 1624 | current profiles on the Microsoft exclusive homepage record (www.microsoft.com) matching Applied Scientist / Senior Applied Scientist |
| Uber | 174 | current profiles on the Uber exclusive homepage record (www.uber.com) matching Applied Scientist / Senior Applied Scientist |
| Meta | 20 | current profiles on the Meta exclusive homepage record (www.meta.com) matching Applied Scientist / Senior Applied Scientist |
| 12 | current profiles on the LinkedIn exclusive homepage record (www.linkedin.com) matching Applied Scientist / Senior Applied Scientist |
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FAQ
- Why these five companies and not other Applied Scientist employers?
- Because each of the five — Amazon, Microsoft, Uber, Meta, LinkedIn — has its own exclusive company homepage record, so its bench can be counted directly. Together they hold 6243 current Applied Scientist profiles across the five exclusive company homepage records as of 2026-09-21 PT.
- Does the total of 6243 include Research Scientist or Data Scientist titles?
- No. The 6243 is the sum of current Applied Scientist profiles on the five exclusive company homepage records (4413 + 1624 + 174 + 20 + 12) as of 2026-09-21 PT; Research Scientist and Data Scientist titles are counted outside this seat.
- Why does Amazon sit at 4413 while LinkedIn sits at 12?
- The counting rule is identical for both: current Applied Scientist profiles on each company's own exclusive homepage record as of 2026-09-21 PT. Amazon's record holds 4413 and LinkedIn's holds 12, so the gap reflects bench depth rather than a different scope.
- Can this same Applied Scientist seat cut be remade for a company outside the published 6243-person pack?
- Yes. The published applied science peer pack stays fixed at 6243 across the five exclusive homepage records as of 2026-09-21 PT, and the same spelled-out Applied Scientist seat can be applied to another company record on request.
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