Start with the five-company bench contrast before outreach
Meta 3255, Google 790, NVIDIA 637, Apple 262, Microsoft 215: five records add to 5159. Applied Scientist and Research Engineer stay outside this page's scope.
How the seat is cut: spelled-out Research Scientist only
The seat is spelled-out Research Scientist only; Senior joins the same family. Five exclusive homepage records total 5159 as of 2026-09-21 PT.
Denominator: sum of current Research Scientist profiles across five exclusive company homepage records, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
Meta 3255 on its exclusive company record leads the pack
Meta sets the top of the range. Its own exclusive company homepage record, www.meta.com, carries 3255 current Research Scientist profiles as of 2026-09-21 PT. Nobody else in the pack comes close, and because the record is exclusive to Meta, that 3255 is not inflated by acquired or parent brands.
Denominator: current profiles on the Meta exclusive homepage record (www.meta.com) matching Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
Google 790 holds the second rung
Google follows on its own exclusive company homepage record, www.google.com, with 790 current Research Scientist profiles as of 2026-09-21 PT. Against Meta, this rung is narrower under the same seat definition; the difference is bench depth rather than a different scope.
Denominator: current profiles on the Google exclusive homepage record (www.google.com) matching Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
NVIDIA 637 and Apple 262 form the mid-pack band
NVIDIA holds the mid band with 637 current profiles on www.nvidia.com, and Apple follows with 262 on www.apple.com, both as of 2026-09-21 PT. The mid band is often the most under-read rung.
Denominator: current profiles on NVIDIA (www.nvidia.com) and Apple (www.apple.com) exclusive homepage records matching Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
Microsoft 215 closes the pack on its own record
Microsoft closes the tail with 215 current Research Scientist profiles on its own exclusive company homepage record, www.microsoft.com, as of 2026-09-21 PT. A tail bench is not a dismissal: for hiring moves that need a precise seat picture, 215 is still a reachable, comparable pool.
Denominator: current profiles on the Microsoft exclusive homepage record (www.microsoft.com) matching Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist, as of 2026-09-21 PT.
The pack total of 5159 comes from five exclusive company records
The pack total is 5159 current Research Scientist profiles, the sum of the five exclusive company homepage records: 3255 + 790 + 637 + 262 + 215 = 5159, 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.
Applied Scientist and Research Engineer stay outside the 5159
Applied Scientist and Research Engineer titles remain outside the 5159. They may sit beside Research 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 Research Scientist profiles across five exclusive company homepage records; Applied Scientist and Research Engineer 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 — Meta, Google, NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft — never a rolled-up parent entity. The seat is kept deliberately narrow: spelled-out Research 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Meta | 3255 | current profiles on the Meta exclusive homepage record (www.meta.com) matching Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist |
| 790 | current profiles on the Google exclusive homepage record (www.google.com) matching Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist | |
| NVIDIA | 637 | current profiles on the NVIDIA exclusive homepage record (www.nvidia.com) matching Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist |
| Apple | 262 | current profiles on the Apple exclusive homepage record (www.apple.com) matching Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist |
| Microsoft | 215 | current profiles on the Microsoft exclusive homepage record (www.microsoft.com) matching Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist |
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The published pack is fixed at 5159 across the five exclusive company homepage records; the same single-seat scope can be applied to a different company record for your next hiring decision.
FAQ
- Why these five companies and not other Research Scientist employers?
- Because each of the five — Meta, Google, NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft — has its own exclusive company homepage record, so its bench can be counted directly. Together they hold 5159 current Research Scientist profiles across the five exclusive company homepage records as of 2026-09-21 PT.
- Does the total of 5159 include Applied Scientist or Research Engineer titles?
- No. The 5159 is the sum of current Research Scientist profiles on the five exclusive company homepage records (3255 + 790 + 637 + 262 + 215) as of 2026-09-21 PT; Applied Scientist and Research Engineer titles are counted outside this seat.
- Why does Meta sit at 3255 while Microsoft sits at 215?
- The counting rule is identical for both: current Research Scientist profiles on each company's own exclusive homepage record as of 2026-09-21 PT. Meta's record holds 3255 and Microsoft's holds 215, so the gap reflects bench depth rather than a different scope.
- Can this same Research Scientist seat cut be remade for a company outside the published 5159-person pack?
- Yes. The published research science peer pack stays fixed at 5159 across the five exclusive homepage records as of 2026-09-21 PT, and the same spelled-out Research Scientist seat can be applied to another company record on request.
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