AirPods were a $6 billion business for Apple this year

Sales of Apple’s AirPods nearly doubled to $6 billion this year and should take another leap forward next year, as per analyst Toni Sacconaghi of Bernstein.

Apple could sell 85 million AirPods in 2020, generating about $15 billion in revenue. If sales of the wireless headphones grew at the same rate again in 2021, the product would become Apple’s third largest business.

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