GoKawiilRaspberry Pi timeline recaps 68 million sales and 2024 stock listing
A newly compiled FAQ traces Raspberry Pi's history from its 2012 debut, when the first $35 Model B sold out so fast it crashed retailer Farnell and RS Components' servers, through to 2025, when cumulative sales hit roughly 68 million units. It also charts the company's shift into designing its own silicon, starting with the RP2040 chip in 2021, and its 2024 stock market listing while the founding Foundation remains majority owner.
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The numbers confirm Raspberry Pi's status as Britain's best-selling computer ever, surpassing the ZX Spectrum, while its move into custom chip design shows a maker-education project maturing into a genuine semiconductor player. The dual structure—a listed company still majority-owned by a charity—offers a rare model for funding STEM education through commercial success.
- First Raspberry Pi launched in 2012 for $35 and immediately sold out, crashing retailer servers.
- About 68 million units sold by March 2025, making it the UK's best-selling computer ever.
- Since 2021 Raspberry Pi has designed its own chips, and went public on the London Stock Exchange in June 2024 while its Foundation remains majority shareholder.
Raspberry Pi 5 Single Board Computer — The latest chapter in the story this timeline tells, the Raspberry Pi 5 is the first full-size Pi built around Raspberry Pi's own RP1 I/O silicon. It's the natural pick if reading about 68 million units sold makes you want to build something yourself, from a retro emulation box to a home server.
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Published there as: “The Raspberry Pi Interactive Timeline · 2006–2026”
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