Looking at market cap, for 2018 Q1: 1. Apple 2. Alphabet (Google) 3. Microsoft 4. Amazon ... 8. Facebook Q2: 1. Apple 2. Amazon 3. Alphabet (Google)

Looking at market cap, for 2018 Q1: 1. Apple 2. Alphabet (Google) 3. Microsoft 4. Amazon ... 8. Facebook Q2: 1. Apple 2. Amazon 3. Alphabet (Google) 4. Microsoft 5. Facebook. Q3: 1. Apple 2. Amazon 3. Microsoft 4. Alphabet ... 6. Facebook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by_market_capitalization#2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_corporations_by... If you want to quibble that the five listed aren't always the top five or that the order isn't exactly that listed in the article, or that this isn't valid criteria, go ahead, but this seems like a pretty minor point and tangential to the article.