Dravyk
12-13-2005, 04:00 AM
New Study Finds Adult Revenue Eclipses $12 Billion This Year
By: Dan Miller
http://www.avnonline.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Editorial&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=250935 (http://www.avnonline.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Editorial&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=250935)
New statistics for the year 2005, which will be released by AVN in its January, 2006 issue, show that the adult industry will have generated approximately $12,615,000,000 for this past year.
Approximately $4,280,000,000, which accounts for 34 percent, is attributable to video sales and rentals, according to the study. Sources for that study include AVN, Kagan Research, Juniper Research, the New York Times, Forbes and the Free Speech Coalition.
Another 20 percent, or $2.5 billion, was generated by adult Internet sales. Meanwhile, the third largest segment, exotic dance clubs, generated approximately $2 billion, or 16 percent of the market.
AVN will also report that 13,588 hardcore titles were released in the adult video industry, including features, new releases and compilations. There were approximately 957 million rentals of adult DVDs and tapes this past year, and the wholesale value of tapes and DVDs sold in 2005 topped the one-billion-dollar mark.
"I've heard numbers anywhere from $8 billion to $15 billion the last couple of years from various news organizations," said Paul Fishbein, president of AVN Publications. "Because the majority of companies are privately held, hard numbers are difficult to ascertain. But when you add up all the segments, from video to magazines to strip clubs and Internet, a number that approaches $13 billion seems logical."
Additional graphs, which use numerous additional sources including, CBS News, Hitwise, the Nielson Organization and more, chart the other aspects of the adult industry.
PDF charts/graphs: 1 (http://www.avnonline.com/imagearchive/25/09/35/250935Chart_page1.pdf) 2 (http://www.avnonline.com/imagearchive/25/09/35/250935chart_page2.pdf)
By: Dan Miller
http://www.avnonline.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Editorial&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=250935 (http://www.avnonline.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Editorial&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=250935)
New statistics for the year 2005, which will be released by AVN in its January, 2006 issue, show that the adult industry will have generated approximately $12,615,000,000 for this past year.
Approximately $4,280,000,000, which accounts for 34 percent, is attributable to video sales and rentals, according to the study. Sources for that study include AVN, Kagan Research, Juniper Research, the New York Times, Forbes and the Free Speech Coalition.
Another 20 percent, or $2.5 billion, was generated by adult Internet sales. Meanwhile, the third largest segment, exotic dance clubs, generated approximately $2 billion, or 16 percent of the market.
AVN will also report that 13,588 hardcore titles were released in the adult video industry, including features, new releases and compilations. There were approximately 957 million rentals of adult DVDs and tapes this past year, and the wholesale value of tapes and DVDs sold in 2005 topped the one-billion-dollar mark.
"I've heard numbers anywhere from $8 billion to $15 billion the last couple of years from various news organizations," said Paul Fishbein, president of AVN Publications. "Because the majority of companies are privately held, hard numbers are difficult to ascertain. But when you add up all the segments, from video to magazines to strip clubs and Internet, a number that approaches $13 billion seems logical."
Additional graphs, which use numerous additional sources including, CBS News, Hitwise, the Nielson Organization and more, chart the other aspects of the adult industry.
PDF charts/graphs: 1 (http://www.avnonline.com/imagearchive/25/09/35/250935Chart_page1.pdf) 2 (http://www.avnonline.com/imagearchive/25/09/35/250935chart_page2.pdf)