Adult Revenue Eclipses $12 Billion in 2005

Dravyk · 12-13-2005

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

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 2

slavdogg · 12-13-2005

12 Billion dollah industry and Garry Kremen could only get enough for sex.com to pay off his bills..

slavdogg · 12-13-2005

how big is the gay porn market ?

el pres · 12-13-2005

$1/2 billion on hotel room vod... fuck me

That's just US figures aswell. what would be a fair global figure?

TheEnforcer · 12-13-2005

Interesting article to be sure. That's a hell of a lot of competition in the DVD/video market with over 13k titles.

Nickatilynx · 12-13-2005

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Originally Posted by slavdogg

12 Billion dollah industry and Garry Kremen could only get enough for sex.com to pay off his bills..

Huh , What?

Sorry man..I'm out of the loop?

He sold it?

What did he get for it?

Dravyk · 12-13-2005

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Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

Huh , What?

Sorry man..I'm out of the loop?

He sold it?

What did he get for it?

There's been the odd talk about this on and off for what seems like six months. But I haven't seen one thing concrete about it in public. I know the company name change from a month or two ago raised a few eye brows, but only fueled speculation as to what's happening.

Nickatilynx · 12-13-2005

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Originally Posted by Dravyk

There's been the odd talk about this on and off for what seems like six months. But I haven't seen one thing concrete about it in public. I know the company name change from a month or two ago raised a few eye brows, but only fueled speculation as to what's happening.

Someone approached us back in the day to manage it but were only offering 5% I think.Ant would remember better than I , he dealt with it. I do remember him laughing a lot though...

Most of the people if I recall that he had/has consulting to him were about as useful as tits on a bull.

Dravyk · 12-13-2005

Five percent is an insult and a laugh!

Nickatilynx · 12-13-2005

So drav whats the rumour?

I'm a virtual recluse remember...

...who was it sold to and at what price?

Robin · 12-13-2005

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Originally Posted by Dravyk

Five percent is an insult and a laugh!

Didn't sex.com claim to be making $10 million a year under Cohen? If it was then 5% is $500K - not to be sneezed at for managing a site imho.

Dravyk · 12-13-2005

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Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

So drav whats the rumour?

I'm a virtual recluse remember...

...who was it sold to and at what price?

That's the problem ... Rumours ... and they keep changing or are found to be discredited or are mentioned once and then fade. Pick one.

There was the one with the company from Philly that thought it bought it, but they were being scammed by a crooked registrar in Boston that never actually owned it ... then there was a rumor KRL bought it ... then the name change of Kremen's company ... as said, pick a day and a rumour.

Nickatilynx · 12-13-2005

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Originally Posted by Robin

Didn't sex.com claim to be making $10 million a year under Cohen? If it was then 5% is $500K - not to be sneezed at for managing a site imho.

the important part of that was "UNDER COHEN"

;-)))

Dravyk · 12-13-2005

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Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

the important part of that was "UNDER COHEN"

Gotta remember though - those numbers came from Cohen. A person who shouldn't be believed if he said the sky was blue.

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