{"id":180,"date":"2020-03-15T20:17:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T20:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/?p=180"},"modified":"2024-02-17T10:49:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T10:49:22","slug":"amazon-revenue-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/amazon-revenue-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Astonishing Amazon Revenue Statistics [Updated for 2024]"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"180\" class=\"elementor elementor-180\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54592d92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54592d92\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7845d6f4\" data-id=\"7845d6f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6514388a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6514388a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These days, more people associate the word Amazon with the ecommerce trailblazer and not the blazing rainforest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a person who hasn\u2019t heard of Amazon. The ecommerce titan dominates the online shopping arena in most parts of the world and has truly revolutionized the way the world shops.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But just how big is Amazon? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What was Amazon revenue in 2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? How does Amazon make its money and what exactly does it spend it on?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the answer to all of those questions and more, keep reading these <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon revenue statistics <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we\u2019ve laid out for you. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ea5b7b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ea5b7b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44676dbd\" data-id=\"44676dbd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32bf1371 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32bf1371\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fascinating Amazon Revenue Stats (Editor\u2019s Choice) \n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61847413 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61847413\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon net revenue <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was <\/span><b>$232.9 billion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2018&#8230;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;And <\/span><b>$10.1 billion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of that was pure profit.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon shipping spendings <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exceed the <strong>GDP of 100 countries<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North America accounts for <strong>61.2%<\/strong> of the company\u2019s total revenue.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than <\/span><b>52.8 million <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US households subscribe to Amazon Prime.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revenue per employee amounts to <\/span><b>$2,263,154.<\/b><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018, Amazon spent <\/span><b>$4.47 billion <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on advertising.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon makes <\/span><b>$638.1 million<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> per day.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16b35e24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16b35e24\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c126ded\" data-id=\"4c126ded\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79ec0fcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79ec0fcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">General Amazon Revenue Statistics \n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-500b13cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"500b13cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s crunch the numbers to find out just how big Amazon is and how the company continues to shatter its own records time after time, quarter after quarter, and year after year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon revenue stats <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">show the company generated a cool $232.9 billion in 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CNN Business<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018, net revenue was $232.9 billion which is tremendous when you consider that in 2017 it was $177.86 billion. Pocket change, eh?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know, we know, you\u2019re wondering <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what was Amazon revenue in 2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We\u2019re waiting just as patiently as you are for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AMZN 2019 earnings<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Amazon had profits of $10.1 billion during 2018.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CNBC<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon annual profit statistics <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are a thing of beauty. While <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon 2019 revenue<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reports have yet to be confirmed, the company absolutely smashed it in 2018 and saw massive profits, up $7.1 billion from 2017\u2019s $3 billion profit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Amazon International isn\u2019t all it\u2019s cracked up to be and caused the company a $2.1 billion loss in 2018.<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investopedia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no doubt that Amazon is an absolute powerhouse, but it has yet to dominate the international scene. In fact, in 2018 the company lost $2.1 billion of its $65.9 billion in international sales. While this may sound bad, Amazon\u2019s international sector still accounted for 28.3% of its net sales for 2018.<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon revenue per employee <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hit a company high of $2,263,154.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CSI Market<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just in case you aren\u2019t totally sure what this term means, it refers to how efficiently they make use of their employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much revenue Amazon generates from each of its employees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon daily revenue <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">amounts to $638.1 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jungle Scout<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you crunch the numbers of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon revenue analysis,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it\u2019s easy to do the math. This figure amounts to $26.6 million per hour and $443,112.63 per minute. Wild.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So just <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is all of this money coming from?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d391568 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d391568\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53a7ed05\" data-id=\"53a7ed05\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fe6c33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10fe6c33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Amazon Revenue Demographics \n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e8878fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e8878fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much of Amazon\u2019s earnings come from international sales? Which countries earn Amazon the most in sales, and the least?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So many questions! Let\u2019s find out the answers to them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Amazon can thank the United States for $160.15 billion in net sales.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statista<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Americans are Amazon\u2019s biggest fans. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon revenue from the USA<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> accounts for $160.15 billion of the company\u2019s overall revenue generated in 2018.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. North America makes up 61.2% of Amazon revenue.<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nasdaq<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon revenue from North America<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is said to make up a whopping 61.2% of the company\u2019s overall revenue and generates more than twice the amount that Amazon&#8217;s international segment does.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. Germany accounts for $19.88 billion of Amazon\u2019s revenue.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Econsultancy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon revenue from Europe and Asia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> look like?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s the thing:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Germany is the biggest <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/672782\/net-sales-of-amazon-leading-markets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">non-American territory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while China wonders why Amazon even exists there when it has Alibaba. In fact, Amazon takes up only 0.6% of China\u2019s ecommerce scene.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. Almost 90% of shoppers in the UK use Amazon.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Guardian<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A staggering nine out of ten British shoppers make use of Amazon. And if that fact alone isn\u2019t impressive enough, 15 million people in the UK are signed up to Amazon Prime. These are just the people who have their own subscription. An additional 13% of Brits share Amazon Prime accounts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. Amazon India is worth $16 billion, with 30% of the market share.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To counterbalance the bad luck Amazon has had in China, its success in India was an unexpected, yet welcome, surprise. Amazon India currently holds 30% of the market and is worth $16 billion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2da4addc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2da4addc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43925bb0\" data-id=\"43925bb0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74dc1581 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74dc1581\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Amazon 2019 Spending Statistics \n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c038ef6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c038ef6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s fair to say that Amazon makes a ton of money. But just how does the company go about spending it?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re under the impression that Jeff Bezos is living it up on private jets and buying real estate like we buy groceries, you\u2019d be right.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that\u2019s what Amazon\u2019s founder spends his money on; the company itself spends its revenue in a very different way.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11. Amazon spends more on shipping than the GDP of 100 countries in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quartz<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018 alone, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon shipping spendings<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> exceeded the $27 billion mark. That\u2019s more than the GDP of 100 countries in the world. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The figure has been <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increasing on a yearly basis. And this won\u2019t change anytime soon, as same-day delivery is part of the company\u2019s long term growth strategy..\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12. More than $12.7 million is spent on marketing.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon marketing spendings<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for Q3 2019 are eye-watering. The company spent over close to $13 million on marketing. Now, we have to point out that not every penny of that went towards marketing channels, as the figure includes the payroll for marketing team members.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13. Over $26.1 million gets spent on Technology and Content.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It should come as no surprise that Amazon spends massively on the research and development of new &amp; existing products and services. The company has stated that this amount will increase as they add more technology infrastructure and employees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon advertising spendings<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the US alone are $4.47 billion.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statista<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s more, this is almost double the amount that the company spent on advertising in 2017, which was $2.4 billion. The company advertises through a variety of channels but places a large focus on television and radio ads.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15. Cost of sales is one of Amazon\u2019s biggest expenses at upwards of $111.5 million in Q3 2019.<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cost of sales refers to the price it costs the company to purchase consumer goods, packaging supplies, equipment costs, and more. Amazon dropped over $111.5 million on cost of sales in the third quarter of 2019. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46a8fa7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46a8fa7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cc91230\" data-id=\"7cc91230\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45cb1997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45cb1997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Top Amazon Revenue Sources \n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14ac68f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14ac68f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We now know how much money Amazon makes and what the company spends it on. So, all that\u2019s left is to find out where this money comes from in the first place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon has its fingers in many pies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s find out what they are by taking a look at this <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon revenue breakdown<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16. Retail remains Amazon\u2019s primary source of revenue, generating over $140.2 billion in 2018.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investopedia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While other Amazon segments are growing at impressive rates, retail remains the company\u2019s number one revenue driver. The revenue for 2018 is comprised of the $123 billion generated by online store sales and the $17.2 billion that physical store sales brought in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">17. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon AWS revenue<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has grown by $8.2 billion in the last 12 months.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statista<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon AWS revenue growth<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was unprecedented. AWS is one of Amazon\u2019s strongest segments, and the $25.66 billion in net sales speak to this. Further year-on-year growth of 35% is expected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18. 68.7 million US households are expected to have Amazon Prime subscriptions by the end of the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finances Online<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 52.8 million US households subscribe to Amazon Prime already. And <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon Prime statistics<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> indicate that by the end of 2020, 68.7 million US households will be subscribing to the service. When you consider that a subscription costs $12.99 per month or $119 per year, we\u2019re talking big money here.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19. At $3.6 billion, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon ad revenue<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the company\u2019s fastest-growing segment.<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing Land<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ad revenue increased by 45% in the third quarter of 2019 alone. While today it might not fill the company coffers as much as other segments do, it\u2019s growth is quite remarkable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20. Revenue generated by Alexa missed its target by $4.1 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Street<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon Alexa revenue stats<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are in a league of its own, and not in a good way. Revenue generated by Alexa skills was expected to reach $5.5 million in the first half of 2019 but only managed to generate $1.4 million.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3692516f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3692516f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25148ac0\" data-id=\"25148ac0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7413006b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7413006b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Amazon Growth Trends \n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3169eff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3169eff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon revenue statistics <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we\u2019ve shared with you so far show the company has clearly done extremely well for itself. But will it continue to do so? Or is the novelty of online shopping wearing off?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21. AWS is the fourth most valuable company in the world.<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valued at $550 billion, AWS has earned its spurs as one of the most valuable companies in the world, alongside names like Microsoft, Apple, and Alphabet. So, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon cloud revenue<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> alone could keep the company afloat if one day people decide to shop elsewhere.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">22. Amazon Prime has 156 million subscribers around the world.<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortune<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back in 2018, Jeff Bazos talked numbers for the first time and revealed that Amazon Prime has 100 million subscribers around the world. But experts are confident the number is now closer to 156 million. In US, the Amazon website receives <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/271450\/monthly-unique-visitors-to-us-retail-websites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20.6 million visits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> per month and continues to grow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">23. At a 19% jump from last year&#8217;s gross merchandise volume figures, Amazon\u2019s growth is slowing down.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While a 19% GMV growth rate is still impressive, it is clear that the company\u2019s growth rate is slowing down when you consider that 2017\u2019s GMV growth rate was at 24% and 2016\u2019s was at 27%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can\u2019t help but wonder what they\u2019ll do to change this. Or can we?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24. Amazon is set to enter the $400 billion US pharmacy market\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA Today<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Amazon\u2019s recent acquisition of PillPack, it\u2019s clear that the company is preparing to take over the massively lucrative billion pharmacy market within the US. It will likely achieve this within the next four years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25. More than 541,900 people are employed by Amazon&#8230;<\/span><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revuefy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;But almost double that amount in robots are employed! In 2018, Amazon had just under half a million human employees and 1 million robot employees. And even though the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon revenue growth rate<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is slowing down, the company plans to hire more employees &#8211; be them human or robot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d37f448 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d37f448\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3544cac9\" data-id=\"3544cac9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dbaa384 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dbaa384\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wrap up \n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c9029c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c9029c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon revenue statistics<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are enough to make anyone wish they were Jeff Bezos and came up with the idea themselves.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What did you think of these <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon stats<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? We find them nothing short of amazing! Leave us your thoughts in the comments section down below.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2019\/01\/31\/tech\/amazon-earnings-q4-2018\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CNN Business<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/02\/12\/how-amazon-makes-money.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CNBC<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/how-amazon-makes-money-4587523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investopedia<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/csimarket.com\/stocks\/AMZN-Revenue-per-Employee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CSI Market<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.junglescout.com\/blog\/how-much-does-amazon-make-in-a-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jungle Scout<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/672782\/net-sales-of-amazon-leading-markets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statista<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/articles\/is-north-america-contribution-to-amazons-total-revenue-60-70-or-80-2019-12-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nasdaq<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/econsultancy.com\/amazon-in-asia-pacific-a-2019-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Econsultancy<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2019\/mar\/07\/almost-90-of-uk-shoppers-use-amazon-research-reveals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Guardian<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/johnkoetsier\/2018\/05\/18\/report-amazon-india-worth-16b-with-30-market-share-will-hit-70b-gmv-in-2027\/#114f7e7e6b95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1739653\/amazon-earnings-report-loss-related-to-delivery-costs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quartz<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ir.aboutamazon.com\/node\/34041\/html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/192254\/us-ad-spending-of-amazon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statista<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/422273\/yoy-quarterly-growth-aws-revenues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statista<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/financesonline.com\/amazon-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finances Online<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marketingland.com\/amazon-ad-revenue-tops-3-5-billion-in-third-quarter-expecting-strong-holiday-season-269735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marketing Land<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/investing\/amazon-alexa-is-everywhere-but-revenue-is-elusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Street<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/24\/technology\/amazon-earnings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Times<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2020\/01\/16\/amazon-prime-subscriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortune<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2019-04-11\/jeff-bezos-just-confirmed-amazon-s-growth-is-slowing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2019\/07\/09\/amazon-in-5-years-where-will-the-tech-giant-be\/39661019\/https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2019\/07\/09\/amazon-in-5-years-where-will-the-tech-giant-be\/39661019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USA Today\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revuefy.com\/amazon-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revuefy <\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days, more people associate the word Amazon with the ecommerce trailblazer and not the blazing rainforest.&nbsp; You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a person who hasn\u2019t heard of Amazon. The ecommerce titan dominates the online shopping arena in most parts of the world and has truly revolutionized the way the world shops.&nbsp; But just how<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2909,"href":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/2909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/springengage.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}