NASDAQ: AMZNAmazon.com Inc Statistics & Facts
Key Amazon facts
- Founded
- 1994
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
- Founders
- Jeff Bezos
- IPO Date
- 1997-05-15
Amazon Prime Stats
Amazon Prime Members
How many members does Amazon Prime have?
230 million people are Amazon Prime members. [1]
Date: Jul 13, 2022
Amazon Prime Members (U.S.)
How many Amazon Prime members are there in the US?
176 million people in the US are Amazon Prime members. [2]
Date: Jan 30, 2024
Amazon Prime Day GMV
Here's how much Amazon Prime Day generates in sales.
Source:sourceName
GMV
$12.90B
Amazon generated a record $12.9 billion in sales during Prime Day in 2023. [3]
Date: Jul 18, 2023
Amazon Customer Demographics & Statistics
Amazon Return Stats
How common are Amazon returns?
Past month
11%
1 to 3 months
11%
3 to 6 months
11%
6 to 12 months
9%
More than 12 months
18%
Never
40%
40% of Amazon customers have never returned a purchase. [4]
Date: Jan 9, 2024
Amazon Statistics: Twitch Stats
Amazon Stats: Most Watched Games on Twitch
What is the most popular game on Twitch?
Source:TwitchTracker
Just Chatting
59M
Grand Theft Auto V
35.9M
League of Legends
31.9M
Counter-Strike
17M
VALORANT
15.1M
Fortnite
14.4M
Just Chatting is currently the most popular form of content on Twitch. [12]
Last Accessed: Nov 1, 2022
Amazon Stats: Twitch Market Share
How big is the Twitch industry?
Twitch has a leading 71% market share among live streaming platforms. [13]
Last Accessed: Feb 12, 2024
Amazon Stats: Whole Foods Statistics
Amazon Stats: Whole Foods Sales
Tracking Whole Foods' annual global sales before the acquisition by Amazon.
Whole Foods' sales in 2017 amounted to $16 billion. [14]
Date: Nov 17, 2017
Amazon Stats: Whole Foods Sales by Region
Breaking down Whole Foods' annual sales by regional share before the acquisition by Amazon.
Amazon Revenue & Sales Stats
Amazon Sales by Group
Amazon statistics breaking down annual sales by groups of similar products and services.
Source:Amazon
Online stores
$231.87B
Physical stores
$20.03B
Third-party seller services
$140.05B
Subscription services
$40.21B
AWS
$90.76B
$20.03 billion of Amazon's $574.785 billion in 2023 revenue came from its physical stores. [15]
Date: Feb 2, 2024
Amazon Major Acquisitions
Amazon acquired Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in 2017. [17]
Date: Jun 16, 2017
Amazon acquired MGM for $8.45 billion in 2022. [18]
Date: Mar 10, 2022
Amazon acquired Twitch for $970 million in 2014. [19]
Date: Aug 25, 2014
Amazon acquired Ring for $1 billion in 2018. [20]
Date: Feb 28, 2018
Amazon acquired Audible for $300 million in 2008. [21]
Date: Jan 31, 2008
Amazon acquired online pharmacy PillPack for $753 million in 2019. [22]
Date: May 10, 2019
Amazon acquired Middle-Eastern e-commerce platform SOUQ.com in 2017 for %580 million. [23]
Date: Jul 3, 2017
Amazon acquired online apparel and footwear company Zappos in 2009 for $807 million in Amazon stock. [24]
Date: Jul 22, 2009
Amazon acquired robotics company Kiva Systems for $775 million in 2012. [25]
Date: Mar 19, 2012
Twitch acquired e-sports advertising agency GoodGame for an undisclosed amount in 2014. [26]
Date: Dec 9, 2014
Twitch acquired Curse Media, a network of gaming sites, in 2016 and sold it to Fandom in 2018. [27]
Date: Dec 13, 2018
Twitch acquired video indexing platform ClipMine in 2017 for an undisclosed amount. [28]
Date: Aug 18, 2017
Twitch acquired fan engagement platform Revlo, now known as Pursuit, in 2018 for an undisclosed amount. [29]
Date: Dec 13, 2018
Amazon Expense Statistics
Amazon Operating Expenses by Type
Amazon statistics breaking down the company's annual operating costs and expenses by segment.
Source:Amazon
Cost of sales
$304.74B
Fulfillment
$90.62B
Technology and content
$85.62B
Sales and marketing
$44.37B
General and administrative
$11.82B
Amazon spent $90.619 billion on fulfillment in 2023, up from $84.299 billion in 2022. [15]
Date: Feb 2, 2024
Amazon Employee Statistics
Amazon Employees
How many employees does Amazon have?
Amazon Miscellaneous Statistics
The average Amazon Prime member spends $1,400 a year on products from Amazon. [33]
Date: Jul 12, 2022
The average non-Prime member spends $600 a year on products from Amazon. [33]
Date: Jul 12, 2022
76.6% of US households are Amazon customers. [5]
Last Accessed: Feb 12, 2024
98.1% of Amazon shoppers are repeat customers. [5]
Last Accessed: Feb 12, 2024
Amazon gets 195 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S. [34]
Last Accessed: Feb 12, 2024
There are 24 physical Amazon Books stores in the U.S. [35]
Last Accessed: Feb 12, 2024
Amazon Publishing puts out about 1,100 titles every year. [36]
Date: Aug 8, 2019
Amazon book sales generated an estimated $5 billion in 2017. [37]
Last Accessed: Feb 12, 2024
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos privately owns The Washington Post after buying it for $250 million in 2013. [38]
Date: Oct 1, 2013
Amazon was originally named Cadabra until November 1994. [39]
Date: Jun 29, 2019
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Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-prime-pump-is-running-full-11657711980Date: Jul 13, 2022
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Consumer Intelligence Research Partners
https://cirpamazon.substack.com/p/did-we-speak-too-soon-amazon-primeDate: Jan 30, 2024
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Digital Commerce 360
https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/article/amazon-prime-day-sales/Date: Jul 18, 2023
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Consumer Intelligence Research Partners
https://cirpamazon.substack.com/p/amazon-has-streamlined-returns-forDate: Jan 9, 2024
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StatCounter
https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/tablet/worldwideLast Accessed: Feb 12, 2024
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Stream Hatchet
https://5918623.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/5918623/Stream%20Hatchet%20Reports/Q3%202023%20Report%20-%20Live%20Streaming%20Trends%20(1).pdfLast Accessed: Feb 12, 2024
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Whole Foods 2017 Annual Report
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865436/000086543617000238/wfm10k2017.htmDate: Nov 17, 2017
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Amazon 2023 Annual Report
https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001018724/c7c14359-36fa-40c3-b3ca-5bf7f3fa0b96.pdfDate: Feb 2, 2024
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Amazon
https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-acquire-whole-foods-marketDate: Jun 16, 2017
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Amazon
https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazoncom-acquire-twitchDate: Aug 25, 2014
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Amazon
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Amazon
https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazoncom-acquire-kiva-systems-incDate: Mar 19, 2012
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Twitch
https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2014/12/09/twitch-to-acquire-goodgame-agency-88d44342e20f/Date: Dec 9, 2014
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Kotaku
https://kotaku.com/yesterday-just-two-years-after-twitch-acquired-curse-l-1831071841Date: Dec 13, 2018
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TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/18/twitch-acquired-video-indexing-platform-clipmine-to-power-new-discovery-features/Date: Aug 18, 2017
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The Motley Fool
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The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/08/amazons-plan-take-over-world-publishing/595630/Date: Aug 8, 2019
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The Seattle Times
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-25-the-magic-that-changed-everything/Date: Jun 29, 2019
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