Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ U.S. Consumer Spending For Online Content Totals $987 in First Half of 2005

Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Interesting report, even though it stretches the definition of 'content' to include such services as online dating and online gaming. Here's the breakdown (in $ millions):
$264.8 - Entertainment, including music
$245.2 - Personals and dating
$159.1 - Business and investing
$73.3 - Research
$58.0 - Personal growth
$54.4 - Games
$39.3 - General news
$32.7 - Community-made directories
$23.2 - Sports
$22.7 - Greeting cards
$14.1 - Credit help
Excluded from the survey were porn and gambling sites, software purchases, illegal scams, and ISPs. Online learning appears neither as a category in this survey nor as a type of content that is excluded, an odd omission. The full report is available online as a PDF.

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