Thought everybody might want to see what I dug up.
Internet Growth.
<a href="http://www.nua.ie/surveys/how_many_online/world.html"> (Nua Internet Survey)</a>
# of People Online World Wide:
july 1998 129.5 ml
july 1999 185.2 ml
july 2000 359.8 ml
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Adult Sites
<a href="http://www.avnonline.com/200005/corecontents/cc0500_03.shtml"> (From May 2000 AVN Online Estimations provided by Flyin' Croc. They are probably most accurate with # of free sites)</a>
Free Sites
1996 - 5050
1997 - 22,100
1998 - 43,200
1999 - 155,500
2000 - 280,300
Pay Sites
1996 - 120
1997 - 230
1998 - 650
1999 - 875
2000 - 1100
# of Webmasters
1999 - 50,000
2000 - 40,000
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<a href="http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19696-2,00.html"> LEGAL Adult Industry Revenue</a>
Online
1997 - 970 Million Dollars
1998 - 1.390 Billion Dollars
1999 - 1.780 Billion Dollars
2000 - 2.260 $Bl (projected)
In comparison Forbes, suggests the total Adult Industry - (mags, toys, clubs, etc.)
in 1999 pulled in $56 billion