2004 Adult Industry Revenue - GoFuckYourself.com

Jace · 04-04-2005, 08:04 PM

taken from xbiz world

Worldwide: $57 Billion
U.S.: $12.0 Billion
Adult Videos: $20 Billion
Escorts: $11 Billion
Magazines: $7.5 Billion
Sex Clubs: $5.0 Billion
Phone Sex: $4.5 Billion
Cable/PPV: $2.5 Billion
Internet: $2.5 Billion
CD-ROM: $1.5 Billion
Novelties: $1.0 Billion

WiredGuy · 04-04-2005, 08:06 PM

What did XBiz World say was the source of this data?
WG

Jace · 04-04-2005, 08:07 PM

let me look and see if they say

Jace · 04-04-2005, 08:08 PM

Source: Top Ten Reviews, Inc.

AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE · 04-04-2005, 08:09 PM

Maybe I should open a nightclub.

Jace · 04-04-2005, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by AlienQ

Maybe I should open a nightclub.

i need to start producing videos...hehe

WiredGuy · 04-04-2005, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JaceXXX

i need to start producing videos...hehe

Ideally, it would be starting an escort agency in the upper rooms of a sex club where you have video cameras and photographers doing content shoots, magazine shoots, cable/internet and cdrom distribution while selling the used novelties while doing phone sex. Now that would hit all markets at once

WG

SetTheWorldonFire · 04-04-2005, 08:20 PM

ah good find

wonder where it goes from here. up or down?

LadyMischief · 04-04-2005, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiredGuy

Ideally, it would be starting an escort agency in the upper rooms of a sex club where you have video cameras and photographers doing content shoots, magazine shoots, cable/internet and cdrom distribution while selling the used novelties while doing phone sex. Now that would hit all markets at once

WG

Haha you know how to take a good idea and make it better, don't you WG?

WiredGuy · 04-04-2005, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by LadyMischief

Haha you know how to take a good idea and make it better, don't you WG?

It's my business to optimize various productions

WG

ULVideo · 04-04-2005, 10:20 PM

If these numbers are correct, I think it proves how much upside there still is for adult webmasters. Especially with the expansion of broadband.

Jace · 04-04-2005, 10:25 PM

amazing to me to see magazines still up there with that much revenue though....even above internet

jayeff · 04-04-2005, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ULVideo

If these numbers are correct, I think it proves how much upside there still is for adult webmasters. Especially with the expansion of broadband.

The limitations of the 'Net extend beyond (down)load times. The traditional PC setup means being stuck at a desk, probably alone, rather than the many other options that are possible with videos or TV. And of course we cannot hope to approach clubs or escorts in terms of interactivity, nor re-create the social element of clubs. You could argue that in some respects we offer more than magazines, but our advantages are not absolute and our product is vastly more expensive, especially when you consider that the average magazine is (or was last time I saw the stats a few years ago) read by 5+ people.

But there is also enough going for online porn - reach and privacy being its main advantages - that you have to ask why after 10+ years (if these figures are remotely accurate), we only account for around 5% of the total porn industry.

We are our own worst enemies: there are only a handful of sponsors who aren't crippling themselves by keeping the idea alive that people with minimal skills, imagination and investment should still be able to make a better-than-average living from this business. But the boom which fostered that idea ended about 5 years ago and by continuing to sell over-priced, under-specified product, all we are doing is making sure we cannot realize more than a fraction of the market's real potential.

slipkid · 04-04-2005, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ULVideo

If these numbers are correct, I think it proves how much upside there still is for adult webmasters. Especially with the expansion of broadband.

The numbers are close, and your upside theory is correct.

eroswebmaster · 04-04-2005, 11:32 PM

there's still room for growth on the internet.

Stephen · 04-05-2005, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jayeff

...you have to ask why after 10+ years (if these figures are remotely accurate), we only account for around 5% of the total porn industry.

The answer is simple: none of those other market segments give their products away

Roby · 04-05-2005, 09:26 AM

Really interesting information.

Cains · 04-05-2005, 09:38 AM

Not to be rude but these figures are normally complete BS made up by random guesswork and inflated figures.

Here is an article by forbes

While Porn is a big business, alot of the figures touted in reports like this are BS

James White · 04-05-2005, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WiredGuy

Ideally, it would be starting an escort agency in the upper rooms of a sex club where you have video cameras and photographers doing content shoots, magazine shoots, cable/internet and cdrom distribution while selling the used novelties while doing phone sex. Now that would hit all markets at once

WG

LOL, thats awesome.

polish_aristocrat · 04-05-2005, 09:44 AM

magazines 3 times bigger than online ?

Jace · 04-05-2005, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen

The answer is simple: none of those other market segments give their products away

extremely good point

04-04-2005, 08:04 PM	#1
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Jace FBOP Class Of 2013 Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: bumfuck, ky Posts: 35,562	let me look and see if they say

04-04-2005, 08:08 PM	#4
Jace FBOP Class Of 2013 Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: bumfuck, ky Posts: 35,562	Source: Top Ten Reviews, Inc.

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ULVideo Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New York Posts: 405	If these numbers are correct, I think it proves how much upside there still is for adult webmasters. Especially with the expansion of broadband.

04-04-2005, 10:25 PM	#12
Jace FBOP Class Of 2013 Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: bumfuck, ky Posts: 35,562	amazing to me to see magazines still up there with that much revenue though....even above internet

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Cains Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 407	Not to be rude but these figures are normally complete BS made up by random guesswork and inflated figures. Here is an article by forbes While Porn is a big business, alot of the figures touted in reports like this are BS

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