Paid Dating sites spent $430 million in the USA from Jan to Nov 2006.
Complete press release from nielson is here..
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070227/nytu150.html?.v=89
Advertising breakdown of the dating industry in the USA.
Media Type Jan 2004 - Jan 2005 - Jan 2006 -
Nov 2004 Nov 2005 Nov 2006
$ mil $ mil $ mil
Cable TV $56.7 $87.8 $130.6
Internet N/A $88.9 $127.3
Spot TV $43.5 $55.8 $75.1
Spot Radio $9.3 $25.5 $33.1
Network Radio $17.1 $17.0 $18.6
Network TV $4.4 $2.7 $15.1
National Magazine $9.8 $19.5 $11.9
Syndicated TV $0.0 $5.6 $8.7
Local Magazine $2.3 $2.0 $3.1
Local Newspaper $4.3 $3.6 $3.1
Spanish Language TV $0.0 $1.5 $2.1
Outdoor $1.0 $0.5 $0.8
National Newspaper $0.4 $0.3 $0.4
National Sunday Supplement $0.0 $0.2 $0.2
Grand Total $148.8 $310.9 $430.1
Source: Nielsen Monitor-Plus
March 1, 2007 at 6:21 pm
it would be interesting to see how these have been functioning over time.
June 12, 2007 at 5:12 am
that should be good news for you huh? i wonder how much you make off AFF? lucky 4 you they’re not free.