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Here you go: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shephyken/2017/06/17/sixty-four-percent-of-u-s-households-have-amazon-prime/#54b85ee14586 https://www.forbes.com/sites

Here you go: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shephyken/2017/06/17/sixty-four-percent-of-u-s-households-have-amazon-prime/#54b85ee14586 https://www.forbes.com/sites/shephyken/2017/06/17/sixty-four... tl;dr: As of June 2017, 64% of American households had Amazon Prime. 43% of all American dollars spent online are spent at Amazon.

bachmeier 8y ago
Hate to be that guy, but I have Amazon Prime in my household because my wife uses it just enough to be worthwhile. She makes only a small percentage of her purchases there, and the others in our household make none. The 43% figure is more relevant, and that's 43% of a relatively small share of all consumer spending, with much of it being done by a small group of large Amazon customers. So I don't think it's accurate to say most people buy a shitload of stuff from Amazon.
- prepend 8y ago
  Amazon’s US retail revenue was $318B for 2017 [0]. There are 126M households in the US in census’ 2017 data [1]. Thats $2,500/household. That’s definitely a shitload bought by most people. Comically shitloads are pretty cheap and are $210/ton (a big pickup kid) if you’re in New Hampshire [2]. So pedantically, we’re all buying 10 shitloads. [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/15/amazons-us-sales-to-match-walmarts-within-three-years-jp-morgan-predicts.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/15/amazons-us-sales-to-match-wa... [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/183635/number-of-households-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/183635/number-of-househo... [2] https://www.milessmithfarm.com/farming-products.html https://www.milessmithfarm.com/farming-products.html
  - npongratz 8y ago
    > [2] https://www.milessmithfarm.com/farming-products.html https://www.milessmithfarm.com/farming-products.html "From Our Farm to Your Table" ... hopefully not the composted manure!
  - 18pfsmt 8y ago
    From your link it says,"Though Walmart remains king of sales with $495.8 billion in annual revenue and U.S. sales of $318.5 billion (a 3.5 percent increase year over year) for the fiscal year ended in January, Amazon is growing at a faster pace in the United States." You are claiming that Walmart's revenue is Amazon's. You misquoted.
    - prepend 8y ago
      Oh wow, thanks for the correction. I misread the link and Amazon’s 2017 US sales are only $186M, not $318.5B. Still a literal and figurative shitload for the average American household, but Acosta half as much as my original calculations.
- throwawaymath 8y ago
  Okay...here's more statistics for you. 75% of American online shoppers use Amazon for most of their online shopping [1]. 80% of Americans shop online [2]. So approximately 60% of all Americans frequently shop at Amazon. _________ 1. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/19/more-than-75-percent-of-us-online-consumers-shop-on-amazon-most-of-the-time.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/19/more-than-75-percent-of-us-o... 2. http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/12/19/online-shopping-and-e-commerce/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/12/19/online-shopping-and-e-...

bachmeier 8y ago

Hate to be that guy, but I have Amazon Prime in my household because my wife uses it just enough to be worthwhile. She makes only a small percentage of her purchases there, and the others in our household make none. The 43% figure is more relevant, and that's 43% of a relatively small share of all consumer spending, with much of it being done by a small group of large Amazon customers. So I don't think it's accurate to say most people buy a shitload of stuff from Amazon.

prepend 8y ago
Amazon’s US retail revenue was $318B for 2017 [0]. There are 126M households in the US in census’ 2017 data [1]. Thats $2,500/household. That’s definitely a shitload bought by most people. Comically shitloads are pretty cheap and are $210/ton (a big pickup kid) if you’re in New Hampshire [2]. So pedantically, we’re all buying 10 shitloads. [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/15/amazons-us-sales-to-match-walmarts-within-three-years-jp-morgan-predicts.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/15/amazons-us-sales-to-match-wa... [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/183635/number-of-households-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/183635/number-of-househo... [2] https://www.milessmithfarm.com/farming-products.html https://www.milessmithfarm.com/farming-products.html
- npongratz 8y ago
  > [2] https://www.milessmithfarm.com/farming-products.html https://www.milessmithfarm.com/farming-products.html "From Our Farm to Your Table" ... hopefully not the composted manure!
- 18pfsmt 8y ago
  From your link it says,"Though Walmart remains king of sales with $495.8 billion in annual revenue and U.S. sales of $318.5 billion (a 3.5 percent increase year over year) for the fiscal year ended in January, Amazon is growing at a faster pace in the United States." You are claiming that Walmart's revenue is Amazon's. You misquoted.
  - prepend 8y ago
    Oh wow, thanks for the correction. I misread the link and Amazon’s 2017 US sales are only $186M, not $318.5B. Still a literal and figurative shitload for the average American household, but Acosta half as much as my original calculations.
throwawaymath 8y ago
Okay...here's more statistics for you. 75% of American online shoppers use Amazon for most of their online shopping [1]. 80% of Americans shop online [2]. So approximately 60% of all Americans frequently shop at Amazon. _________ 1. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/19/more-than-75-percent-of-us-online-consumers-shop-on-amazon-most-of-the-time.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/19/more-than-75-percent-of-us-o... 2. http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/12/19/online-shopping-and-e-commerce/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/12/19/online-shopping-and-e-...