This statistic gives information on sales figures for music and videos of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses since 2003. Specifically, the value of e-commerce sales value of audio and video recordings, including purchased downloads, stood at roughly 15.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2020, an increase of over four billion U.S. dollars compared to the previous year.
U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of music and video from 2003 to 2020
(in million U.S. dollars)
audio and video recordings (includes purchased downloads)
Supplementary notes
*Missing data did not meet publication standards.
The source adds the following information: "Estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Annual Retail Trade Survey. Estimates have been adjusted using final results of the 2017 Economic Census."
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US Census Bureau. (January 13, 2022). U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of music and video from 2003 to 2020 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 10, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185451/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-music-and-videos/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of music and video from 2003 to 2020 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 13, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 10, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185451/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-music-and-videos/
US Census Bureau. (2022). U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of music and video from 2003 to 2020 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 10, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185451/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-music-and-videos/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. Online Shop and Mail-order Sales of Music and Video from 2003 to 2020 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185451/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-music-and-videos/
US Census Bureau, U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of music and video from 2003 to 2020 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185451/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-music-and-videos/ (last visited August 10, 2022)
