Amazon Has More Than 100 Million Paid Prime Members Globally

Amazon might be the newest member of the Indian e-commerce marketplace, but in the United States, it’s one of the oldest ones. For the first time, Amazon has revealed its paid Amazon Prime Subscription numbers to the public. In a letter to shareholders on Wednesday, Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon revealed that the company now has over 100 million paid Prime subscribers since the service launch 13 years ago. In the same letter, the company also revealed some numbers of Amazon India. Jeff Bezos stated that Amazon.in is the fastest growing marketplace in India, and the most visited site on both desktop and mobile, according to comScore and SimilarWeb. The Amazon.in mobile shopping app was also the most downloaded shopping app in India in 2017, according to App Annie.

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Furthermore, Prime added more members in India in its first year than any previous geography in Amazon’s history. Prime selection in India now includes more than 40 million local products from third-party sellers, and Prime Video is investing in India original video content in a big way, including two recent premiers and over a dozen new shows in production. Amazon Prime Video in India has introduced several exclusive shows such as Inside Edge, Breathe etc.

Globally, in 2017 Amazon claimed that it shipped more than five billion items with Prime worldwide, and more new members joined Prime than in any previous year. In 2017, Amazon expanded Prime to Mexico, Singapore, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, and introduced Business Prime Shipping in the US and Germany. The company also stated that Prime Day 2017 was its biggest global shopping event ever and during the same day, more new members have joined Amazon Prime than any other day in Amazon’s history.