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Online Advertising Statistics: $9.26 Billion In The Third Quarter Of 2012

We had spotted some online ad stats in the past - we spotted this stat today, that the total online ad revenue reached $9.26 billion in the third quarter of 2012, which is up six percent from the previous quarter and 18 percent from Q3 figure of $7.8 billion a year ago. (Source)

We had spotted some stats on Ecommerce recently (E-Commerce Statistics: Some Quick Numbers To Help Us Digest The Size). So here is how we can remember these stats:

Online ads: 40 billion usd a year, growing at roughly 20 percent
Ecommerce: 200 billion in the US in 2011, growing at roughly 10 percent

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