I was curious how much websites are making these days, so I did some research. I can't find any official information on how much average website are making. The word is that the menial blogger with Adsense struggles to make about $1 a day or $365 annually.
I could get some numbers off other websites regarding some of the highest earning website on the web.
Annual income for the tops earning websites.
- Amazon $34,204,000,000
- Google $29,321,000,000
- eBay - $9,156,000,000
- Yahoo! - $6,324,000,000
- Alibaba - $5,557,600,000
- Expedia, Inc. - $3,348,000,000
- Priceline – $3,072,240,000
- AOL - $2,417,000,000
- NetFlix - $2,160,000,000
- Facebook - $2,000,000,000
- Baidu - $1,199,000,000
- Overstock - $1,100,000,000
- Skype - $860,000,000
- Zynga - $850,000,000
- Taobao - $774,210,000
- Groupon - $760,000,000
- Orbitz - $757,500,000
- Yandex - $439,700,000
- ClickBank - $350,000,000
- LinkedIn - $215,200,000
Annual income for top blog websites
- Boingboing.net $1,ooo,ooo
- Shoemoney.com $240,000
- Talkingpointsmemo.com $640,000
- Perezhilton.com $1,320,000
- Gothamist.com $$6000,000
- Techcrunch.com $2,400,00
- Mashables.com $1,920,000
- Problogger.net $100,000
Reference: http://www.incomediary.com/20-websites-making-the-most-money