Here are a few of the most interesting Amazon Alexa statistics I was able to dig up. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.

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Amazon Alexa Statistics and Facts

Number of skills available on Amazon Alexa:

40,000 skills

Last updated 5/2/18

Number of devices Alexa is available on:

20,000

Last updated 9/1/18

Estimated number of people that own an Amazon Echo device:

8.2 million 

Last updated 1/25/17

Estimated number of Amazon Echos sold to date:

1.6-3 million

Last updated 6/7/16

Amazon’s share of the US smart speaker market in 2018:

73%

Amazon’s share of the global smart speaker market in Q1 2018:

27.7%

Amazon’s share of the global smart speaker market in Q1 2017:

79.6%

Percentage of people that own an Alexa-enabled device that have used it for shopping:

2%

Last updated 8/7/18

Percentage of people that own an Alexa-enabled device that have used it to track a purchase:

20%

Last updated 8/7/18

Amazon Echo owners make Amazon purchases an estimated 6% more often than they did before they got the device.

Amazon Echo owners spend an estimated 10% more on Amazon than they did before they got the device.

Number of items you can purchase on Amazon through Echo voice commands:

tens of millions

Last updated 7/6/16

Most popular Alexa skill:

Setting a Timer

Last updated 10/7/16

Second most popular Alexa skill:

Play a Song

Last updated 10/7/16

Percentage of smart speakers sold in 2017 that Alexa runs on:

68%

Last updated 10/13/17

Number of people reportedly employed by Amazon to work on Alexa:

more than 5,000

Last updated 9/28/17

7x more Echos were sold on Prime Day 2017 than Prime Day 2016.

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