He are all the Amazon statistics and facts I have been able to dig up in my travels.  As always, if I stumble across more Amazon stats that are worth sharing I will be sure to update this post.

Amazon.com sure has evolved over the past 25 years. Starting out as predominantly an online bookstore, they have grown significantly and quickly into the digital retailer of choice for consumers in the U.S. and beyond. Amazon has literally transformed the retail industry by giving consumers the ability to get exactly what they want in almost the same amount of time as it takes to go to their local mall or department store. They have forced Fortune 500 retailers to change their entire approach and build their own online platforms to keep up.

Today, Amazon continues to evolve, adding original programming, home automation and extensive mobile capabilities. They've even dabbled in brick and mortar retail with the purchase of the Wholefoods Grocery chain and the establishment of Amazon Go stores in some markets. With such a diverse portfolio of products and services, there is much about Amazon that can be measured. Below is all the data fit to measure. I hope you find it helpful.

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• Whole Foods Market Facts and Stats

Amazon Facts

• Year Amazon.com was founded: 1994
• Amazon website: amazon.com
• Where is Amazon's headquarters:  Seattle, WA
• Future location of Amazon's HQ2s: New York and Virginia
• Who created Amazon: Jeff Bezos
• Key subsidiaries: Audible, Goodreads, IMDB, PillPack, Ring, Souq, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, Woot, Zappos

Amazon History

• 1994 - Cadabra Inc is incorporated in Washington State.
• 1995 - Cadabra becomes Amazon and goes live as an online bookstore
• 1996 - Amazon incorporates in Delaware
• 1997 - Amazon goes public
• 1998 - Amazon purchases IMDB
• 1999 - Jeff Bezos named Time Person of the Year
• 2001 - Amazon turns its first profit
• 2008 - Amazon purchases Audible
• 2009 - Amazon purchases Zappos
• 2103 - Amazon purchases Goodreads
• 2014 - Amazon purchases Twitch
• 2017 - Amazon purchases Whole Foods
• 2017 - Amazon purchases Souq
• 2018 - Amazon purchases Ring
• 2018 - Amazon purchases PillPack
• 2018 - Amazon announces it will open 2 additional headquarters (Crystal City, VA and New York, NY)

Amazon Statistics

How many people use Amazon?

Amazon isn't quite as forthcoming as other digital companies with releasing their overall user totals, but this is the best I've been able to dig up.

300 million Amazon users

Last updated 2/12/17

For an Amazon Prime user total, please see this post.

Number of Amazon customers after its first year:

1.5 million Amazon customers

Actually not a bad total given it was the very early days of the internet, but still hard to believe Amazon ever being that small.

How many people work for Amazon?

647,500 employees

Last updated 1/1/19

It takes tons of people to get you your packages as quickly as Amazon does.

Percent of Amazon employees that are men:

61%

Last updated 3/24/16

Percent of Amazon employees that are women:

39%

Last updated 3/24/16

Number of Amazon employees in Europe by the end of 2019:

95,000

Last updated 7/24/19

Amazon's minimum wage:

$15/hour

Last updated 1/1/19

Average monthly users for the Amazon mobile app:

30 million Amazon MAU

Last updated 7/20/16

Again, Amazon is a tough nut to crack when it comes to user totals, so this is the best total I could find. I'm sure its much higher now.

How many sellers does Amazon have?

2 million Amazon sellers

Last updated 1/1/18

More than just Amazon is profiting off their platform. Millions of third party sellers offer products as well.

Amazon market cap:

$900 billion

Last updated 4/12/19

Amazon is now one of the most valuable companies on the planet.

Amazon net sales (annual):

Amazon Net Sales Chart 1995-2018

• 2019: $280.5 billion
• 2018: $232.9 billion
• 2017: $177.9 billion
•  2016: $136 billion
• 2015: $107 billion
• 2014: $88.99 billion
• 2013: $74.75 billion
• 2012: $61.09 billion
• 2011: $48 billion
• 2010: $34.2 billion
• 2009: $24.5 billion
• 2008: $19.1 billion
• 2007: $14.8 billion
• 2006: $10.7 billion
• 2005: $8.5 billion
• 2004: $6.9 billion
• 2003: $5.2 billion
• 2002: $3.9 billion
• 2001: $3.1 billion
• 2000: $2.7 billion
• 1999: $1.6 billion
• 1998: $609 million
• 1997: $147.8 million
• 1996: $15.7 million
• 1995; $511,000

Amazon North America sales growth (YOY):

• 2019: 21%
• 2018: 33%
• 2017: 33%
• 2016: 25%

Amazon North America sales (annual):

• 2019: $170.773 billion
• 2018: $141.366 billion
• 2017: $106.110 billion
• 2016: $79.785 billion

Amazon International sales growth (YOY):

• 2019: 13%
• 2018: 21%
• 2017: 23%
• 2016: 24%

Amazon International sales (annual):

• 2019: $74.723 billion
• 2018: $65.866 billion
• 2017: $54.297 billion
• 2016: $43.983 billion

Amazon net income (annual)

With the size of infrastructure Amazon had to build up to scale to the size they are today, it took quite a while for the company to turn a profit. I'd say they are making up for it pretty quickly...

Amazon Net Income Chart 1995-2018

• 2019: $11.6 billion
• 2018: $10.1 billion
• 2017: $3 billion
• 2016: $2.4 billion
• 2015: $596 million
• 2014: $241 million loss
• 2013: $274 million
• 2012: $39 million loss
• 2011: $631 million
• 2010: $1.152 billion
• 2009: $902 million
• 2008: $645 million
• 2007: $476 million
• 2006: $190 million
• 2005: $359 million
• 2004: $588 million
• 2003: $35 million
• 2002: $149 million loss
• 2001: $567 million loss
• 2000: $1.4 billion loss
• 1999: $719 million loss
• 1998: $124 million loss
• 1997: $31 million loss
• 1996: $6 million loss
• 1995; $303,000 loss

Amazon net sales (quarterly):

• Q4 2019: $87.4 billion
• Q3 2019: $70 billion
• Q2 2019: $63.404 billion
• Q1 2019: $59.7 billion
• Q4 2018: $72.383 billion
• Q3 2018: $56.576 billion
• Q2 2018: $52.9 billion
• Q1 2018: $51 billion
• Q4 2017: $60.5 billion
• Q3 2017: $43.74 billion
•  Q2 2017: $38 billion
• Q1 2017: $35.7 billion
• Q4 2016: $43.7 billion
• Q3 2016: $32.7 billion
• Q2 2016: $30.4 billion
• Q1 2016: $29.13 billion
• Q4 2015: $35.75 billion
• Q3 2015: $25.4 billion
• Q2 2015: $21.4 billion
• Q1 2015: $22.72 billion
• Q3 2014: $20.58 billion
• Q2 2014: $19.34 billion

Amazon net income (quarterly):

• Q4 2019: $3.3 billion
• Q3 2019: $2.1 billion
• Q2 2019: $2.625 billion
• Q1 2019: $3.6 billion
• Q4 2018: $3.027 billion
• Q3 2018: $2.883 billion
• Q2 2018: $2.5 billion
• Q1 2018: $1.6 billion
• Q4 2017: $1.9 billion
• Q3 2017: $256 million
• Q2 2017: $197 million
• Q1 2017: $724 million
• Q4 2016: $749 million
• Q3 2016: $252 million

Amazon growth in net sales year-over-year:

• 2019: 20%
• 2018: 31%
• 2017: 31%
• 2016: 27%

Percentage of Amazon annual revenue that is recognized in the 4th quarter:

• 2018: 31%
• 2017: 34%
• 2016:  32%

Amount Amazon spends on marketing and advertising annually:

• 2018: $8.2 billion
• 2017: $6.3 billion
• 2016: $5 billion

Total first-party (Amazon) sales on Amazon in 2018:

$117 billion

Total third-party sales on Amazon in 2018:

$160 billion

Projected amount that Amazon will earn in net US digital ad revenue:

$1.65 billion

Last updated 10/26/17

Amazon's share of total US retail in 2018:

5%

Amazon's share of US retail ecommerce (annual)

• 2019: 37.7% as of 6/14/19
• 2018: 49.1%
• 2017: 43.5%

Number of warehouse robots Amazon currently employs:

45,000 robots

Last updated 1/4/17

Amazon share of US search ad revenue:

12.9%

Last updated October 2019

Top product listing factor that correlates most with Amazon ranking:

Amazon Best Sellers Rank (sales rank)

Last updated 4/12/16

Reported amount Amazon paid for Whole Foods:

$13.7 billion

Increase in Amazon App holiday shopping from 2016-2017:

70%

Number of items ordered on Amazon during Cyber Week 2017:

140 million items

Amazon's share of 2017 online holiday retail sales:

between 45-50%

Amazon's biggest shopping day ever:

Cyber Monday 2017

Projected amount Amazon will spend on shipping in 2017:

$21 billion

Last updated 11/23/17

Number of small and medium sized US business that sell on Amazon:

1 million

Last updated 5/3/18

Number of Amazon users in India:

100 million

Last updated 10/12/18

Amazon's market share in India:

30%

Last updated 5/18/18

Amazon's projected share of the US digital ad market:

4.1%

Last updated 9/19/18

Number of people that own an Amazon Fire TV device:

40 million

Last updated 1/1/20

Number of monthly visits to Amazon.com from a mobile browser:

162 million

Last updated 3/27/19

Number of monthly Amazon app users:

122 million

Last updated 3/27/19

Percentage of US online shoppers that are on the Amazon mobile app:

50%

Last updated 1/17/17

Percentage of Amazon mobile shopper visits that come through their app:

42%, yet those users account for 85% of all mobile time spent with Amazon

Last updated 3/27/19

85% of people who admit to drunk online shopping say their go-to for drunk shopping is Amazon.

Estimated net worth of Amazon owner Jeff Bezos:

$115 billion

Last updated 4/12/19

Amazon's share of the US online grocery market:

18%

Last updated 1/17/18

Amazon's share of US online consumer goods sales:

39%

Last updated 7/29/19

Number of products in Amazon Storefronts:

1 million

Last updated 9/17/18

Number of sellers in Amazon Storefronts:

20,000

Last updated 9/17/18

Amazon's share of the US online apparel and footwear market:

35%

Last updated 5/4/18

Amazon's share of the European online apparel and footwear market:

8%

Last updated 5/4/18

Amazon's share of the US apparel market:

6.6%

Last updated 1/14/17

Number of UK companies using Amazon Business:

90,000

Last updated 11/21/17

Percentage of Amazon Payments users that are Amazon Prime users:

50%

Last updated 2/7/17

Amount Amazon paid for Souq:

$583 million

Amount Amazon paid for Ring:

$839 million

Amount Amazon paid for PillPack:

$753 million

Number of lobbyists that Amazon employs:

28

Last updated 4/5/18

Percentage of FedEx's annual revenue that Amazon accounted for before they severed their relationship in 2019:

1.3%

Number of Amazon Business customers:

1 million

Last updated 7/27/17

Number of sellers available on Amazon business:

85,000 sellers

Last updated 7/27/17