Industry figures for 2002 - 2003

Total Turnover
£66.3 million
(Adults: £48.2 million, Children's £18.1 million)
Adult turnover increased by 4%

Units Sales
Total Units: 5 million
(Adults: 3.4 million, Children's 1.6 million)

Abridged / Unabridged
Adult turnover is 65% in favour of abridged
Children's turnover is 85% in favour of unabridged

Industry figures for 2001

The audio book turnover for year 2001 is estimated at £72.1 million, which splits as follows:
Adult: £46.3 million
Childrens: £25.8 million
compared to the last set of figures which were compiled in 1999 when the total turnover was estimated at £64 million which split £54 million adult and £10 million childrens

This represents an increase of 12% in turnover. Units sold for the year 2001 were 3.6 million for adult and 2.1 million for childrens.