According to the agency
iKS-Consulting , dating sites form the largest segment of the Russian Internet content market. Their cumulative figure in 2006 has quadrupled to $ 34 million. The agency’s forecast for 2007 is a doubling of the total annual volume of dating sites.
Analysts at iKS-Consulting estimated the total volume of the Internet content market in the country at $ 73 million,
Kommersant reports. Last year, the turnover of the gaming segment in this market was $ 30 million. Music and video brought about $ 9 million to websites.
Agency researchers believe that this year there will not be a change of market leader, and acquaintances will still dominate by the main indicators. They associate their prediction of a doubling of the market, in particular, with the emergence of a new major player - the site
LovePlanet , owned by RBC.
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“Finam” offers a more moderate forecast of the growth of the online dating segment. According to the experts of investment holding, it will grow to $ 45 million turnover in 2007. The driver will serve as the launch of new paid user services.
At the moment, about 85% of the dating market is held by
Mamba , which has Mail.Ru, Rambler, Km.Ru portals as partners. The service’s assets include more than 4 million regular users (they visit the site at least once a month), and the total number of questionnaires in it is about 9 million. The company’s plans include expanding its presence in Ukraine and launching new services that will generate revenue. .