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65% of Google AdSense Publishers Earn $100 or More Per Month

adsense-earnings-pie-chart.pngA DigitalPoint Forums thread has one of the largest Google AdSense groups I know of. They are currently running a live poll, where they are asking publishers how much they earn per month, on average. The poll currently has 130 responses and is somewhat representative of the smaller publisher sub group, so I thought I share the results with you. Let me make this clear, this is not a random sample, it is of a specific subgroup of AdSense users, so it is not scientific nor fully representative of the AdSense publisher.

As you can see from the chart, 67% claim they earn a $100 or more per month from Google AdSense. 35% say they earn $500 or more per month. A whopping 23% say they earn over $1,000 per month or more and only about 4% say they earn over $10,000 per month or more with AdSense.

If you have not yet voted, you can at DigitalPoint Forums.

For a larger image of the chart click here.

Forum discussion at DigitalPoint Forums.

posted rustybrick in Google AdSense at May 8, 2007 7:16 AM Comments (16)

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That poll is, I think, far away from the reality. In fact, how many AdSense publishers know DigitalPoint? Not many, and the majority of them are "specialists" of AdSense. The average blogger who places adsense on his blog earn almost nothing, and I don't think he cares about this poll.

I think there is ~70% of the publishers who earn less than $100 per month.

 

Yes, it is one subset of AdSense users. But a pretty large subset.

 

I don't know about those figures Barry. I sense it is a far cry from reality. I suggest/guess 70% make less than $10.00 per month.

 

All these figures do not have any informational value. If you earn $50 with AdSense, you think $500 is very nice. If you earn $500, you think about those ones, who make thousands.

 

I am also sure there are hundreds of AdSense publishers that sign up and don't make anything because they don't spend the time.

I honestly don't think making $100 a month on AdSense is out of the question.

I would hope that 65% of professional AdSense publishers make over $100 per month, I would hope.

 

I seriously doubt those figures. Who was sampled for this survey? I'm sure some people are making good money from AdSense but it certainly isn't the majority.

 

Agreed, Barry - I'd frame it as "65% of active AdSense publishers."

 

Agreed, Barry - I'd frame it as "65% of active AdSense publishers."

 

I made a whopping 7 cents last month.

 

There have been many polls on DP like this one, and most had the conclusion that more then half made less then a hundred dollars a month. It may be the setup. This poll is aimed at high earners - those making less then 10$ are likely to feel intimidated by this poll.

 

I would read this poll as: 65% of active adsense users make > $100/mo. Inactive/new users likely make

 

That poll represents the data about professional adsense users who always try to maximize their earnings from adsense from sites or blogs. Hardwork always pays off.

 

i am very upset becouse google adsense is not giveing good respones..

 

A couple of missing questions, here. - How long did it take to build this income??? -- How many blogs are they running??? -- My experience shows it takes time to build up an "inventory" of blog pages that are indexed regularly by search engines AND it takes more than one blog to make any real money. After two years, I am running $200 per month, with more than one blog.

 

I agree with Steve. It took me one month, part time, to build my blog. And it took another 4 months to drive website traffic, not so much traffic. Then another month to earn an average of $2.4/month.

If some people claim to earn more the $1,000.00/month, then they must have:

1. A lot of websites with less or no content other than Google Adsense. They pay 0.05 for Google Adwords per click, and earn from 0.10 to $10.00 per click on any of the Adsense Ads.

2. Click Fraud - the scheme 'Get Paid While You Surf' - they advise members to visit their website everyday and click on a unique ad, capture and send in a copy.

 

Very interesting poll Hope to earn a lot with my site.

 

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