Matrimonial, Job Sites User Figure To Surge 47 % In 2007-08

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Matrimonial, Job Sites User Figure To Surge 47 % In 2007-08

About 25 million people are expected to surf the Internet for jobs and a life partner during fiscal year 2007-08, Assocham reports. That is a more than 47 percent Increase over the 17 million online subscribers who registered themselves on employment and matrimonial Web sites last year. [via Mint]

Here are some more interesting facts from the study that the article highlighted.
FY 2006-07 Estimates: Matrimonial Sites
Market size - Rs 85 crore
Estimated market size - Rs 136 crore
Online matrimonial search subscribers: 7 mn
Estimated online matrimonial search subscribers: 9.5 mn
Age group: 20 - 55yrs and fastest growing age group: 25 - 34yrs
Male / Female ratio matches current internet gender ratio is 69%/ 31%
The article didn’t highlight similar data for job sites, which could mean that the study didn’t provide it. An interesting side read to this piece would be my interview with Bharatmatrimony CEO Murgavel Janakiraman who expects his company to be profitable this year. [see related links]

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Anupama Chandrasekaran Jul 19, 2007 8:41 PM ET

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Sandeep Amar

Hi,

With due respect, I dont think this estmation or data is correct, what makes me think is that the industry is still to agree upon a number in terms of overall internet population in the country, which more or less looks like 38 million, and not growing at 60% or whatever this assocham is saying, it seems whenever we talk of digital media the order of the day is not less than 50%. To have a 60% growth, either the whole market has to grow by 60%, which is not happening! or the population on the internet has to drastically change their preference of usage of internet, which cannot change by over 10-15% year on year. If this is happening great!! but how is the question….....???

Regards,