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MARKET DATA · GLOBAL · 2026

Books & art in numbers – 2026

The online books market is estimated at about $28 billion worldwide in 2026.
Online-only art sales fell to $9.2 billion in 2025, their lowest level since 2019.
Figures are worldwide unless stated otherwise.

Online books market, worldwide

$27.9B

2026 estimate (Precedence Research), up from $26B in 2025 [1]

Affiliate marketing industry, worldwide

$27.8B

2026, all niches [5]

Share of e-commerce driven by affiliates ESTIMATE

~9.4%

US benchmark, all niches – not niche-specific [6]

Europe and the Nordics

Region	2025	2026 (forecast)	Growth
Europe – B2C e-commerce	$1.02T	$1.08T	+5%
Northern Europe – B2C e-commerce	$78.1B	$82.9B	+6%
Denmark – B2C e-commerce per person	$5,007	–	#1 in Europe

All-sector B2C e-commerce [7].
Books & art is not reported separately, so use these figures as market context, not as niche totals.
Exchange rates: USD→EUR 0.89, USD→DKK 6.66, EUR→DKK 7.48 (October 2026) [8].

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TYPICAL COMMISSION

5–10%

Book and art retailers usually pay a percentage of each sale. Bookshop.org pays 10% per sale (2-day cookie), and Saatchi Art has a 5% baseline. [3]

Key takeaways

Online art sales, worldwide: $9.2B – 2025 (latest, Art Basel & UBS Global Art Market Report 2026) [2].

Precedence Research expects the online books market to grow 7.0% a year, to about $51.3 billion by 2035 [1].

Online-only sales made up 15% of the $59.6 billion global art market in 2025 [2].

Bookshop.org pays 10% per sale with a 2-day cookie [3], and Saatchi Art has a 5% baseline commission [4].

Sources

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