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Size of listings
The size of the darknet markets economy can be problematic to estimate. A study based on a combination of listing scrapes and feedback to estimate sales volume by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University captured some of the best data. A reviewed 2013 analysis put the Silk Road grossing $300,000 a day, extrapolating to over $100 million over a year. Subsequent data from later markets has significant gaps as well as complexities associated with analysing multiple marketplaces.
 * 18,174 – October 2013, Digital Citizens Alliance, 13,472 of which were on Silk Road in November 2013
 * 41,207 – April 2014 Digital Citizens Alliance
 * 33,985 – May 2014 The Guardian via Reddit
 * 43,175 – July 2014 a report by the BBC
 * 65,595 – August 2014 Digital Citizens Alliance
 * 51,755 – December 2014 Digital Citizens Alliance
 * 68,835 – March 2015 (before Evolution scam), Digital Citizens Alliance
 * 68,322 – April 2015 (after Evolution scam)

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