Business: Amazon in "Prime" Time

Amazon today announced its Best of Prime 2017 - revealing some of the Prime member favorites of the year. Built on a foundation of fast, free delivery, more than five billion items worldwide shipped with Prime in 2017, including free same-day, one-day, and two-day shipping.

Prime members used their digital benefits in 2017 more than in any previous year - putting The Grand Tour on Prime Video, "Believer" by Imagine Dragons on Prime Music and The Handmaid's Tale on Prime Reading on the U.S. 'best of' list for 2017. Find Amazon's Best of Prime 2017 on Prime Insider.

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Best of Prime 2017 in the U.S. includes Fire TV Stick and Echo Dot, Prime Video: The Grand Tour, Prime Music: "Believer" by Imagine Dragons and Prime Reading: The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic: Business Wire)

"From Fire TV Stick and Echo Dot to Imagine Dragons, Manchester by the Seaand even the Instant Pot, Prime members certainly have great taste! Tens of millions of members around the world enjoy the many benefits included with Prime, and in fact, more new paid members joined Prime worldwide this year than any previous year. In 2017, more than five billion items worldwide shipped with Prime and members used digital benefits like Prime Video, Prime Music and Prime Reading more than ever before," said Greg Greeley, Vice President, Amazon Prime. "Our Best of Prime feature not only demonstrates what was trending this year, it also gives us insight into what members love, providing additional inspiration as we continue to innovate, invest and make Prime even better in 2018."

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Fire TV Stick and Echo Dot top the Best of Prime 2017 as the best-selling products purchased by U.S. Prime members from any manufacturer in any category across all of Amazon. Prime members in the U.S. embraced smart home shopping in 2017, with Prime members adding millions of new Amazon devices to their homes, including Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, Echo Dot and Amazon Echo. These devices allow Prime members to get even more from their membership by accessing music, video, photos, voice shopping and more.

Best of Prime Video, Prime Music, Prime Reading and Twitch Prime
In the U.S., Prime offers members unlimited access to award-winning movies and TV episodes with Prime Video; unlimited access to Prime Music, Audible Channels for Prime, Prime Reading, Prime Photos and Twitch Prime; early access to select Lightning Deals, one free pre-released book a month with Amazon First Reads, and more.

Amazon Originals Were in Demand on Prime Video

• Amazon Prime Video had a record year as a global streaming service. Customers in over 240 countries and territories around the world made The Grand Tour Season 1 and Sneaky Pete the most streamed Prime Originals.
• December 30, 2017 was the biggest streaming day of the year around the world, and the top streamed series on Prime Video that day were The Grand TourSeason 2 and Golden Globe-nominated The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
• Manchester by the Sea was the most watched Amazon Original Movie in the U.S.
• Live coverage of 10 NFL Thursday Night Football games on Prime Video this season reached more than 17 million combined viewers in over 200 countries and territories.
• Based on trailer views, among the most anticipated Prime Originals in the U.S. were Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and Man in the High Castle Season 3.

Prime Music Playlists Provided Prime Members with a Perfect Soundtrack

• "Believer" by Imagine Dragons and "Something Just Like This" by The Chainsmokers & Coldplay were top played songs on Prime Music in the U.S.
• Some of the most played artists in 2017 in the U.S. included Luke Combs, Imagine Dragons, Shawn Mendes, Kesha, Brett Young and Halsey.
• Prime members in the U.S. loved listening to curated playlists by Amazon Music experts, including; "Top Prime Songs," "Uptempo Pop for Work" and "Relaxing Acoustic Pop."

Prime Reading Unlocks What's New and Brings Back Classics

• Dystopian novels held the top spots on Prime Reading's 2017 'most borrowed' list in the U.S., including Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and George Orwell's 1984.
• When it came to magazines, food publications Clean Eating and Bon Appétit Magazine held the top 'most read' spots in the U.S. on Prime Reading.
• The most popular Prime-eligible audiobook on Audible in the U.S. was No Excuses! by Brian Tracy and the most popular Audible Original Series for Prime in the U.S. was Bedtime Stories for Cynics.

More Great Entertainment with Twitch Prime

• Twitch Prime members worldwide ordered more than five million pre-release games with a Prime discount.
• Twitch Prime offered more than $1,100 in free gaming content in 2017 including 23 full games for free, 113 pieces of loot across 19 of the most popular games of the year like. This included rare or exclusive content in Overwatch, Player Unknown's Battlegrounds, and Warframe, which were three of the most popular bundles of loot among Twitch Prime Members in 2017.

Instant Pot was Hot
A Prime Day favorite in the U.S., the Instant Pot heated things up in 2017. Instant Pot was the most gifted item on Amazon Wedding Registry and the most Wish Listed item of the year by members and the Instant Pot Cookbook was the most gifted book by members as well in the U.S. in 2017. In fact, the Instant Pot found itself a spot in homes from coast to coast as it was delivered to 27,000 U.S. zip codes.