Some surprising numbers about the top three major recruiting websites:
$60 million: Reported amount News Corp. paid to buy Scout.com in 2005
$100 million: Reported amount Yahoo paid to buy Rivals.com in 2007
$20 million: Reported portion of that total pocketed by Brentwood’s Shannon Terry based on his 20 percent ownership of Rivals.com
50: College sites in 247Sports.com network
122: College sites in Rivals.com network
163: College sites in Scout.com network
1,100: Pieces of content syndicated daily by Scout.com
28 million: Number of unique users reached each month by Rivals.com
46: Percentage of total usage across the 247Sports.com network on mobile devices
$9.95: Monthly cost for a subscription to any of the three services
45,000: Estimate of 247Sports.com subscribers
70,000: Estimate of Scout.com subscribers
200,000: Estimate of Rivals.com subscribers
Sources: The companies’ websites, media reports