Category: Internet usage
January 17th, 2009
Top sites in November 2008
| Rank | Property | Audience, 000 | ||
| Total Internet | 190,775 | |||
| 1 | Google Sites | 146,941 | ||
| 2 | Yahoo! Sites | 143,856 | ||
| 3 | Microsoft Sites | 123,537 | ||
| 4 | AOL LLC | 108,785 | ||
| 5 | Fox Interactive Media | 89,000 | ||
| 6 | eBay | 71,730 | ||
| 7 | Ask Network | 70,151 | ||
| 8 | Amazon Sites | 63,470 | ||
| 9 | Wikimedia Foundation Sites | 60,667 | ||
| 10 | Glam Media | 54,631 | ||
| 11 | CBS Corporation | 52,837 | ||
| 12 | Turner Network | 51,682 | ||
| 13 | FACEBOOK.COM | 50,511 | ||
| 14 | Apple Inc. | 48,995 | ||
| 15 | Wal-Mart | 47,373 | ||
| 16 | New York Times Digital | 47,372 | ||
| 17 | Viacom Digital | 46,963 | ||
| 18 | Target Corporation | 39,143 | ||
| 19 | craigslist, inc. | 35,666 | ||
| 20 | AT&T Interactive Network | 35,552 | ||
| 21 | Adobe Sites | 34,707 | ||
| 22 | Weather Channel, The | 32,385 | ||
| 23 | Comcast Corporation | 32,013 | ||
| 24 | Time Warner - Excluding AOL | 30,655 | ||
| 25 | Disney Online | 29,432 | ||
| 26 | Verizon | 28,459 | ||
| 27 | Superpages.com Network | 27,893 | ||
| 28 | Bank of America | 25,875 | ||
| 29 | Everyday Health | 25,367 | ||
| 30 | AT&T, Inc. | 24,958 | ||
| 31 | WordPress | 24,780 | ||
| 32 | United Online, Inc | 24,644 | ||
| 33 | Shopzilla.com Sites | 24,618 | ||
| 34 | Weatherbug Property | 24,579 | ||
| 35 | Sears Sites | 24,500 | ||
| 36 | Gorilla Nation | 24,371 | ||
| 37 | Answers.com Sites | 23,469 | ||
| 38 | Photobucket.com LLC | 23,426 | ||
| 39 | Real.com Network | 22,958 | ||
| 40 | Best Buy Sites | 22,740 | ||
| 41 | Demand Media | 22,537 | ||
| 42 | JPMorgan Chase Property | 22,158 | ||
| 43 | ESPN | 21,678 | ||
| 44 | Gannett Sites | 21,272 | ||
| 45 | The Mozilla Organization | 20,192 | ||
| 46 | Monster Worldwide | 20,142 | ||
| 47 | iVillage.com | 19,808 | ||
| 48 | WorldNow - ABC Owned Sites | 18,571 | ||
| 49 | WebMD Health | 18,270 | ||
| 50 | JCPenney Sites | 18,079 | ||
| Source: comScore | ||||
January 13th, 2009
298 mln Internet users in China in 2008
China’s population of Internet users has risen to 298 mln. China’s Internet penetration is still 22.6%, according to China Internet Network Information Center. The United States had an estimated 223.1 mln Internet users in June 2008, according to Nielsen Online.
January 13th, 2009
298 mln Internet users in China in 2008
China’s population of Internet users has risen to 298 mln. China’s Internet penetration is still 22.6%, according to China Internet Network Information Center. The United States had an estimated 223.1 mln Internet users in June 2008, according to Nielsen Online.
December 31st, 2008
Top US domains by traffic in October 2008
| Rank | Website | Market Share |
| 1. | www.google.com | 6.17% |
| 2. | mail.yahoo.com | 4.7% |
| 3. | www.myspace.com | 3.91% |
| 4. | www.yahoo.com | 3.78% |
| 5. | mail.live.com | 1.94% |
| 6. | www.ebay.com | 1.56% |
| 7. | search.yahoo.com | 1.49% |
| 8. | www.facebook.com | 1.24% |
| 9. | www.msn.com | 1.17% |
| 10. | www.youtube.com | 0.98% |
| 11. | www.gmail.com | 0.82% |
| 12. | images.google.com | 0.55% |
| 13. | www.wikipedia.org | 0.53% |
| 14. | mail.aol.com | 0.43% |
| 15. | my.yahoo.com | 0.41% |
| 16. | search.msn.com | 0.4% |
| 17. | news.yahoo.com | 0.4% |
| 18. | www.pogo.com | 0.39% |
| 19. | address.yahoo.com | 0.35% |
| 20. | www.craigslist.org | 0.34% |
| Source: Hitwise | ||
December 31st, 2008
Fastest-growing searches in October 2008
| Rank | Search Term | Volume |
| 1. | jennifer hudson | 0.04% |
| 2. | baby name meanings | 0.01% |
| 3. | free pumpkin carving patterns | 0.01% |
| 4. | cheapest places to live | 0.01% |
| 5. | oprah.com | 0.01% |
| 6. | glenn beck | 0.01% |
| 7. | pumpkin stencils | 0.01% |
| 8. | amber smith | 0.01% |
| 9. | samick om3 | 0.01% |
| 10. | faith hill | 0.01% |
| Source: Hitwise | ||
December 29th, 2008
Internet usage by a typical American user in November 2008
| Sessions/Visits per Person | 57 | |||
| Domains Visited per Person | 107 | |||
| Web Pages per Person | 2,345 | |||
| Duration of a Web Page Viewed | 0:00:55 | |||
| PC Time per Person | 66:58:56 | |||
| Active Digital Media Universe | 169,364,175 | |||
| Current Digital Media Universe Estimate | 225,273,090 | |||
| Source: Nielsen | ||||
December 28th, 2008
US Internet usage in November 2008
| Demographic | Uniques, 000 | Share, % | Sessions per Month |
Average PC Time Spent per Month |
| Male | 82,007 | 48.4 | 60 | 69:13:49 |
| Female | 87,358 | 51.6 | 54 | 64:52:24 |
| 2 - 11 | 16,494 | 9.7 | 11 | 13:18:00 |
| 12 - 17 | 18,132 | 10.7 | 22 | 27:20:57 |
| 18 - 24 | 12,588 | 7.4 | 25 | 30:21:05 |
| 25 - 34 | 21,393 | 12.6 | 56 | 66:46:50 |
| 35 - 49 | 45,315 | 26.8 | 73 | 90:04:01 |
| 55+ | 37,484 | 22.1 | 73 | 79:48:30 |
| 65+ | 16,338 | 9.7 | 69 | 72:02:13 |
| Source: Nielsen | ||||
November 30th, 2008
US Internet usage in October 2008
| Sessions/Visits per Person | 59 | |
| Domains Visited per Person | 105 | |
| Web Pages per Person | 2,372 | |
| Duration of a Web Page Viewed | 0:00:55 | |
| PC Time per Person | 69:47:28 | |
| Active Digital Media Universe | 163,556,056 | |
| Current Digital Media Universe Estimate |
224,808,795 | |
| Source: Nielsen | ||
November 27th, 2008
Top Web companies in US in October 2008
| Rank | Property | Audience, 000 |
| Total Audience | 190,616 | |
| 1 | Google Sites | 147,035 |
| 2 | Yahoo! Sites | 144,903 |
| 3 | Microsoft Sites | 123,483 |
| 4 | AOL LLC | 111,259 |
| 5 | Fox Interactive Media | 90,636 |
| 6 | eBay | 70,737 |
| 7 | Ask Network | 70,449 |
| 8 | Wikimedia Foundation Sites | 63,275 |
| 9 | Amazon Sites | 60,099 |
| 10 | Glam Media | 56,640 |
| 11 | CBS Corporation | 52,680 |
| 12 | New York Times Digital | 49,324 |
| 13 | Turner Network | 49,186 |
| 14 | Apple Inc. | 48,673 |
| 15 | FACEBOOK.COM | 45,954 |
| 16 | Viacom Digital | 45,884 |
| 17 | AT&T Interactive Network | 37,036 |
| 18 | craigslist, inc. | 36,732 |
| 19 | Adobe Sites | 36,004 |
| 20 | Weather Channel, The | 34,717 |
| 21 | Time Warner - Excluding AOL | 33,415 |
| 22 | Wal-Mart | 33,038 |
| 23 | Comcast Corporation | 31,250 |
| 24 | Target Corporation | 30,950 |
| 25 | Disney Online | 30,209 |
| 26 | Superpages.com Network | 29,387 |
| 27 | Verizon | 28,094 |
| 28 | Gorilla Nation | 27,218 |
| 29 | Bank of America | 26,414 |
| 30 | United Online, Inc | 26,280 |
| 31 | Everyday Health | 25,781 |
| 32 | WordPress | 25,392 |
| 33 | NBC Universal | 24,896 |
| 34 | Answers.com Sites | 24,865 |
| 35 | Shopzilla.com Sites | 24,350 |
| 36 | Demand Media | 23,657 |
| 37 | Weatherbug Property | 23,531 |
| 38 | Monster Worldwide | 23,363 |
| 39 | CareerBuilder LLC | 23,309 |
| 40 | Photobucket.com LLC | 23,271 |
| 41 | JPMorgan Chase Property | 23,142 |
| 42 | Real.com Network | 23,024 |
| 43 | Gannett Sites | 22,651 |
| 44 | AT&T, Inc. | 22,248 |
| 45 | ESPN | 21,941 |
| 46 | iVillage.com | 21,124 |
| 47 | WebMD Health | 19,623 |
| 48 | WhitePages | 19,267 |
| 49 | WorldNow | 19,017 |
| 50 | Expedia Inc | 18,402 |
| Source: comScore | ||
November 17th, 2008
Top Web sites in China in September 2008
| Rank | Web Site Name | Audience, 000 |
| 1 | Baidu | 171 |
| 2 | Tencent (QQ) | 117 |
| 3 | Sina | 108 |
| 4 | Google (China) | 81 |
| 5 | Sohu | 74 |
| 6 | NetEase (163) | 58 |
| 7 | Soso | 49 |
| 8 | Hao123 | 48 |
| 9 | Youku | 47 |
| 10 | Ku6 | 46 |
| 11 | Yahoo (China) | 39 |
| 12 | Taobao | 39 |
| 13 | Xunlei | 38 |
| 14 | Tudou | 38 |
| 15 | Gougou | 28 |
| Source: Nielsen | ||
November 17th, 2008
US Internet usage in September 2008
| Sessions/Visits per Person | 59 |
| Domains Visited per Person | 106 |
| Web Pages per Person | 2,369 |
| Duration of a Web Page Viewed (hh:mm:ss) |
0:00:49 |
| PC Time per Person (hh:mm:ss) | 68:33:23 |
| Active Digital Media Universe | 163,036,813 |
| Current Digital Media Universe Estimate |
224,134,576 |
| Source: Nielsen | |
November 12th, 2008
Internet use at home and at work
Workplace internet users tend to either use the internet every day or not at all. A large majority of the population can be found at either end of the spectrum - using the internet at work every day (60%) or never (28%). By contrast, few (5%) use the internet just once every few days at work and only 6% use it occasionally, but even less often than that. Americans are also significantly more likely to use the internet “constantly” at work than at home. At work, 27% of employed online Americans use the internet constantly. In comparison, just 14% of online Americans say they constantly use the internet at home.
| Constantly | Several times a day |
About once a day |
Every few days | Less often | Never | |
| Home | 14 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 6 |
| Work | 27 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | ||||||
November 3rd, 2008
73% of Americans go online in 2008
73% of the population uses the internet at least occasionally, up from 63% in the spring of 2004. Furthermore, on an average day, 72% of internet users go online, an increase from just 53% in spring 2004 and 69% last spring. Among all internet users, 93% use the internet from home and 52% use the internet from work, according to Pew Internet Project.
November 3rd, 2008
73% of Americans go online in 2008
73% of the population uses the internet at least occasionally, up from 63% in the spring of 2004. Furthermore, on an average day, 72% of internet users go online, an increase from just 53% in spring 2004 and 69% last spring. Among all internet users, 93% use the internet from home and 52% use the internet from work, according to Pew Internet Project.
November 2nd, 2008
63% of all high school graduates are online
60% of employed seniors are online, while just 38% of the general population of seniors uses the internet. The relative youthfulness of employed Americans ages 65 and older may account for some of this difference when viewed alongside the general population. While just 40% of all Americans with less than a high school education use the internet, 62% of employed Americans with the same education are online. 63% of all high school graduates are online, while 75% of employed high school graduates are online, according to Pew Internet Project.
November 1st, 2008
Internet usage at work among Americans
| Constantly | Several times a day | About once a day | Every few days | Less often | Never | |
| Home | 14 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 6 |
| Work | 27 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 28 |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | ||||||
October 31st, 2008
People, who constantly use Internet at work - 27% of employed Americans
| All employed internet users | 27% | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 28 | |
| Female | 27 | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||
| White, non-Hispanic | 25 | |
| Non-white | 27 | |
| Age | ||
| 18-29 | 19 | |
| 30-49 | 33 | |
| 50+ | 23 | |
| Education | ||
| High school graduate or less | 11 | |
| Some college | 27 | |
| College graduate | 41 | |
| Worker Income | ||
| Less than $30,000 | 11 | |
| $30,000-$49,999 | 26 | |
| $50,000-$74,999 | 35 | |
| $75,000+ | 46 | |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | ||
October 31st, 2008
18-29-year-olds with no education least likely to use Internet at work
Employed internet users ages 30-49, those with at least some college education, and those making $75,000 or more in annual income are among the most likely to use the internet at work. Those least likely to use the internet at work include 18-29-year-olds, those with less than a college education, and those making under $30,000 income. 33% of employed internet users ages 30-49 uses the internet constantly while at work. In addition, 72% of these workers use the internet from both home and work, according to Pew Internet Project.
October 29th, 2008
Top game sites in Asia-Pacific in August 2008
| Audience, 000 | Minutes per Visitor |
|
| Total Audience Asia-Pacific | 389,593 | 1,156.9 |
| Games | 199,081 | 86.8 |
| QQ.COM Games | 44,131 | 46.5 |
| Yahoo! Games | 20,211 | 34.5 |
| 4399.COM | 20,059 | 37.9 |
| Nexon Corporation | 18,694 | 29.0 |
| 17173.COM | 16,671 | 21.2 |
| SDO.COM | 15,451 | 15.0 |
| Spil Games | 14,911 | 31.9 |
| SINA Games | 14,780 | 10.6 |
| 9WEE.COM | 10,460 | 28.4 |
| 52PK.COM | 8,434 | 5.2 |
| Source: comScore | ||
October 20th, 2008
69% of men age 18-34 cannot live withoutinternet
69% of online males say they can’t live without the Internet, versus just 31% for television; 63% have a smart phone and one in four use their mobile device to connect to the Web; 40% use the Internet for more than 22 hours a week; 36% say they can’t live without the Internet for socializing; 33% say they can’t live without online entertainment, according to Break Media.
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