comScore Networks today released its monthly analysis of worldwide consumer activity at top online properties, based on its June World Metrix report, which estimates global online audience size. comScore revealed that 713 million people, age 15+ used the Web around the world from all locations in June. Visitors from the U.S. accounted for 21% of all worldwide unique visitors, while 11% originated from China and 7% originated from Japan.
Online Populations for Top 15 Countries, among visitors Age 15+, June 2006 and total worldwide locations: Worldwide Total - 712,976; United Sates - 153,074; China - 78,310; Japan - 53,104; Germany - 31,977; United Kingdom - 29,832; Korea - 25,183; France - 23,801; Canada - 19,595; India - 18,020; Italy - 16,857; Brazil - 13,713; Spain - 12,561; Russian Federation - 11,390; Netherlands 10,864; Australia - 9,432.
Top Global Properties
Microsoft Sites topped the list as the most visited global property in June 2006 with approximately 500 million global visitors, followed by Yahoo! Sites (481 million visitors), and Google Sites (454 million visitors). Yahoo! Sites led all global properties with 116 billion page views during June, followed by Google (84 billion page views), and Microsoft Sites (75 billion page views).
"The 'big three' properties continue to aggregate the largest worldwide audiences, dominating the rankings," said Bob Ivins, managing director for comScore Europe. "MSN, Yahoo! and Google ranked as the top three respectively, each drawing more than 450 million visitors in June, approximately 200 million more than the next closest property. While the established Internet players grabbed the top spots in the worldwide rankings, several upstarts have quickly found their way into the top 15 properties. Wikipedia Sites ranked 8th on a worldwide basis in June with 128 million visitors, while MySpace ranked 15th with 66 million visitors worldwide."
Top 15 Online Properties Worldwide, Among Visitors Age 15+, June 2006, total worldwide Locations: Worldwide Total (Age 15+) - 712,976; Microsoft Sites - 499,540; Yahoo! Sites - 480,933; Google Sites - 453,963; eBay - 256,653; Time Warner Network - 219,868; Amazon Sites - 129,320; Wikipedia Sites - 127,982; Ask Network - 111,864; Adobe Sites - 95,831; Apple Computer, Inc. - 92,211; Lycos, Inc.- 87,434; CNET Networks - 84,651; Monster Worldwide - 72,828; Real.com Network - 67,391; MYSPACE.COM - 66,401.
"We are delighted by client acceptance of our World Metrix service, which is now being used by some of the largest brands and agencies around the world," commented Mr. Ivins. "World Metrix is the culmination of years spent compiling accurate online population data in individual countries, harmonizing our universe and site definitions on a global basis, and significantly increasing the size of the comScore panel in many countries."
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