comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for April 2011
RESTON, Va., May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly analysis of U.S. web activity at the top online properties for April 2011 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service. Green sites saw their second consecutive month of strong growth as Americans looked for ways to celebrate Earth Day (April 22) and cut back on fuel costs. Incentive sites were also popular in April, helping Americans stretch their dollars with promotions, daily deals and free samples, and the Royal Wedding drove gains at Entertainment News sites.
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“More than 26 million Americans celebrated Earth Day this year by visiting green websites,” said Jeff Hackett, executive vice president of comScore Media Metrix. “With gas prices climbing past $4.00 a gallon, Americans have a greater incentive to be thinking green to provide some economic relief.”
Green Sites Sprout for Earth Day
The Green category held on to the #1 spot in April, posting an even stronger gain of 32 percent. More than 26 million Americans visited the category during the month, with Shine Green taking the top spot with 7.9 million visitors (up 364 percent). Planet Green Sites came in second with 3.3 million visitors (up 15 percent), followed by Care2.com with 2.0 million (up 11 percent) and Mother Nature Network with 1.8 million (up 24 percent). EnergyGuide.com grew 6 percent to 918,000 visitors, while EPA.gov saw 916,000 (up 10 percent).
Entertainment News Sites Post Royal Gains
Americans were swept away by Royal Wedding coverage in April, sending an all-time high of 100 million visitors to Entertainment News sites for the latest updates and fashion critique. Securing the top spot with 29.1 million visitors was omg! (up 23 percent), followed by TMZ with 15.0 million, BuzzMedia Entertainment with 13.1 million (up 2 percent) and People with 12.8 million. Zimbio attracted nearly 10.2 million visitors (up 15 percent), followed by CNN Entertainment with 9.4 million and E! Online with 8.3 million (up 10 percent).
Top 50 Properties
Yahoo! Sites ranked as the #1 property in April with 187.4 million visitors, followed by Microsoft Sites with 178.9 million and Google Sites with 175.9 million. Netflix.com jumped 6 positions to rank #36 overall with 28.6 million visitors, while CareerBuilder LLC earned a spot on the list at #43 with 24.9 million visitors.
Top 50 Ad Focus Ranking
Google Ad Network led the April Ad Focus ranking with a reach of 91.6 percent of Americans online, followed by Yahoo! Sites (87.4 percent), Yahoo! Network Plus (83.6 percent) and AOL Advertising (83.6 percent).
Table 1
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comScore Top 10 Gaining Properties by Percentage Change in Unique
Visitors* (U.S.)
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April 2011 vs. March 2011
Total U.S. - Home, Work and University Locations
Source: comScore Media Metrix
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Total Unique Visitors (000)
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Rank by
Unique
Mar-11 Apr-11 % Change Visitors
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Total Internet : Total
Audience 212,652 214,467 1 N/A
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KeywordBlocks.com 9,463 16,088 70 90
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MLB.com 6,598 10,231 55 144
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ShopAtHome.com 4,112 5,810 41 249
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UStream.tv 6,166 8,178 33 183
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NFL Internet Group 7,817 10,240 31 142
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NHL Network 4,943 6,407 30 227
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AVG Technologies 5,070 6,453 27 225
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LivingSocial 7,050 8,763 24 168
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Hollywood.com Sites 6,672 8,203 23 181
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STACK Media 5,054 6,124 21 231
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*Ranking based on the top 250 properties in April 2011. Excludes entities whose growth was primarily due to implementation of Media Metrix 360 unified digital audience measurement.
Table 2
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comScore Top 10 Gaining Site Categories by Percentage Change in
Unique Visitors (U.S.)
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April 2011 vs. March 2011
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Total U.S. - Home, Work and University Locations
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Source: comScore Media Metrix
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Total Unique Visitors (000)
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Mar-11 Apr-11 % Change
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Total Internet : Total Audience 212,652 214,467 1
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Community - Green 19,949 26,431 32
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Services - Incentives 17,840 19,414 9
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Retail - Jewelry/Luxury Goods/
Accessories 15,277 16,138 6
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News/Information - Politics 23,991 25,305 5
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Retail - Flowers/Gifts/Greetings 23,090 24,284 5
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Retail - Movies 34,081 35,670 5
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Entertainment - News 95,902 100,293 5
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News/Information - Weather 78,908 81,980 4
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Travel - Information 61,372 63,155 3
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Directories/Resources 183,429 188,014 2
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Table 3
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comScore Top 50 Properties (U.S.)
April 2011
Total U.S. - Home, Work and University Locations
Source: comScore Media Metrix
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Unique Unique
Rank Property Visitors Rank Property Visitors
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(000) (000)
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Total Internet : Total
Audience 214,467
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Federated Media
1 Yahoo! Sites 187,408 26 Publishing 39,171
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NetShelter
2 Microsoft Sites 178,862 27 Technology Media 38,724
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3 Google Sites 175,881 28 Tribune Interactive 34,065
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4 Facebook.com 154,055 29 Adobe Sites 32,678
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5 AOL, Inc. 114,319 30 Wal-Mart 32,108
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6 Turner Digital 95,780 31 LinkedIn.com 31,282
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7 Ask Network 94,385 32 Break Media Network 30,122
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Superpages.com
8 Amazon Sites 91,548 33 Network 29,742
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9 Glam Media 86,058 34 Yelp.com 29,344
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AT&T Interactive
10 Viacom Digital 84,117 35 Network 28,637
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11 CBS Interactive 80,250 36 Netflix.com 28,574
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12 Demand Media 69,709 37 WeatherBug Property 28,515
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Wikimedia Foundation iVillage.com: The
13 Sites 69,235 38 Womens Network 28,463
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Scripps Networks
14 Apple Inc. 67,695 39 Interactive Inc. 27,351
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15 New York Times Digital 63,607 40 Everyday Health 27,128
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16 eBay 63,060 41 WordPress 27,095
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17 VEVO 58,144 42 NBC Universal 26,400
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18 Answers.com Sites 55,010 43 CareerBuilder LLC 24,880
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19 Fox Interactive Media 54,428 44 Fox News Digital 24,764
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20 Comcast Corporation 48,663 45 Twitter.com 24,483
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21 craigslist, inc. 48,425 46 Disney Online 24,436
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22 Gannett Sites 42,265 47 ToneFuse Music 24,382
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Discovery Digital
23 Technorati Media 41,048 48 Media Sites 24,242
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24 ESPN 40,318 49 Photobucket.com LLC 23,997
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25 Weather Channel, The 40,297 50 Buzzmedia 23,410
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Table 4
comScore Ad Focus Ranking (U.S.)
April 2011
Total U.S. - Home, Work and University Locations
Source: comScore Media Metrix
Unique
Visitors Reach
Rank Property (000) %
Total Internet :
Total Audience 214,467 100.0
1 Google Ad Network** 196,400 91.6
2 Yahoo! Sites 187,408 87.4
3 Yahoo! Network Plus** 179,341 83.6
4 AOL Advertising** 179,234 83.6
5 ShareThis 176,499 82.3
6 Specific Media** 173,075 80.7
7 Turn Media Platform** 170,570 79.5
8 ValueClick Networks** 167,233 78.0
9 Google 167,163 77.9
10 24/7 Real Media** 160,458 74.8
11 Facebook.com 154,055 71.8
12 AdBrite** 153,481 71.6
13 Vibrant Media** 149,163 69.6
14 Collective Display** 148,259 69.1
15 Tribal Fusion** 147,231 68.7
Microsoft Media
16 Network US** 138,588 64.6
17 AudienceScience** 138,415 64.5
FOX Audience
18 Network** 137,928 64.3
19 Burst Media** 137,280 64.0
Cox Digital Solutions
20 -Network** 134,552 62.7
21 Traffic Marketplace** 133,005 62.0
Casale Media -
22 MediaNet** 131,319 61.2
23 MSN 127,751 59.6
24 interclick** 127,688 59.5
Adconion Media
25 Group** 125,474 58.5
Unique Visitors
Rank Property (000) % Reach
AdBlade
26 Network** 121,658 56.7
27 ContextWeb** 119,610 55.8
28 AOL, Inc. 114,319 53.3
29 YouTube.com* 113,151 52.8
CPX
30 Interactive** 100,960 47.1
31 Kontera** 100,770 47.0
32 Undertone** 94,765 44.2
33 Bing 94,440 44.0
34 Ask Network 94,385 44.0
35 Glam Media 86,058 40.1
Goodway
36 Group** 84,528 39.4
37 Meebo 78,603 36.7
38 Windows Live 76,545 35.7
Monster
Career Ad
Network
39 (CAN)** 71,758 33.5
40 Demand Media 69,709 32.5
Brand.net
41 Network** 64,686 30.2
Dedicated
42 Media** 63,675 29.7
Technorati
43 Media** 61,246 28.6
44 Amazon.com 59,309 27.7
Lotame
45 Solutions** 57,613 26.9
MTV Networks
46 Music 57,347 26.7
47 MediaWhiz** 56,671 26.4
RMM
(formerly
Red McCombs
48 Media)** 52,277 24.4
49 CNN 49,354 23.0
Federated
Media
50 Network** 44,819 20.9
Reach % denotes the percentage of the total Internet population that viewed a particular entity at least once in April. For instance, Yahoo! Sites was seen by 87.4 percent of the 214 million Internet users in April.
* Entity has assigned some portion of traffic to other syndicated entities.
** Denotes an advertising network.
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