Comscore Releases Top French Web Rankings for May 2008
Tax Sites Show Gains with the end of French Tax Year
Facebook.com Jumps 26 Percent to Nearly 4 Million Visitors in the Wake of French-Language Interface Introduction
PARIS, France, June 2, 2008 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its May rankings of the largest and fastest-growing Internet properties and site categories in France based on data from the Comscore World Metrix audience measurement service.
The month saw increases in the weather, retail – sports/outdoor, genealogy, maps, sports and travel - ground/cruise categories. Driven by the end of the French tax year, impots.gouv.fr grew 221 percent to 3.9 million visitors in May, followed by finances.gouv.fr, which grew 128 percent to nearly 2 million visitors. Spurred by the introduction of its French language interface in March, Facebook.com continued its strong momentum in France, growing 26 percent in May to nearly 4 million visitors.
Top Gaining Site Categories for May 2008
Top 10 Gaining Site Categories by Number of French Unique Visitors | |||
Site Category | Total Unique Visitors (000) | ||
Apr-2008 | May-2008 | % Change | |
Total Internet : Total Audience | 30,649 | 31,066 | 1% |
Weather | 6,107 | 7,445 | 22% |
Retail - Sports/Outdoor | 2,145 | 2,586 | 21% |
Genealogy | 772 | 930 | 21% |
Maps | 10,347 | 11,622 | 12% |
Sports | 10,187 | 11,272 | 11% |
Travel - Ground/Cruise | 3,402 | 3,759 | 11% |
Travel - Information | 11,393 | 12,501 | 10% |
Health - Information | 8,534 | 9,327 | 9% |
Education | 9,419 | 10,287 | 9% |
Government | 10,008 | 10,898 | 9% |
* Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
Top Gaining Properties for May 2008
Top 10 Gaining Properties by Number of French Unique Visitors* | |||
Property | Total Unique Visitors (000) | ||
Apr-2008 | May-2008 | % Change | |
Total Internet : Total Audience | 30,649 | 31,066 | 1% |
impots.gouv.fr | 1,214 | 3,891 | 221% |
finances.gouv.fr | 862 | 1,965 | 128% |
SCHIBSTED Group | 1,748 | 2,380 | 36% |
Groupe Amaury | 2,982 | 4,010 | 34% |
LVMH Sites | 1,667 | 2,146 | 29% |
Facebook.com | 3,161 | 3,982 | 26% |
Meteofrance.com | 3,687 | 4,640 | 26% |
Centreblog.net | 1,705 | 2,095 | 23% |
Deezer.com | 2,311 | 2,750 | 19% |
Web66 Sites | 2,348 | 2,792 | 19% |
*Ranking based on the top 100 French properties in May 2008.
** Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
Top 25 Properties for May 2008
Top 25 Properties by Number of French Unique Visitors* | |||
May-08 Rank | Apr-08 Rank | Property | Total Unique Visitors (000) May-08 |
N/A | N/A | Total Internet : Total Audience | 31,066 |
1 | 1 | Google Sites | 23,054 |
2 | 2 | Microsoft Sites | 20,667 |
3 | 3 | Orange Sites | 16,031 |
4 | 4 | Iliad/Free.fr Sites | 13,478 |
5 | 5 | eBay | 12,257 |
6 | 6 | Yahoo! Sites | 12,057 |
7 | 7 | Skyrock Network | 11,922 |
8 | 8 | Groupe Lagardere | 11,548 |
9 | 10 | Groupe Pages Jaunes | 11,426 |
10 | 9 | Groupe PPR | 11,357 |
11 | 11 | Wikipedia Sites | 10,722 |
12 | 12 | Dailymotion.com | 9,783 |
13 | 17 | Groupe PriceMinister | 9,697 |
14 | 15 | Benchmark Group | 8,984 |
15 | 14 | Groupe M6 | 8,443 |
16 | 13 | AOL LLC | 8,437 |
17 | 16 | NextRadio TV | 8,323 |
18 | 19 | Commentcamarche.net | 7,405 |
19 | 18 | Lycos Europe Sites | 7,387 |
20 | 20 | Groupe Spir Communication | 7,244 |
21 | 22 | Groupe TF1 | 6,930 |
22 | 23 | Groupe Hi-Media | 6,532 |
23 | 21 | Bestofmedia Group | 6,381 |
24 | 28 | Otto Gruppe | 6,165 |
25 | 25 | auFeminin.com Network | 6,059 |
*Ranking based on the top 100 French properties in May 2008.
** Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
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