The State of Social Media
Google most popular property in 13 of 16 countries tracked by Comscore
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U.K. most active Internet users in Europe
LONDON, U.K., June 4, 2007 – Comscore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the first comprehensive review of European Internet activity. The Comscore World Metrix study reveals that on an average day in April 2007, there were 122 million Europeans age 15 or older online, versus 114 million in the U.S. The average European accessed the Internet from either a home or a work computer an average of 16.5 days in the month and spent a total of 24 hours viewing 2,662 Web pages.
The Comscore study compares activity across the 16 countries where Comscore tracks Internet usage with panel-based measurement and highlights the differences in Internet development by country. This harmonized view of European online visitation reveals the following:
“This marks the first time we have released this detailed of a portrait of Internet usage across the 16 countries, making these comparisons truly revealing,” commented Bob Ivins, managing director of Comscore Europe. “Such comparisons are only possible due to the consistency of our panel-based methodology country-to-country.”
The study also revealed that Google is the most popular property in 13 of the 1p6 countries, followed by Microsoft in most countries. Yahoo! remains the 3rd most popular property across Europe, despite making the top 3 list in only three countries – Ireland, Italy and Spain.
*Excludes Traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.**Estimated Users age 15+ active within 30 days from Home or Work computer as a percentage of total country population age 15+.
About Comscore Comscore, Inc. is a global leader in measuring the digital world. This capability is based on a massive, global cross-section of more than 2 million consumers who have given Comscore permission to confidentially capture their browsing and transaction behaviour, including online and offline purchasing. Comscore panelists also participate in survey research that captures and integrates their attitudes and intentions. Through its proprietary technology, Comscore measures what matters across a broad spectrum of behaviour and attitudes. Comscore analysts apply this deep knowledge of customers and competitors to help clients design powerful marketing strategies and tactics that deliver superior ROI. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com.
Contact: Andrew Lipsman Comscore, Inc. +1 312 775 6510press@comscore.com