Comscore Releases Top French Web Rankings for August 2008
Olympics Drives Traffic to Sports Sites, while Facebook.com Breaks into the
Top 25 Most Popular Sites in France
PARIS, France, October 2, 2008 –Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its August 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 an 18-percent increase in visitation to the sports category, as France focused its attention on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Other site categories achieving gains included religion, lotto/sweepstakes, photos and consumer goods. Facebook.com broke into the top 25 properties for the first time in August, growing 12 percent over July to 6.3 million visitors.
Top Gaining Site Categories in France for August 2008
Top 10 Gaining Site Categories by Number of French Unique Visitors | |||
Property | Total Unique Visitors (000) | ||
Jul-2008 | Aug-2008 | % Change | |
Total Internet : Total Audience | 31,842 | 32,227 | 1% |
Sports | 9,518 | 11,238 | 18% |
Religion | 723 | 853 | 18% |
Lotto/Sweepstakes | 1,838 | 2,004 | 9% |
Photos | 10,215 | 10,890 | 7% |
Consumer Goods | 5,567 | 5,928 | 6% |
Instant Messengers | 17,192 | 18,111 | 5% |
Car Rental | 2,659 | 2,796 | 5% |
Financial Information/Advice | 8,440 | 8,772 | 4% |
Flowers/Gifts/Greetings | 2,313 | 2,402 | 4% |
Social Networking | 17,806 | 18,395 | 3% |
* Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
Top Gaining Properties in France for August 2008
Top 10 Gaining Properties by Number of French Unique Visitors* | |||
Property | Total Unique Visitors (000) | ||
Jul-2008 | Aug-2008 | % Change | |
Total Internet : Total Audience | 31,842 | 32,227 | 1% |
Francaise des Jeux | 1,445 | 1,882 | 30% |
Groupe Amaury | 3,000 | 3,704 | 23% |
Spil Games | 1,488 | 1,788 | 20% |
DEEZER.COM | 3,054 | 3,514 | 15% |
United Online, Inc | 1,376 | 1,545 | 12% |
FACEBOOK.COM | 5,636 | 6,311 | 12% |
TOUTELATELE.COM | 1,512 | 1,676 | 11% |
PAROLES.NET | 1,554 | 1,714 | 10% |
Caisse d'Epargne | 2,761 | 3,035 | 10% |
Apple Inc. | 4,907 | 5,319 | 8% |
*Ranking based on the top 100 French properties in August 2008.
** Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
Top 25 Properties in France for August 2008
Top 25 Properties by Number of French Unique Visitors* | |||
Aug-08 Rank | Jul-08 Rank | Property | Total Unique Visitors (000) Aug-08 |
N/A | N/A | Total Internet : Total Audience | 32,227 |
1 | 1 | Google Sites | 25,205 |
2 | 2 | Microsoft Sites | 22,701 |
3 | 3 | Orange Sites | 15,907 |
4 | 8 | Yahoo! Sites | 11,995 |
5 | 7 | eBay | 11,970 |
6 | 5 | Iliad/Free.fr Sites | 11,754 |
7 | 6 | Groupe Pages Jaunes | 11,486 |
8 | 9 | Groupe Lagardere | 11,048 |
9 | 10 | Skyrock Network | 10,872 |
10 | 4 | Groupe PPR | 10,451 |
11 | 11 | Groupe PriceMinister | 9,053 |
12 | 12 | Wikimedia Foundation Sites | 8,950 |
13 | 15 | Groupe TF1 | 8,921 |
14 | 13 | DAILYMOTION.COM | 8,627 |
15 | 14 | Benchmark Group | 8,048 |
16 | 17 | Groupe M6 | 7,868 |
17 | 16 | COMMENTCAMARCHE.NET | 7,773 |
18 | 19 | Otto Gruppe | 7,272 |
19 | 20 | NextRadio TV | 7,109 |
20 | 22 | Lycos Europe Sites | 6,957 |
21 | 24 | Credit Agricole | 6,879 |
22 | 18 | AOL LLC | 6,754 |
23 | 21 | Groupe Spir Communication | 6,689 |
24 | 28 | FACEBOOK.COM | 6,311 |
25 | 23 | Bestofmedia Group | 6,125 |
*Ranking based on the top 100 French properties in August 2008.
** Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.
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