April 30, 2015

Comscore Ranks Top UK Digital Media Properties for March 2015

London, UK, 30 April, 2015 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly report on the state of the digital landscape in the UK, based on data from the Comscore MMX, MMX Multi-Platform, Mobile Metrix and Video Metrix services. More than 47.5 million UK unique visitors accessed the Internet in March 2015 across desktop and mobile (smartphone and tablet) platforms. 45.1 million visitors accessed the Internet via desktop while 36.4 million users browsed the web via mobile. Download the full March UK Digital Market Overview here.

According to Comscore MMX Multi-Platform, which provides an unduplicated view of usage across desktop, smartphone and tablet, Google Sites ranked as the top property with nearly 46 million combined desktop and mobile Internet users. The majority of Google Sites’ audience visited from both desktop and mobile platforms (66 percent), while 28% visited exclusively from desktop and 5% were mobile-only users. BBC Sites was the second most popular online property with a multi-platform audience of 40.6 million, 36 percent of which were mobile-only.

Comscore Top 20 Digital Media Properties by Total Multi-Platform Unique Visitors
March 2015
UK, Desktop Age 6+, Mobile Age 18+
Source: Comscore MMX Multi-Platform

Unique Visitors (000)

Share (%) of Total Digital Population

Total Digital Population

Desktop Only

Multi-Platform (Desktop + Mobile)

Mobile Only

Total Internet Audience

47,523

23%

72%

5%

Google Sites

45,988

28%

66%

5%

BBC Sites

40,608

31%

33%

36%

Facebook

40,576

23%

55%

21%

Microsoft Sites

37,119

52%

36%

11%

Amazon Sites

36,712

32%

33%

35%

Yahoo Sites

32,421

39%

38%

23%

eBay

31,415

32%

37%

31%

Mail Online

28,121

24%

21%

56%

Sky Sites

27,437

22%

19%

59%

Apple Inc.

27,339

29%

13%

57%

Wikimedia Foundation Sites

26,449

42%

26%

32%

Mode Media

24,272

36%

16%

48%

Trinity Mirror Group

23,333

23%

11%

66%

AOL, Inc.

22,052

35%

25%

41%

Twitter.com

21,612

26%

18%

56%

Linkedin

21,379

26%

18%

56%

The Guardian

19,200

36%

20%

44%

Telegraph Media Group

18,830

33%

17%

50%

GOV.UK

16,449

52%

15%

33%

Tesco Stores

14,903

35%

19%

46%

For a more insights into multi-platform, desktop, mobile and online video consumption trends, please download this month’s UK Digital Market Overview here.

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About Comscore
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in digital media analytics. Comscore makes audiences and advertising more valuable by providing trusted, independent metrics that help businesses understand how people interact with content and advertising across TV and digital devices, giving a total view of the consumer. Through its products and services, Comscore helps its more than 2,500 clients understand their multi-platform audiences, know if their advertising is working, and access data where they want and need it. Please visit www.comscore.com to learn more.

About UKOM
UK Online Measurement Company (UKOM) is an industry governed multi-platform audience measurement in partnership with Comscore.

UKOM’s objective is to set and oversee the delivery of a credible industry standard for digital audience measurement. That means quantifying audiences in terms of people, not browsers or machines.