Brazil Ranks #1 in Latin America with 19.3 Million Internet Users
RESTON, VA, June 2, 2008 – Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an overview of Internet usage in Latin America, a region that is home to nearly 62 million of the 850 million worldwide Internet users (age 15 and older at home and work locations), as measured by the Comscore World Metrix audience measurement service.
In April, Brazil had the largest Internet audience in Latin America with more than 19 million Internet users. Brazilians also exhibited heavy engagement, with the average Internet user spending 30.2 hours online during the month, substantially higher than the Latin American (28.6 hours) and worldwide (25.7 hours) averages. Argentina (32.4 hours) and Venezuela (31.5 hours) also exhibited heavy engagement. Despite their heavy engagement while online, Latin Americans are less frequent Internet users, with most countries falling below the worldwide average for usage days per month.
Overview of Latin American Internet Usage by CountryApril 2008Total Latin America, Age 15+, Home and Work Locations*Source: Comscore World Metrix
Markets
Total Unique Visitors (000)
Average Usage Days per Visitor
Average Hours per Visitor
Worldwide
849,580
17.1
25.7
Latin America
61,610
16.3
28.6
Brazil
19,320
16.0
30.2
Mexico
11,773
14.7
23.7
Argentina
8,440
17.8
32.4
Chile
5,320
17.4
28.4
Colombia
3,284
16.4
27.9
Venezuela
1,556
17.2
31.5
Puerto Rico
854
15.0
19.7
*Excludes traffic from public computers, such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones/PDAs.
Google Sites Rank as Top Web Property in Latin America
Google Sites ranked as the top property in Latin America with more than 55 million visitors in April, (approximately 90 percent of the total Latin American audience), an increase of 22 percent versus the same month last year. The property has been bolstered by the growth of several Google-owned entities, including YouTube.com (up 81 percent to 30.6 million visitors), Blogger.com (up 65 percent to 27.8 million visitors) and Orkut (up 31 percent to 15.2 visitors).
Top 25 Properties by Number of Latin American Unique VisitorsApril 2008Total Latin America, Age 15+, Home and Work Locations*Source: Comscore World Metrix
Top 25 Properties
Total Internet : Total Audience
Google Sites
55,290
Microsoft Sites
54,914
Yahoo! Sites
38,621
MercadoLibre
27,534
Wikipedia Sites
26,347
Terra Networks
25,873
UOL Sites
16,711
Orange Sites
15,241
WordPress
14,570
HI5.COM
12,831
Groupe Hi-Media
12,242
Grupo Brasil Telecom
12,103
Organizacoes Globo
11,851
Fox Interactive Media
11,793
AOL LLC
11,122
Grupo Intercom
10,661
Ask Network
8,967
Gruppo DADA
8,956
Adobe Sites
8,854
BuscaPé Inc.
8,805
Batanga
8,797
MONOGRAFIAS.COM
8,297
Apple Inc.
7,821
eBay
7,725
FACEBOOK.COM
7,711
Latin Americans are Heavy Online Communicators
Latin Americans spend the most time online – nearly 29 hours per month on average – compared to other worldwide regions. Usage of various online communication media drives much of their online engagement. Users spend a significant portion of their time each month on instant messengers (9.2 hours per visitor), social networking sites (5.9 hours per visitor), and e-mail (4.1 hours per visitor). Portals, which aggregate a variety of content across a network of sites, ranked as the most engaging site category, with 13.4 hours per visitor.
Highest Engagement Categories Among Latin American Internet UsersApril 2008Total Latin America, Age 15+, Home and Work LocationsSource: Comscore World Metrix
Site Category
Average Minutes per Usage Day
Total Latin American Internet Audience
105.3
Portals
13.4
35.8
Instant Messengers
9.2
31.6
Social Networking
5.9
25.9
e-mail
4.1
22.1
Entertainment
2.2
10.0
Games
1.7
13.0
Photos
Multimedia
1.4
10.2
Kids
1.2
18.4
Online Gaming
1.1
12.2
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