RESTON, Va., October 26, 2006 – Comscore Networks, a leader in measuring the digital age, today reported the latest worldwide ranking of top Web properties, ranked by unique visitors. Of note were the gains experienced by Wikipedia Sites and Youtube.com during September. Both sites were up 12 percent versus August.
Top Global Web PropertiesTotal Unique Visitors (000),age 15+ *September 2006Total Worldwide - Home and Work LocationsSource: Comscore World Metrix
Web Properties
Total Unique Visitors (000) Sept-06
Worldwide Total
(Age 15+)
726,749
Microsoft Sites
505,479
Yahoo! Sites
480,641
Google Sites
467,498
eBay
237,327
Time Warner Network
217,843
Wikipedia Sites
154,848
Amazon Sites
133,518
Fox Interactive Media
117,789
Ask Network
112,768
Adobe Sites
95,196
Apple Computer, Inc.
94,909
Lycos, Inc.
91,126
CNET Networks
84,259
YouTube.com
81,019
Viacom Digital
65,799
* Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes and access from mobile phones or PDAs.
About Comscore Networks
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PressBill DaddiDaddi Brand Communications646-370-1341press@comscore.com