Media Metrix Releases the Top 50 Digital Media/Web Property and Web Site Rankings for Combined Home/Work Usage
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1999--
March Madness drives increases in Sports traffic;
Spring is in the air, and traffic to travel sites is up
Media Metrix, Inc., the leader in Internet audience measurement,
today released the Top 50 Digital Media/Web Properties and Web site
rankings for combined At Home and At Work usage in March 1999.
Overall in March, the number of Unique Visitors to sports and
travel related Web sites and online entities increased significantly
since February. While increases among sports sites corresponded with
the kickoff of March Madness and Major League Baseball in March, the
rise in traffic to travel sites was driven by the beginning of Spring
vacation season.
About Media Metrix
Media Metrix, Inc., the leader in Internet audience measurement,
provides leading worldwide advertising agencies, new and traditional
media companies, e-commerce marketers, financial institutions and
technology companies with comprehensive coverage of all digital media
(including more than 15,000 Web sites and online properties). Media
Metrix utilizes its patented methodology to measure actual Internet
and digital media audience usage behavior. Media Metrix offers
monthly, weekly, and real-time data collection and reporting, and a
sample of more than 40,000 people under measurement. For more
information about Media Metrix, please visit www.mediametrix.com.
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Media Metrix - Top 50 Digital Media/Web Properties
March 1999 Measurement Period
(3/1/99 through 3/31/99)
Combined At Home and At Work
Rank Digital Media/Web Properties Unique Visit ors (000)
Total Universe 65,251
1 AOL Network- Proprietary and WWW(a) 47,009
2 Microsoft Sites 31,994
3 Lycos 31,915
4 Yahoo Sites 31,272
5 Go Network 23,752
6 GeoCities 21,303
7 The Excite Network 18,861
8 Time Warner Online 13,257
9 Blue Mountain Arts 11,089
10 Amazon 10,736
11 Altavista Search 10,458
Services
12 Snap.com Search & 9,761
Services
13 Xoom.com Sites 9,693
14 ZDNet Sites 9,043
15 RealSite Portfolio 8,910
16 BroadCast.Com Consolidation 8,593
17 Juno 8,322
18 CNET 8,184
19 eBay 8,083
20 Infospace Impressions 7,653
21 AT&T Web Sites 6,652
22 Go2Net Network 6,490
23 LookSmart 5,925
24 Mining Co. Sites 5,837
25 Weather Channel 5,749
26 Viacom Online 5,573
27 Earthlink.net 4,878
28 Sportsline USA 4,596
29 News Corp. Online 4,561
30 USTreas.gov 4,225
31 Fortunecity Global 4,211
Community
32 Barnes and Noble 4,144
33 Bonzi.com 4,133
34 Sony online 4,087
35 Goto.com 4,072
36 iVillage: The Women's 3,865
Network
37 Apple.com 3,860
38 The Women.com Networks 3,843
39 Travelocity 3,783
40 Preview Travel 3,765
41 Macromedia 3,567
42 Knight Ridder 3,439
43 IDG.NET [The Online 3,308
Network]
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44 Adobe.com 3,273
45 CitySearch-TicketMaster 3,251
Online
46 Porncity.net 3,225
47 Mapquest.com 3,116
48 USA Today 3,029
49 Switchboard Network 2,962
50 Realnames.com 2,960
Media Metrix - Top 50 Web Sites
March 1999 Measurement Period
(3/1/99 through 3/31/99)
Combined At Home and At Work
Rank Web Sites Unique Visitors (000)
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Total Universe 61,588
1 aol.com 31,435
2 yahoo.com 31,019
3 msn.com 21,545
4 go.com 21,184
5 geocities.com 20,909
6 netscape.com 19,929
7 excite.com 16,652
8 microsoft.com 16,249
9 lycos.com 16,102
10 angelfire.com 14,167
11 tripod.com 13,148
12 hotmail.com 12,073
13 bluemountainarts.com 11,089
14 Altavista Search 10,458
Services
15 amazon.com 9,800
16 Snap.com Search & 9,761
Services
17 xoom.com 9,257
18 real.com 8,408
19 ZDNet 8,031
20 ebay.com 8,007
21 infospace.com 7,554
22 hotbot.com 7,443
23 msnbc.com 5,965
24 miningco.com 5,819
25 icq.com 5,748
26 weather.com 5,745
27 simplenet.com 5,541
28 pathfinder.com 5,455
29 earthlink.net 4,878
30 CNN.com 4,804
31 looksmart.com 4,766
32 Sportsline USA 4,596
33 CNET Software Download 4,360
Svcs.
34 Ustreas.gov 4,225
35 fortunecity.com 4,211
36 barnesandnoble.com 4,144
37 bonzi.com 4,133
38 Sony Online 4,087
39 goto.com 4,072
40 Sidewalk.com 4,041
41 ATT.net 3,984
42 Broadcast.com Inc. 3,937
43 iVillage: The Women's 3,865
Network
44 apple.com 3,860
45 Warner Bros. Online 3,819
46 Travelocity.com 3,783
47 Digitalcity.com 3,775
48 Preview Travel 3,765
49 CNET.com 3,579
50 Hypermart.net 3,532
(a) This month, the America Online Digital Media property includes
Netscape.com.
Top 25 Digital Media/Web Properties
Media Metrix, Inc.
March 1999 Measurement Period (3/1/99 Through 3/31/99)
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Top 25 Digital Media/Web Properties - At Home
Rank Digital Media/Web Properties Unique Visitors
(000)
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Total Universe 57,086
1 AOL Network- Proprietary and WWW(a) 41,329
2 Microsoft Sites 26,752
3 Yahoo Sites 25,864
4 Lycos 25,511
5 Go Network 17,637
6 GeoCities 16,709
7 The Excite Network 14,602
8 Time Warner Online 9,553
9 Blue Mountain Arts 8,468
10 Juno 7,901
11 Altavista Search Services 7,820
12 Amazon 7,725
13 Xoom.com Sites 7,669
14 Snap.com Search & Services 6,856
15 RealSite Portfolio 6,565
16 ZDNet Sites 6,469
17 eBay 6,284
18 CNET 6,139
19 BroadCast.Com 6,073
Consolidation
20 Infospace Impressions 5,370
21 AT&T Web Sites 4,855
22 Go2Net Network 4,785
23 Viacom Online 4,535
24 Miningco Sites 4,111
25 LookSmart 4,020
Top 25 Digital Media/Web Properties - At Work
Rank Digital Media/Web Properties Unique Visitors
(000)
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Total Universe 22,784
1 AOL Network- Proprietary and WWW(a) 15,332
2 Microsoft Sites 12,414
3 Yahoo Sites 12,017
4 Lycos 10,628
5 Go Network 9,004
6 The Excite Network 6,835
7 GeoCities 6,452
8 Time Warner Online 5,098
9 Altavista Search Services 4,439
10 Amazon 4,273
11 ZDNet Sites 3,932
12 Snap.com Search & Services 3,623
13 Blue Mountain Arts 3,554
14 CNET 3,069
15 eBay 3,032
16 BroadCast.Com 3,003
Consolidation
17 RealSite Portfolio 2,948
18 Weather Channel 2,759
19 Infospace Impressions 2,485
20 Xoom.com Sites 2,447
21 AT&T Web Sites 2,200
22 LookSmart 2,166
23 Miningco Sites 2,031
24 Go2Net Network 2,028
25 USTreas.gov 1,933
(a) This month, the America Online Web Sites include Netscape.com.
Top 25 Web Sites
Media Metrix, Inc.
March 1999 Measurement Period (3/1/99 Through 3/31/99)
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Top 25 Web Sites - At Home
Rank Web Sites Unique Visitors
(000)
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Total Universe 57,086
1 aol.com 26,177
2 yahoo.com 25,615
3 msn.com 17,280
4 geocities.com 16,384
5 go.com 15,474
6 netscape.com 14,523
7 microsoft.com 12,659
8 excite.com 12,527
9 lycos.com 11,863
10 angelfire.com 11,596
11 hotmail.com 10,411
12 tripod.com 10,400
13 bluemountainarts.com 8,468
14 Altavista Search Services 7,820
15 Xoom.com 7,309
16 Snap.com Search & 6,856
Services
17 amazon.com 6,827
18 ebay.com 6,232
19 real.com 6,110
20 hotbot.com 5,642
21 ZDNet 5,566
22 infospace.com 5,305
23 icq.com 5,142
24 simplenet.com 4,131
25 miningco.com 4,107
Top 25 Web Sites - At Work
Rank Web Sites Unique Visitors
(000)
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Total Universe 22,784
1 yahoo.com 11,961
2 netscape.com 8,972
3 aol.com 8,635
4 go.com 8,271
5 msn.com 8,144
6 microsoft.com 6,926
7 geocities.com 6,326
8 excite.com 6,170
9 lycos.com 5,794
10 Altavista Search Services 4,439
11 amazon.com 3,829
12 ZDNet 3,665
13 Snap.com Search & Services 3,623
14 bluemountainarts.com 3,554
15 tripod.com 3,514
16 angelfire.com 3,424
17 hotmail.com 3,412
18 ebay.com 3,008
19 msnbc.com 2,952
20 real.com 2,780
21 weather.com 2,759
22 cnn.com 2,456
23 infospace.com 2,451
24 hotbot.com 2,415
25 xoom.com 2,327
Chart Definitions:
Digital Media: includes users of the Web, proprietary online services,
or other ad-supported digital applications such as
e-mail services and CD ROM.
Top 25 Digital Media & Web Properties: The top 25 Digital Media &
Web properties are based on unduplicated audience reach, also known as
unique visitors. "Digital Media & Web Properties" include the largest
single brands as well as consolidations of multiple domains that fall
under one brand or common ownership.
Top 25 Web Sites: The top 25 Web sites are based on unduplicated
audience reach, also known as unique visitors. Top sites are from
Media Metrix' At Home and At Work samples.
Unique Visitors: The actual number of total users who visited the
Web site once in the given month. All Unique Visitors
are unduplicated (only counted once) and are in
thousands.
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