Top social networking sites in Japan in June 2008
| June 2007 | June 2008 | % Change | |
| Total Internet | 53,716 | 56,220 | 5 |
| MIXI.JP | 12,367 | 12,738 | 3 |
| MYSPACE.COM | 1,137 | 1,245 | 10 |
| Orkut | N/A | 638 | N/A |
| FACEBOOK.COM | 172 | 538 | 213 |
| Gree | 531 | 455 | -14 |
| Source: comScore | |||
| June 2007 | June 2008 | % Change | |
| Total Internet | 53,716 | 56,220 | 5 |
| MIXI.JP | 12,367 | 12,738 | 3 |
| MYSPACE.COM | 1,137 | 1,245 | 10 |
| Orkut | N/A | 638 | N/A |
| FACEBOOK.COM | 172 | 538 | 213 |
| Gree | 531 | 455 | -14 |
| Source: comScore | |||
| Property | Viewers, 000 | Videos per Viewer |
| Total Internet | 27,406 | 127.7 |
| Google Sites | 20,727 | 81.1 |
| BBC Sites | 6,318 | 6.7 |
| Fox Interactive Media | 5,450 | 5.5 |
| Microsoft Sites | 4,821 | 5.2 |
| Yahoo! Sites | 3,720 | 5.4 |
| Viacom Digital | 2,272 | 6.0 |
| DAILYMOTION.COM | 1,773 | 8.8 |
| Disney Online | 1,603 | 8.7 |
| FACEBOOK.COM | 1,560 | 3.3 |
| Metacafe | 1,556 | 8.4 |
| Source: comScore | ||
| Country | Users, 000 | Searches, mln | Searches Per Searcher |
| China | 82,814 | 6,233 | 75.3 |
| Japan | 60,050 | 6,160 | 102.6 |
| India | 21,817 | 1,209 | 55.4 |
| Korea | 20,660 | 2,139 | 103.5 |
| Taiwan | 9,880 | 698 | 70.7 |
| Australia | 8,707 | 851 | 97.7 |
| Malaysia | 7,082 | 385 | 54.3 |
| Hong Kong | 2,910 | 256 | 88.1 |
| Singapore | 1,689 | 170 | 100.9 |
| New Zealand | 1,644 | 146 | 88.5 |
| Source: comScore | |||
| Property | Videos, 000 | Share of Videos |
| Total Internet | 3,500,627 | 100.0 |
| Google Sites | 1,681,887 | 48.0 |
| BBC Sites | 42,417 | 1.2 |
| Fox Interactive Media | 29,748 | 0.9 |
| Microsoft Sites | 25,287 | 0.7 |
| Yahoo! Sites | 19,975 | 0.6 |
| DAILYMOTION.COM | 15,590 | 0.4 |
| VEOH.COM | 15,070 | 0.4 |
| Disney Online | 13,893 | 0.4 |
| Viacom Digital | 13,528 | 0.4 |
| Metacafe | 13,090 | 0.4 |
| Source: comScore | ||
By 2012, Research & Markets forecasts that 90% of US households will have access to broadband, with 94% of these individuals watching online video—this is up from an estimated 77.8% of broadband users in 2008 watching online video. Worldwide online video revenue is expected to eclipse $4.5 bln by 2012. By 2012, 39% of adults in the US are expected to have purchased or rented online video. 42.8% of US respondents to this survey still favor physical discs with packaging when purchasing movies. By 2012, the company anticipates the online video market to eclipse $4.5 bln, growing from $1.2 bln (CAGR of 39%) in 2007.
| Brand | Audience, 000 | Time Per Person |
| 1. Google | 120,496 | 1:17:09 |
| 2. Yahoo! | 113,187 | 3:06:57 |
| 3. MSN/Windows Live | 99,747 | 2:05:25 |
| 4. Microsoft | 93,786 | 0:40:11 |
| 5. AOL Media Network | 91,167 | 3:35:11 |
| 6. YouTube | 71,398 | 0:55:59 |
| 7. Fox Interactive Media | 70,039 | 2:04:36 |
| 8. Wikipedia | 52,747 | 0:21:01 |
| 9. eBay | 52,509 | 1:51:34 |
| 10. Apple | 49,911 | 1:08:33 |
| Source: Nielsen | ||
| Brazil | Russia | India | China | US | Europe | |
| 1 | Email (57%) | Entertainment (34%) | Games (38%) | Entertainment (55%) | Email (65%) | Email (46%) |
| 2 | Music (27%) | Search (29%) | Email (33%) | Games (36%) | Weather (41%) | Search (25%) |
| 3 | Entertainment (25%) | Email (24%) | Entertainment (21%) | Music (31%) | Search (29%) | News/Politics (24%) |
| 4 | Games (18%) | Music (24%) | Music (18%) | News/Politics (26%) | News/Politics (26%) | Weather (24%) |
| 5 | News/Politics & Movies (tied 12%) | Games (24%) | Sports (15%) | Business/Finance (18%) | City Guides/ Maps (24%) | Sports (22%) |
| Source: Nielsen | ||||||
In 2008 the virtual game economy employs 400,000 people who earn an average of $145 per month, creating a global market worth about $500 mln, according to Professor Richard Heeks from the University of Manchester. 80% of virtual game workers are based in China.
| Athlete | Sport | Country |
| 1.Michael Phelps | Swimming | United States |
| 2.Yao Ming | Basketball | China |
| 3.Kobe Bryant | Basketball | United States |
| 4.LeBron James | Basketball | United States |
| 5.Dara Torres | Swimming | United States |
| 6.Shawn Johnson | Gymnastics | United States |
| 7.Laure Manaudou | Swimming | France |
| 8.Kerri Walsh Beach | Volleyball | United States |
| 9.Katie Hoff | Swimming | United States |
| 10.Misty May-Treanor Beach | Volleyball | United States |
| 11.Yi Jianlian | Basketball | China |
| 12.Park Tae-Hwan | Swimming | South Korea |
| 13.Grant Hackett | Swimming | Australia |
| 14.Natalie Coughlin | Swimming | United States |
| 15.Nastia Liukin | Gymnastics | United States |
| Source: Nielsen | ||
| Athlete | Country | Index |
| 1.Shawn Johnson | United States | 100 |
| 2.Nastia Liukin | United States | 43 |
| 3.Jiang Yuyuan | China | 16 |
| 4.Anna Pavlova | Russia | 11 |
| 5.Yang Yilin | China | 11 |
| 6.Steliana Nistor | Romania | 8 |
| 7.Ksenia Semenova | Russia | 3 |
| Source: Nielsen | ||
| Category | Traffic from Search Engines, June-08 | Growth in Traffic From Search Engines, June-08 - June-07 | Traffic from Google, June-08 | Growth in Traffic From Google, June-08 - June-07 | |
| Health and Medical | 45.52% | 3% | 31.08% | 6% | |
| Travel | 34.38% | 9% | 24.41% | 19% | |
| Shopping and Classifieds | 25.31% | 1% | 17.10% | 9% | |
| News and Media | 21.20% | 5% | 14.52% | 12% | |
| Entertainment | 24.07% | 16% | 15.87% | 23% | |
| Business and Finance | 18.44% | 12% | 12.18% | 23% | |
| Sports | 13.48% | 14% | 9.21% | 21% | |
| Online Video* | 29.84% | 39% | 20.96% | 56% | |
| Social Networking* | 16.63% | 18% | 10.35% | 23% | |
| Source: Hitwise | |||||
| Rank | Name | Domain | Jun-08 | May-08 | Jun-07 | Growth |
| 1 | MySpace | www.myspace.com | 71.92% | 72.73% | 77.42% | -6% |
| 2 | www.facebook.com | 16.91% | 16.24% | 11.60% | 40% | |
| 3 | myYearbook | www.myyearbook.com | 1.54% | 1.40% | 0.33% | 318% |
| 4 | Tagged | www.tagged.com | 1.08% | 1.00% | 0.69% | 45% |
| 5 | Bebo | www.bebo.com | 1.05% | 0.90% | 1.52% | -41% |
| Source: Hitwise | ||||||
| Domain | June-08 | May-08 | June-07 |
| Search Engine | June-08 | May-08 | June-07 |
| Google Properties | 87.34% | 87.30% | 79.48% |
| Google Search | 87.81% | 88.91% | 78.55% |
| Yahoo! Properties | 4.00% | 4.09% | 7.67% |
| MSN Search | 6.72% | 5.52% | 14.68% |
| Microsoft Properties | 3.72% | 3.72% | 5.74% |
| Yahoo! Search | 3.93% | 4.03% | 5.28% |
| Ask Properties | 3.14% | 3.07% | 4.59% |
| Source: Hitwise | |||
| Rank | Name | Domain | Jun-08 | Jun-07 | Growth |
| 1 | MySpace | www.myspace.com | 31m12s | 32m24s | -4% |
| 2 | www.facebook.com | 21m06s | 14m56s | 41% | |
| 3 | MyYearbook | www.myyearbook.com | 30m31s | 23m50s | 28% |
| 4 | Tagged | www.tagged.com | 24m15s | 23m54s | 1% |
| 5 | Bebo | www.bebo.com | 30m44s | 31m41s | -3% |
| Source: Hitwise | |||||
| 4 Weeks ending 06/23/07 | 4 Weeks ending 07/05/08 | |||
| Age | Traffic share | Age | Traffic share | |
| 18-24 | 32.22% | 18-24 | 34.75% | |
| 25-34 | 21.45% | 25-34 | 19.69% | |
| 35-44 | 22.05% | 35-44 | 18.54% | |
| 45-54 | 15.35% | 45-54 | 16.69% | |
| 55+ | 8.92% | 55+ | 10.33% | |
| Income | Traffic share | Income | Traffic share | |
| <$30,000 | 20.83% | < $30,000 | 20.17% | |
| $30,000 - $59,999 | 27.47% | $30,000 - $59,999 | 27.38% | |
| $60,000 - $99,999 | 27.02% | $60,000 - $99,999 | 27.36% | |
| $100,000 - $149,999 | 13.18% | $100,000 - $149,999 | 16.45% | |
| > $150,000 | 11.50% | > $150,000 | 8.64% | |
| Gender | Traffic share | Gender | Traffic share | |
| Male | 51.51% | Male | 50.77% | |
| Female | 48.49% | Female | 49.23% | |
| Source: Hitwise | ||||
| Online political activities by age | 18-29 | 30-49 | 50-64 | 65+ |
| Watched campaign commercials online | 37% | 28% | 26% | 24% |
| Watched candidate speeches or announcements online | 35 | 29 | 20 | 19 |
| Watched interviews with candidates online | 35 | 27 | 20 | 21 |
| Watched online video that did not come from a campaign or news organization | 35 | 25 | 20 | 14 |
| Watch video online of the candidate debates | 33 | 23 | 17 | 16 |
| Posted your own political commentary or writing | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | ||||
| Online banking sites | % Reach | Pages per Visitor | Visits per Visitor |
| Total Audience | 64.6 | 121 | 10.2 |
| Persons - Age | |||
| Persons: 18-24 | 65.3 | 126 | 9.9 |
| Persons: 25-34 | 75.6 | 15 | 10.4 |
| Persons: 35-44 | 73.9 | 122 | 10.5 |
| Persons: 45-54 | 73.3 | 157 | 12.1 |
| Persons: 55-64 | 66.0 | 129 | 11.0 |
| Persons: 65+ | 58.6 | 109 | 10.3 |
| Source: comScore | |||
| Rank | Website | Market Share |
| 1. | www.google.com | 5.92% |
| 2. | www.myspace.com | 5.05% |
| 3. | mail.yahoo.com | 5.00% |
| 4. | www.yahoo.com | 4.09% |
| 5. | mail.live.com | 2.44% |
| 6. | www.ebay.com | 1.73% |
| 7. | search.yahoo.com | 1.62% |
| 8. | www.msn.com | 1.24% |
| 9. | www.facebook.com | 1.19% |
| 10. | www.youtube.com | 0.89% |
| 11. | www.gmail.com | 0.69% |
| 12. | images.google.com | 0.55% |
| 13. | www.wikipedia.org | 0.47% |
| 14. | mail.aol.com | 0.42% |
| 15. | search.msn.com | 0.42% |
| 16. | address.yahoo.com | 0.38% |
| 17. | www.pogo.com | 0.37% |
| 18. | www.craigslist.org | 0.36% |
| 19. | my.yahoo.com | 0.35% |
| 20. | www.aol.com | 0.34% |
| Source: Hitwise | ||
| What do users do online | Fall 2006 | Spring 2008 | ||
| Forward or post someone else’s political commentary or writing | 5% | 11% | ||
| Sign up to receive email from the candidates or campaigns | 3 | 9 | ||
| Forward or post someone else’s political audio or video recordings | 3 | 6 | ||
| Posted your own political commentary or writing to an online newsgroup, website or blog | 3 | 5 | ||
| Contributed money online to a candidate | 2 | 6 | ||
| Source: Pew Internet Project | ||||
| Rank | Name | Domain | May-08 | May-07 | Growth |
| 1 | YouTube | www.youtube.com | 75.43% | 59.95% | 26% |
| 2 | MySpaceTV | www.myspacetv.com | 9.01% | 16.06% | -44% |
| 3 | Google Video | video.google.com | 3.73% | 7.80% | -52% |
| 4 | Yahoo! Video | video.search.yahoo.com | 1.92% | 2.77% | -31% |
| 5 | Veoh | www.veoh.com | 1.13% | 0.86% | 32% |
| Source: Hitwise | |||||
| Rank | Name | Domain | Jun-08 | May-08 | Jun-07 | Growth |
| 1 | www.facebook.com | 45.29% | 42.88% | 15.75% | 172% | |
| 2 | Bebo | www.bebo.com | 25.04% | 26.82% | 33.50% | -20% |
| 3 | MySpace | www.myspace.com | 14.75% | 15.28% | 29.37% | -48% |
| 4 | Windows Live Spaces | spaces.live.com | 1.59% | 1.49% | 82.00% | -98% |
| 5 | Friends Reunited UK | www.friendsreunited.co.uk | 1.55% | 1.44% | 2.64% | -45% |
| Source: Hitwise | ||||||
In Q2 2008, 74% of all mail received was spam. In Q2 2008, Turkey became the country with most zombie computers (11% of the global total), followed by Brazil (8.4%) and Russia (7.4%). The USA, which in the Q1 2008 accounted for 5% of all zombies, is now in ninth place with just 4.3% of the total. Google Adwords has been at the center of one of the most notable attacks over the last quarter, PandaLabs says. This Google service had been used previously to launch phishing attacks and the trend continues. This type of attack uses social engineering to trick users into revealing confidential details (bank account numbers, passwords, etc.).
TV-based Internet video receivers and connected consumer electronics platforms will drive transactional revenues for premium Internet video services past $6 bln. U.S. consumers will spend over $6 bln for Internet video services by 2013, with direct-to-TV videos accounting for 75% of that revenue, according to Parks Associates.
Mindshare Interaction published a list of top advertisers in Internet sector in Russia Federation, compiling the data for the first half of 2008. Ford Motor Co led the way with $4.6 mln spending, followed by Russian mobile operators MTS and Megafon, then by US automaker General Motors, another mobile operator Vympelkom OAO, automakers PSA Peugeot Citroen, Nissan, electronics conglomerate Samsung, Honda and Procter & Gamble. Total Internet spending by top 10 advertisers in .ru sector of the Internet spent $20 mln total in the first 6 months of 2008.
| Election-related activities | All adults | Internet users |
| Watched campaign commercials online | 22% | 29% |
| Watched video online of candidate speeches or announcements |
20 | 27 |
| Watched video online of interviews with the candidates |
19 | 26 |
| Watched video online that did not come from a campaign or a news organization |
18 | 25 |
| Watched video online of the candidate debates | 17 | 23 |
| Read a candidate’s position paper on an issue online |
16 | 22 |
| Read the full text of a candidate’s speech online | 9 | 12 |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | ||