Traffic to popular UK football sites

Premiership Club Site	Worldwide	UK	Rest of Europe	North America	Latin America	Middle East & Africa	Asia Pacific
Premierleague.com	100%	45%	13%	6%	2%	6%	28%
Liverpoolfc.tv	100%	52%	13%	6%	2%	6%	21%
Arsenal.com	100%	43%	16%	3%	2%	12%	24%
Chelseafc.com	100%	39%	19%	5%	4%	11%	22%
Manutd.com	100%	36%	16%	6%	3%	9%	30%
Source: comScore

Published on: July 29, 2008 Department: WWW, Web traffic

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183 mln online video viewers by 2011
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34% of adult US Internet users play games online
1 bln Internet users to watch videos in 2012
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93% of IT professionals use online communities for help
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13 mln unified messaging clients to ship by 2011
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76% of Americans have streamed video online
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$80 mln earned off user-generated content in 2006
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80% of Internet users to have a second life by 2011
54% of girls and 40% of boys post photos online
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84% of social networking users have posted on the walls
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64% of boys with social networking profiles post fake info
55% of online teens have social networking profiles
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32% of online teenagers have been contacted by complete strangers online
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92% of Web productivity tools users use Google Docs and Spreadsheets
Internet movie and TV show downloads to top $4 bln in 2011
697 mln Internet coupons printed out in 2006
Internet video services to generate $7 bln by 2010
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80% of Americans who downloaded a movie online used P2P sites
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6 mln US households downloaded P2P video, 1.2 mln paid for legal videos
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65 bln pageviews on user-generated content sites by 2010
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49% of moviegoers research the movie on the Internet before going
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98 mln instant messaging users in China
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131 mln households to subscribe to online content services by 2010
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4% of Americans have gambled online
5,851 domain names sold for $29 mln in 2005
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53% of European Internet users are passive Internet surfers
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33% of new online banking customers are lured by free banking products
40 mln Americans used online banking in Q4 2005
49% of Europeans and 37% of Americans use instant messengers
500,000 domains registered in Russia
Internet video services will generate $1.7 bln by 2010
21% of young Internet users read blogs regularly
14.9 mln video streams of NCAA games originated from CBS sites
2 mln Americans have met their spouses online
24% of Internet users watch videos at least once a week
45% of Internet users have registered at news sites to gain access to news
62% of broadband Americans have explored political news online
6% of Internet users have paid for news content
39% of all Internet users and 44% of broadband Americans head to portals for news
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82% of US teens have a PC, 71% have Internet access, 44% buy online
50 mln Americans read news on the Internet
Only 39% of Internet users view dating site users as desperate
74% of single Americans have explored online dating
Paid online content spending reached $2 bln in 2005
Top video sites: MSN Video, YouTube, Google Video
Online gambling reached $10.9 bln in 2005
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24% of customer support requests in multichannel businesses are handled through Web
66% of online users never read blogs
9.67 mln simultaneous P2P users in January 2006
100 mln casual game players online
66% of teenagers send more IMs than e-mail
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10 bln IM messages exchanged daily
29% of digital magazine subscribers use RSS feeds
87% of Canadian students use IM, webcam or telephone for sex
Most quoted news sources in blogs: NYT, CNN, Washington Post, Yahoo! News
13% of Internet users watch movie previews online, 5% download movies
5% of Internet users paid for dating sites
US spending on digital content generated $987 mln in the first half of 2005
70-80% of Netflix rentals are long tail
39% of singles have met someone via online dating
20,000 new video uploads daily on YouTube.com
45% of UK Internet users bank online
2.3 mln people took online courses in 2004
11% of visitors to local radio stations download podcasts
20% of adult industry revenues are Internet-driven
MySpace has 47.3 mln members
Top gaming sites in October 2005: Yahoo! Games, Pogo, Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football
Top US online banks: Wells Fargo, Citibank, Bank of America
78% of podcast listeners are male
30% of Internet users go to cable TV sites for news
10-20% of blogs are spam blogs
51% of UK online banking users interested in mobile banking
Top news sites: Yahoo! News, MSNBC, CNN, AOL News
75 mln podcast users by 2010
87% of North American 15-year-olds use IM
32% of online consumers prefer electronic statements and bills
Online maps market: MapQuest - 71%, Yahoo! Maps - 32%, Google Maps - 25%
72% of US small businesses have a Web site
50% of US Internet users went online for hurricane news
47 mln of US households will pay bills online by 2010
Online dating attracted $245.2 mln in Jan-Jun 2005
Most popular newspaper sites: NY Times, USA Today, Washington Post
26% of online Americans visit newspaper sites
52 mln Americans use file-sharing apps
Only 17% of companies use Web analytics
66% of teens send more IMs than e-mails
58% of small businesses have a Web site
14% of online travel researchers turn to major portals
5K podcasting feeds in May 2005
US spending on online content up 16% in the first half of 2005, music spedning up 45%
57% of US teens created content online, 19% run blogs
50% of 16-18-year-olds downloaded software and music online
16% of active Russian Internet users aware of blogs, LiveJournal claims the largest mindshare
19% of small businesses use online banking
56% of Americans have watched streaming video online
28% of Internet users know what podcasting is, 2% subscribe to podcasts
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27% of Web users consume RSS content, most on personalized start pages
28 mln enterprise instant messaging users worldwide, 1 bln messages daily
Sales of .org domains in India up 31% in Q1-Q3 2005
Browser usage for September 2005: IE - 88.46%, Firefox - 7.86%
10% of Web users read blogs at least once a week
28% of UK taxi drivers, pub owners and hairdressers know about blogs
30.1% of Washington DC Web users read WashingtonPost.com
Average bank site is offline 15 hours a week
RSS users are 78% male, 48% Internet users, but 83% are not aware they are using RSS
76.5% of adults listen to music over the Internet, 65.4% play Internet games
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70% of offline mobile phone buyers researched online
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32% of online banking customers increased monitoring of their accounts
6% of US Internet users read blogs, 2% use RSS
32% of Web users would allow click and purchase tracking for better personalization
15% of home buyers discovered their new home on the Web in 2004
12 mln fantasy players in the US
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51% of men and 51% of women have used online banking in the past 30 days
50% of Web users have never heard of RSS
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Browser market share in July 2005: IE - 87.2%, Firefox - 8.07%, Mozilla Suite - 0.52%, Opera - 0.49%
82% of consumer magazines plan to up their Web efforts within the next 12 months
Political and current events blogs get 43% of visits
Top blog sites: Blogspot, Livejournal, Typepad, Xanga
30% of US population visited blogs in Q1 2005
Online banking usage highest among 18-24 year olds
59% of online Hispanics use instant messaging, 55% listen to music online
What people consider when dating online: photo, description, hobbies
14% of men and 14% of women try out online dating to find true love
Most popular ways to find dates: friends, bars, online, work
New Zealand Internet users learn about new sites from friends, families, search engines
57% recall using Web site for help, then calling customer service and still receiving no help
Online poker to reach $2.4 bln in 2005
Online airfare shoppers visit 3.2 sites on average before buying
Top RSS aggregators: My Yahoo! - 59.02%, Bloglines - 10.42%
30 mln Americans will purchase mobile video content by 2010
38% of online travel companies have unclear privacy policies
60% of men but only 44% of women know what adware is
79.8% of 18-24-year-olds use instant messaging, 29.6% read blogs
26% of Internet users have no idea what RSS feed is, 23% have never heard of podcasting
In Japan and Korea at least 80% of all security trading is happening online
Online content market worth $1.1 bln in China, $93 mln in India
13.9 bln instant messages are sent a day, 46.5 bln daily by 2009
13% of Web sites of top 100 companies will share personal information without customer’s permission
52% of North American women and 39% of men play online games monthly
5 mln bloggers in China
30% of consumer magazine Web sites offer RSS
33.7% more digital magazines in the second half of 2004
More than 60% monitor their bank balances online
63% of online Americans use online bill payment
Rich people more likely to delete cookies
NYTimes.com RSS feeds get 7.3 mln hits monthly
2.76 mln new domains bought in June 2005
US online donations reached $3 bln in 2004
83% of prospective online investors seek low fees, 82% - fast and reliable sites
Just 1% of online daters have less than average looks
21% of video-on-demand users are interested in buying movies over the Web
2% of online maps are wrong
8% of adult online Americans participate in fantasy leagues
16% of online Americans have used Web cams
64% online users check their bank balances primarily online
51% of journalists read blogs on a regular basis
16.7% of online retailers reject third-party cookies
Online donations up 63% in 2004
73.7 mln Web users went to porn sites in April 2004, 70.7 mln in April 2005
Most popular Web sites among gays and lesbians: Google, Yahoo!, Amazon
MSNBC.com delivers 30 mln video streams monthly
70% of Web users would rather have their cars broke into than computers
Online newspaper pageviews up 38% in March 2005
42% of online users applied for loans online, 83% applied for credit cards online
53.4 mln blogs by year-end 2005
50% of employees access Internet for personal reasons
Micropayments to reach $1.8 bln by 2009
53% of online banking customers use other online services
Corporate blogging exists in 4% of major US corporations
Average blogger household income is $57,900
Web analytics to generate $275 mln in 2005
12% of US young adults don’t read newspapers anymore, 44% daily visit a Web portal
3.35 mln Japanese Web users have blogs
Only 35% of Web users wishing to delete cookies know how to do it
15% of blog readers ever leave a comment
67% of local buyers research online
Craigslist facts: 2 bln monthly pageviews
22% of French Internet users gamble online
44% of US 18-34 year-olds get their daily news online
News sources most frequently quoted by blogs: Yahoo! News, NYT, CNN
2.6 mln Americans enrolled in online classes in fall 2004
26% of online adults use Web as main source for news
Top digital magazines: eWeek, Computer Weekly, Microsoft Certified Professional
In March 2005 users spent 37.4% of their time on news sites, 17.8% on shopping, 40.3% on communication
10% of UK teenagers visit adult Web sites
40% of online US adults have read a political blog
4.5 mln MSN Spaces blogs, 170,000 updated daily
3% of Americans read blogs daily
Reports of child pornography online up 300%
73.9% of women and 62.1% of men research health topics online
Online poker is a $1.4 bln industry
BBC audio streams demand reaches 6.8 mln hours in February 2005
Spending on online content reached $1.8 bln in 2004, up 14%
35-40% of US small businesses have a Web site
Web classifieds was a $2 bln industry in 2004
Satisfaction with online banking up 5.5% compared to 2004 level
33% of British companies give staff instant messaging access
39% of Internet users delete cookies on a monthly basis
66.3 mln domains registered globally, 5 mln in Q3 2004
Craigslist facts: 19 countries, 99 cities, 5 mln postings a month
20% of online consumers look to others for medical advice
29% of US adults used Internet for political news in 2004
Online gambling generated $9.2 bln in 2004, driven mainly by poker
47% of Americans know about downloading movies, only 4% do it
Firefox share climbs to 8.45% in February 2005
Video revenues to reach $36 bln in 2009, IPTV to grow at 24% a year
2.5 mln single Americans pay for dating sites
47% of online Americans increased online news usage, 4% decreased
13% of online Americans use Web cams
By year-end 2005 8-10% of instant messages to be unsolicited
5% of Web users watch streaming video daily
14.2 bln videos streamed over the Internet
5 mln domains registered in Q3 2004
ProFlowers traffic up 156%, FTD up 106% before Valentine’s Day
Online dating revenues to grow 9% in 2005
44% of online Americans bank online
5% of Internet users watch online video daily
Gambling revenues to top $10 bln, poker revenues top top $2 bln
24% of travel companies never answer customer inquiries
36% of electronics buyers looked up to the Web media for advice
Only 55% of teens browse the Web successfully
Roughly 55,000 Web users pay for online storage, 500,000 users pay for .Mac
Only 5% of mortgages will be obtained online in 2009
53 mln North Americans use instant messaging
Internet Explorer share slips to 90.3% in December 2004
Online job boards’ revenues up 47% in Q3 2004, newspaper ads up 16%
Online classifieds sites generated $217 mln in Q3 2004
Web users spent 40.1% of time on communication, 38.7% on browsing content, 17% on e-commerce
94% of car dealers have a Web site
IntelliSeek points to the most popular news items for blogs in 2004
Blockbuster.com traffic surpasses Netflix
Top movie sites: IMDB, MovieFone, Yahoo! Movies, NetFlix
For 81% of small businesses Web sites generated leads
95% of users hate pop-ups, 69% use pop-up blockers
US business publications earned $1.2 bln online in 2004
5.1 mln domain registrations in Q3 2004
Americans 18-34 prefer browsing Internet (46%), watching TV (35%), reading a book (7%)
Web usage among kids under 12 grows 36%
Microsoft still owns 88.79% of the Web browser market
$583 spent on online content in first half of 2004
NewsStand readers on newspaper readers online
55% of child pornography produced in the US, Russia is second with 23%
87% of online Americans participate in online communities
Adults 18 to 54 choose Internet and TV as primary media outlets
On election night Bush’s site got 317K visitors, Kerry’s - 306K
41% of online Americans believe free trade is bad for US economy
70% of online Americans oppose gay marriage
53% of online Americans support war in Iraq
More than 40% of Americans online get their political information online
Females who support George Bush visit family and sports sites, females who support John Kerry visit finance and advice sites
5 mln copies of Firefox Web browser downloaded
40% of UK companies banned instant messaging
Online dating market to grow 19.4% in 2004
16% of visitors to online dating sites are above 55 years old
38% of Americans (52% of online Americans) rely on Internet for election coverage
Nielsen surveys 37K users, comScore 1.5 mln for audience measurement
64% of online Canadians use online banking sites
81.5% of visits to United Nations Web site look for English pages
86% of enterprise instant messenger buyers are not affected by AOL and Yahoo! exit
29 mln users are running Claria adware
Free car giveaway increases traffic to Oprah.com by 800%
38.8% of Internet users generate 73% of page views
18% of F500 use instant messaging
Asia-Pacific Web hosting market to grow at 15% a year
Online movie downloads make up 0.3% of movie rental industry
MSN Messenger overtakes AOL AIM and ICQ as top instant messenger
Average user to need 14.7 MB for messaging
Netflix owns 90% of online DVD rental market
182 mln people to use instant messaging in 2007
Micropayments to generate $11.5 bln in 2009
40.3% of online time spent communicating, 37.1% - reading content
South African online media attracts 3.5 mln readers monthly
28% download porn at work
53 mln Americans use instant messaging
57% of travelers prefer third-party sites to hotel sites
19.1% of site visitors use search functionality
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