Top UK Web Rankings for June 2008
Channel 4 was the UK’s fastest growing website in June, according to comScore’s June rankings of the largest and fastest-growing internet properties and site categories.
Based on data from the comScore World Metrix audience measurement service, comScore’s rankings reveal modest increases in the entertainment news, retail fragrances/cosmetics, retail jewelry/luxury goods/accessories, and careers services and development site categories.
AOL’s acquisition of Bebo.com propelled it to the number six ranking in the UK with 17.1 million visitors.
| Top Gaining Site Categories for June 2008 | |||
| Top 10 Gaining Site Categories by Number of U.K. Unique Visitors | |||
| June 2008 vs. May 2008, Total U.K., Age 15+ – Home and Work Locations* | |||
| Source: comScore World Metrix | |||
| Property | Total Unique Visitors (000) | ||
| May-2008 | Jun-2008 | % Change | |
| Total Internet : Total Audience | 34,489 | 34,860 | 1% |
| Entertainment – News | 10,167 | 10,570 | 4% |
| Retail – Fragrances/Cosmetics | 3,344 | 3,432 | 3% |
| Retail – Jewelry/Luxury Goods/Accessories | 2,281 | 2,327 | 2% |
| Career Services and Development | 10,197 | 10,334 | 1% |
| Search/Navigation | 32,057 | 32,257 | 1% |
| Conversational Media | 27,547 | 27,660 | 0% |
| Retail – Movies | 6,963 | 6,984 | 0% |
| Portals | 32,380 | 32,421 | 0% |
| Newspapers | 14,731 | 14,741 | 0% |
| Photos | 17,636 | 17,635 | 0% |
| * Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs. | |||
| Top Gaining Properties for June 2008 | |||
| Top 10 Gaining Properties by Number of U.K. Unique Visitors* | |||
| June 2008 vs. May 2008, Total U.K., Age 15+ – Home and Work Locations** | |||
| Source: comScore World Metrix | |||
| Property | Total Unique Visitors (000) | ||
| May-2008 | Jun-2008 | % Change | |
| Total Internet : Total Audience | 34,489 | 34,860 | 1% |
| Channel4 | 3,544 | 4,664 | 32% |
| John Lewis Partnership | 2,119 | 2,416 | 14% |
| Guardian Media Group | 3,793 | 4,305 | 14% |
| First Choice Holidays PLC | 3,939 | 4,246 | 8% |
| 365 Media Group | 2,299 | 2,462 | 7% |
| Facebook.com | 15,195 | 16,132 | 6% |
| Virgin Media | 4,910 | 5,159 | 5% |
| Reed Business Information | 2,317 | 2,430 | 5% |
| Jobcentreplus.gov.uk | 2,729 | 2,845 | 4% |
| Groupe Lagardere | 2,353 | 2,452 | 4% |
| *Ranking based on the top 100 U.K. properties in June 2008, excludes growth occurring from reallocation of site traffic, such as the inclusion of Bebo.com beneath the AOL LLC property. | |||
| * Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs. | |||
| Top 25 Properties for June 2008 | |||
| Top 25 Properties by Number of U.K. Unique Visitors* | |||
| June 2008 vs. May 2008, Total U.K., Age 15+ – Home and Work Locations** | |||
| Source: comScore World Metrix | |||
| Jun-08 Rank | May-08 Rank | Property | Total Unique Visitors (000) Jun-08 |
| N/A | N/A | Total Internet : Total Audience | 34,860 |
| 1 | 1 | Google Sites | 30,614 |
| 2 | 2 | Microsoft Sites | 28,212 |
| 3 | 3 | eBay | 21,093 |
| 4 | 4 | Yahoo! Sites | 20,801 |
| 5 | 5 | BBC Sites | 18,496 |
| 6 | 12 | AOL LLC*** | 17,080 |
| 7 | 6 | Facebook.com | 16,132 |
| 8 | 8 | Wikipedia Sites | 12,995 |
| 9 | 7 | Ask Network | 12,781 |
| 10 | 10 | Amazon Sites | 10,838 |
| 11 | 11 | Fox Interactive Media | 10,501 |
| 12 | 15 | DMGT | 9,856 |
| 13 | 14 | Apple Inc. | 9,738 |
| 14 | 13 | Lycos Europe Sites | 9,528 |
| 15 | 16 | CNET Networks | 8,386 |
| 16 | 17 | Tesco Stores | 7,185 |
| 17 | 18 | Home Retail Group | 6,901 |
| 18 | 20 | Yellow Book Network | 6,657 |
| 19 | 19 | Sky Sites | 6,518 |
| 20 | 22 | News International | 6,048 |
| 21 | 23 | Expedia Inc | 5,947 |
| 22 | 21 | Moneysupermarket.com Financial Group | 5,884 |
| 23 | 41 | Gorilla Nation | 5,433 |
| 24 | 24 | Viacom Digital | 5,416 |
| 25 | 27 | Orange Sites | 5,325 |
| *Ranking based on the top 100 U.K. properties in June 2008. | |||
| ** Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs. | |||
| *** Beginning with June 2008 comScore data, the AOL LLC property now includes Bebo.com | |||
comScore: www.comscore.com