Traffic Patterns of November 2003
The at-home global active Internet universe for a number of selected countries grew by nearly 4.8 million from October 2003 to November.
Nielsen//NetRatings found that the overall at home global active Internet universe for a number of selected countries grew by nearly 4.8 million from October 2003 to November. Switzerland exhibited the most growth, measuring a nearly 5.5 percent increase, followed by Japan, whose ranks swelled by more than 4.5 percent.
Nielsen//NetRatings has expanded its tracking system to include Internet applications, and calculates active users as the number of people that actually go online in a given month, rather than the number of people with access.
| Active Internet Users by Country, November 2003, Home | ||||
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| Country | October 2003 | November 2003 | Growth | Change |
| Australia | 8,060,657 | 7,944,096 | -1.45% | -116,562 |
| Brazil | 8,521,114 | 8,648,019 | 1.49% | 126,905 |
| France | 13,621,978 | 13,367,852 | -1.87% | -254,126 |
| Germany | 26,529,651 | 26,128,291 | -1.51% | -401,360 |
| Hong Kong | 2,488,428 | 2,491,938 | 0.14% | 3,510 |
| Italy | 14,018,680 | 14,173,404 | 1.10% | 154,724 |
| Japan | 28,076,164 | 29,383,327 | 4.66% | 1,307,163 |
| Netherlands | 7,629,010 | 7,531,361 | -1.28% | -97,649 |
| Spain | 8,173,906 | 8,207,076 | 0.41% | 33,170 |
| Sweden | 4,554,051 | 4,575,413 | 0.47% | 21,362 |
| Switzerland | 2,889,645 | 3,047,758 | 5.47% | 158,113 |
| United Kingdom | 19,916,636 | 20,249,916 | 1.67% | 333,281 |
| United States | 127,558,632 | 131,052,267 | 2.74% | 3,493,635 |
| TOTALS | 272,038,552 | 276,800,718 | 12.04% | 4,762,166 |
| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings | ||||
| Top Properties of November 2003 U.S., Home, Work and University |
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|---|---|
| Property | Unique Visitors (000) |
| Total Internet Users | 151,107 |
| Yahoo Sites | 109,293 |
| MSN-Microsoft Sites | 108,429 |
| Time Warner Network | 108,315 |
| Ebay | 65,453 |
| Google Sites | 58,898 |
| Terra Lycos | 50,973 |
| About/Primedia | 41,377 |
| Amazon Sites | 40,681 |
| Excite Network | 26,570 |
| Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) | 26,056 |
| Viacom Online | 25,259 |
| CNET Networks | 24,156 |
| Symantec | 20,387 |
| Verizon Communications Corporation | 20,267 |
| Weather Channel, The | 20,017 |
| Real.com Network | 19,944 |
| Classmates.com Sites | 17,747 |
| Shopping.com Sites | 17,355 |
| EA Online | 17,302 |
| Wal-Mart | 17,258 |
| Ask Jeeves | 16,595 |
| Vivendi-Universal Sites | 16,285 |
| InfoSpace Network | 16,220 |
| AT&T Properties | 15,979 |
| Weatherbug.com Property | 15,850 |
| Source: comScore Media Metrix | |
| Top Parent Companies for November 2003, U.S., Home and Work |
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|---|---|---|
| Parent | Unique Audience (000) |
Time Per Person (hr:min:sec) |
| Microsoft | 101,312 | 2:08:31 |
| Time Warner | 92,610 | 5:21:42 |
| Yahoo | 88,466 | 2:31:26 |
| 53,648 | 0:25:36 | |
| eBay | 48,254 | 1:46:22 |
| United States Government | 40,162 | 0:23:48 |
| Amazon | 36,754 | 0:24:09 |
| Terra Lycos | 33,395 | 0:10:34 |
| RealNetworks | 32,890 | 0:38:59 |
| InterActiveCorp | 29,710 | 0:22:18 |
| About-Primedia | 29,401 | 0:10:53 |
| Viacom International | 24,295 | 0:30:21 |
| Walt Disney Internet Group | 23,458 | 0:25:50 |
| Excite Network | 20,540 | 0:48:32 |
| Landmark Communications | 20,254 | 0:11:44 |
| Apple Computer | 18,769 | 0:10:50 |
| CNET Networks | 18,213 | 0:11:47 |
| Verizon Communications | 17,220 | 0:19:14 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | 15,403 | 0:12:24 |
| DealTime | 14,919 | 0:04:31 |
| EarthLink | 14,876 | 1:30:45 |
| Gannett | 14,757 | 0:17:12 |
| Adobe | 14,076 | 0:04:15 |
| Dell Computer | 13,217 | 0:21:44 |
| News Corp. Online | 13,214 | 0:21:35 |
| Note: Parent company is a consolidation of multiple domains and URLs owned by a single entity. |
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| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings | ||
