Here are the Top 50 Digital Media Web sites and properties for the month of February 1999 ranked by unique audience according to Media Metrix. These rankings include home and work access.
Note: Beginning with January 1999, Media Metrix is releasing its Top 25 from its monthly Digital Media Report, which includes users of the Web, online services, and other ad-supported applications such as email services and CD-ROMs.
Top 25 Properties accessed from home and work.
Top 25 Sites accessed from home and work.
Top 25 Sites and Properties of January 1999.
Rank |
Digital Media/Web Property |
Unique Visitors |
1 |
AOL Network |
38,144 |
2 |
Yahoo Sites |
31,075 |
3 |
Microsoft Sites |
30,866 |
4 |
Lycos |
29,187 |
5 |
Go Network |
21,987 |
6 |
GeoCities |
19,926 |
7 |
Netscape |
18,666 |
8 |
Excite |
18,081 |
9 |
Time Warner Online |
12,715 |
10 |
Blue Mountain Arts |
12,632 |
11 |
Amazon |
10,516 |
12 |
Xoom |
9,730 |
13 |
Alta Vista |
9,709 |
14 |
Broadcast.com |
8,870 |
15 |
Snap.com |
8,551 |
16 |
Realite Portfolio |
8,505 |
17 |
ZDNet sites |
8,029 |
18 |
Juno |
7,171 |
19 |
CNET |
6,820 |
20 |
eBay |
6,547 |
21 |
Infospace Impressions |
6,426 |
22 |
AT&T |
5,798 |
23 |
Go2Net Network |
5,710 |
24 |
LookSmart |
5,260 |
25 |
Bonzi.com |
5,169 |
26 |
USTreas.gov |
5,103 |
27 |
Weather Channel |
5,011 |
28 |
Viacom |
4,814 |
29 |
Miningco.com |
4,720 |
30 |
News Corp. Online |
4,424 |
31 |
Women.com Networks |
4,189 |
32 |
Fortunecity Community |
4,176 |
33 |
Earthlink.net |
4,105 |
34 |
Sony Online |
3,814 |
35 |
iVillage |
3,608 |
36 |
Preview Travel |
3,569 |
37 |
Goto.com |
3,553 |
38 |
Barnes & Noble |
3,425 |
39 |
Adobe.com |
3,365 |
40 |
IDG.net |
3,263 |
41 |
Knight Ridder |
3,211 |
42 |
Free-PC.com |
3,175 |
43 |
Macromedia |
3,167 |
44 |
Travelocity.com |
3,065 |
45 |
Porncity.net |
2,955 |
46 |
Intuit.com |
2,948 |
47 |
CitySearch/Ticketmaster |
2,811 |
48 |
Sportsline USA |
2,810 |
49 |
GTE Superpages |
2,785 |
50 |
Fedworld.gov |
2,780 |
Rank |
Digital Media/Web Site |
Unique Visitors |
1 |
yahoo.com |
59,985 |
2 |
aol.com |
29,602 |
3 |
msn.com |
29,602 |
4 |
geocities.com |
19,604 |
5 |
go.com |
19,334 |
6 |
netscape.com |
18,666 |
7 |
excite.com |
15,621 |
8 |
lycos.com |
14,401 |
9 |
microsoft.com |
14,283 |
10 |
Bluemountainarts.com |
12,632 |
11 |
angelfire.com |
11,895 |
12 |
tripod.com |
11,438 |
13 |
hotmail.com |
11,293 |
14 |
Altavista.com |
9,709 |
15 |
xoom.com |
9,270 |
16 |
amazon.com |
8,669 |
17 |
snap.com |
8,551 |
18 |
real.com |
7,890 |
19 |
hotbot.com |
7,172 |
20 |
ZDNet.com |
6,918 |
21 |
ebay |
6,508 |
22 |
infospace.com |
6,366 |
23 |
msnbc.com |
5,431 |
24 |
bonzi.com |
5,169 |
25 |
ustreas.com |
5,103 |
26 |
simplenet.com |
5,048 |
27 |
pathfinder.com |
5,040 |
28 |
weather.com |
5,011 |
29 |
icq.com |
4,723 |
30 |
miningco.com |
4,712 |
31 |
broadcast.com |
4,622 |
32 |
cnn.com |
4,509 |
33 |
looksmart.com |
4,272 |
34 |
fortunecity.com |
4,176 |
35 |
earthlink.net |
4,105 |
36 |
Sony Online |
3,814 |
37 |
Warner Bros. Online |
3,768 |
38 |
iVillage |
3,608 |
39 |
digitalcity.com |
3,582 |
40 |
Preview Travel |
3,569 |
41 |
goto.com |
3,553 |
42 |
att.net |
3,544 |
43 |
webcrawler.com |
3,458 |
44 |
CNET Download |
3,448 |
45 |
barnesandnoble.com |
3,425 |
46 |
adobe.com |
3,365 |
47 |
free-pc.com |
3,175 |
48 |
travelocity.com |
3,065 |
49 |
hypermart.com |
3,027 |
50 |
Expedia |
3,012 |
Definitions: A web property is one that offers more than one site. Unique visitors is the number of total users who visited the site in the past month. All unique visitors are counted once and are in thousands. Each reach point represents approximately 620,000 unique visitors, but the actual number varies each month.