Every month Media Metrix releases the Top 50 Digital Media/Web properties among US Internet users. When you add Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the UK to the mix, the rankings begins to show a Japanese influence.
Top 50 Digital Media/Web Properties Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, UK, US At home, August 2000 |
Rank |
Property
| Unique Visitors (000) |
1. |
Microsoft Sites |
82,931 |
2. |
AOL Network |
81,252 |
3. |
Yahoo |
78,806 |
4. |
Lycos |
46,836 |
5. |
Excite Network |
34,323 |
6. |
Go Network |
23,628 |
7. |
About.com Sites |
19,814 |
8. |
AltaVista |
19,522 |
9. |
Real.com Network |
18,309 |
10. |
Amazon |
16,015 |
11. |
FortuneCity Network |
15,273 |
12. |
Go2Net Network |
14,082 |
13. |
NBC Internet |
13,860 |
14. |
eBay |
13,639 |
15. |
Time Warner Online |
13,445 |
16. |
LookSmart |
13,166 |
17. |
ZDNet Sites |
12,106 |
18. |
CNET Networks |
11,962 |
19. |
Viacom Online |
11,745 |
20. |
Ask Jeeves |
10,990 |
21. |
eUniverse Network |
10,677 |
22. |
NIFTY Sites |
9,995 |
23. |
AT&T Web Sites |
9,316 |
24. |
GoTo |
8,875 |
25. |
BIGLOBE Sites |
8,872 |
26. |
iWon.com |
8,774 |
27. |
Passthison.com |
8,498 |
28. |
Juno/Juno.com |
8,150 |
29. |
American Greetings |
7,919 |
30. |
Snowball |
7,740 |
31. |
EarthLink |
7,609 |
32. |
Jobsonline.com |
7,548 |
33. |
Homestead.com |
7,508 |
34. |
T-Online |
7,428 |
35. |
Shockwave |
7,365 |
36. |
iVillage.com |
7,302 |
37. |
Infospace Impressions |
7,028 |
38. |
MyPoints Sites |
6,891 |
39. |
DTI.NE.JP |
6,826 |
40. |
Women.com Networks |
6,750 |
41. |
Network Commerce Inc. |
6,674 |
42. |
News Corp. Online |
6,468 |
43. |
So-Net.ne.jp |
6,356 |
44. |
Bonzi.com |
6,260 |
45. |
Freelotto.com |
6,123 |
46. |
CitySearch-Ticketmaster Online |
5,752 |
47. |
iWin Sites |
5,300 |
48. |
Hi-Ho.ne.jp |
5,215 |
49. |
The Weather Channel |
5,127 |
50. |
MBN.or.jp |
5,072 |
Source: Media Metrix |
Chart Definitions:
Digital Media: Digital Media includes users of the World Wide Web, proprietary online services, and/or other ad-supported digital applications such as email services and CD-ROM.
Top 50 Digital Media and Web Properties: The top 50 Digital Media and Web properties are based on unduplicated audience reach, also known as unique visitors. They include the largest single brands as well as consolidations of multiple domains that fall under one brand or common ownership.
Unique Visitors: The actual number of total users who visited the reported Web site or online property at least once in the given month. All Unique Visitors are unduplicated (only counted once) and are in thousands.