Web Users Surf Beyond National Boundaries

Web measurement firm Media Metrix examines where Web surfers in the US and Europe go when they are visiting sites not in their own country.

US Internet users visited more than 30 portals, free email, and entertainment sites in 15 countries outside the US in November of 1999, according to Media Metrix. Internet users in the UK, France, and Germany also paid a number of visits to sites located in other countries.

Below are the top non-US sites visited by US Internet users:

Top International Sites Among US Users
Site Type of Site Unique Visitors
(000)
Total WWW Visitors 64,412
Top Australian Sites (.au) Visited by US Internet Users
ozemail.com.au ISP/Portal 452
iinet.net.au ISP/Portal 122
lasseters.com.au Casino 103
Top Brazilan Sites (.br) Visited by US Internet Users
summer.com.au Portal 122
Top Czech Sites (.cz) Visited by US Internet Users
mujweb.cz Portal 111
toplist.cz Community 113
mageo.cz E-Mail 80
Top Danish Sites (.dk) Visited by US Internet Users
tele.dk Corporate 516
get2net.dk Portal 193
chart.dk Portal 118
Top French Sites (.fr) Visited by US Internet Users
multimania.fr Portal 193
club-internet.fr Portal 136
wanadoo.fr Portal 155
Top German Sites (.de) Visited by US Internet Users
T-online.de Portal 646
tripod.de Portal 258
Top Italian Sites (.it) Visited by US Internet Users
tin.it Portal 64
Top Japanese Sites (.jp) Visited by US Internet Users
canon.co.jp Corporate 258
asahi-net.or.jp ISP 129
Top Netherland Sites (.nl) Visited by US Internet Users
xs4all.nl ISP 387
demon.nl Portal 323
A2000.nl ISP 258
Top Russian Sites (.ru) Visited by US Internet Users
da.ru Portal 387
list.ru Portal 387
newmail.ru E-Mail 193
Top Singapore Sites (.sg) Visited by US Internet Users
asia1.com.sg News 100
singnet.com.sg Portal 109
pacific.net.sg Portal 92
Top Spanish Sites (.es) Visited by US Internet Users
arrakis.es Portal 323
Top Swedish Sites (.se) Visited by US Internet Users
swipnet.se ISP 1,033
algonet.se Portal 258
Top Taiwanese Sites (.tw) Visited by US Internet Users
asus.com.tw Computer Products 99
fic.com.tw Computer Products 84
Top UK Sites (.uk) Visited by US Internet Users
demon.co.uk Portal 2,067
freeserve.co.uk Portal 1,356
bbc.co.uk Portal 839
Source: Media Metrix

Top International Sites Among European Internet Users*
Site Type of Site Unique Visitors
(000)
Total Internet Users in Europe 7,821
Top International Sites Among UK Users
yahoo.es Spanish Portal 320
yahoo.it Italian Portal 308
claranet.fr French ISP 230
toycity.dk Danish E-Commerce 82
Top International Sites Among French Users
yahoo.es Spanish Portal 62
lycos.de German Portal 59
Top International Sites Among German Users
yahoo.it Italian Portal 154
yahoo.es Spanish Portal 137
da.ru Russian Portal 98
demon.co.uk UK Portal 78
freeserve.co.uk UK Portal 65
swipnet.se Swedish Portal 63
* Among home Internet Users
Source: Media Metrix

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