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Top video sites in Germany in December 2008
| Property | Videos (000) | Share of Videos (%) | Videos per Viewer |
| Total Audience | 3,388,086 | 100.0% | 118.8 |
| Google Sites | 1,711,577 | 50.5% | 88.3 |
| ProSiebenSat1 Sites | 62,827 | 1.9% | 9.7 |
| Universal Music Group | 55,950 | 1.7% | 6.5 |
| RTL Group Sites | 34,414 | 1.0% | 8.4 |
| Megavideo.com | 31,154 | 0.9% | 15.1 |
| Microsoft Sites | 14,641 | 0.4% | 5.9 |
| Yahoo! Sites | 12,169 | 0.4% | 8.0 |
| Sport1 online | 11,963 | 0.4% | 33.6 |
| Dailymotion.com | 10,500 | 0.3% | 8.6 |
| Viacom Digital | 8,426 | 0.2% | 7.0 |
| Source: comScore | |||
Fastest-growing sites in Gemany in January 2009
| Property | Jan-2008 | Jan-2009 | % Change |
| Total Internet : Total Audience | 33,904 | 37,646 | 11% |
| Yasni.de | 323 | 2,037 | 530% |
| Facebook.com | 556 | 3,143 | 465% |
| Pennergame.de | 697 | 1,793 | 157% |
| Quoka Verlag | 1,118 | 1,977 | 77% |
| The Mozilla Organization | 4,205 | 7,219 | 72% |
| Deutsche Post AG Sites | 2,752 | 4,033 | 47% |
| Preisroboter.de | 1,184 | 1,674 | 41% |
| United Online, Inc | 2,222 | 3,018 | 36% |
| Gameforge Sites | 1,805 | 2,442 | 35% |
| ZDF Sites | 1,824 | 2,342 | 28% |
| Source: comScore | |||
Top-visited Web brands in February 2009
| Brand | Audience, 000 | Time Per Person |
| 1. Google | 127,142 | 1:27:40 |
| 2. Yahoo! | 113,564 | 3:27:12 |
| 3. MSN/Windows Live | 102,069 | 2:21:40 |
| 4. Microsoft | 98,360 | 0:42:13 |
| 5. YouTube | 83,429 | 0:50:49 |
| 6. AOL Media Network | 83,083 | 3:45:59 |
| 7. Facebook | 65,704 | 2:59:54 |
| 8. Fox Interactive Media | 64,288 | 1:24:46 |
| 9. Wikipedia | 57,561 | 0:17:08 |
| 10. Apple | 52,037 | 1:13:35 |
| Source: Nielsen | ||
37% of US adults visit SNS sites daily
How often do you visit your primary online social network profile?
| % Profile owners | |
| Every day | 37% |
| Every few days | 23 |
| Once a week | 15 |
| Less often | 23 |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | |
Top Web sites in Germany in January 2009
| Jan-09 Rank |
Jan-08 Rank |
Property | Audience, 000 |
| N/A | N/A | Total Internet | 37,646 |
| 1 | 1 | Google Sites | 30,370 |
| 2 | 3 | Microsoft Sites | 21,939 |
| 3 | 10 | ProSiebenSat1 Sites | 20,147 |
| 4 | 2 | eBay | 19,614 |
| 5 | 5 | AOL LLC | 18,208 |
| 6 | 4 | United-Internet Sites | 17,837 |
| 7 | 8 | Arcandor AG | 17,500 |
| 8 | 6 | Wikimedia Foundation Sites | 16,782 |
| 9 | 9 | T-Online Sites | 16,629 |
| 10 | 18 | Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck | 15,910 |
| 11 | 12 | Yahoo! Sites | 13,854 |
| 12 | 7 | Otto Gruppe | 13,087 |
| 13 | 13 | Amazon Sites | 12,841 |
| 14 | 21 | Axel Springer AG | 12,702 |
| 15 | 32 | Hubert Burda Media | 12,588 |
| 16 | 23 | RTL Group Sites | 12,508 |
| 17 | 11 | Deutsche Telekom | 11,273 |
| 18 | 15 | freenet AG | 9,924 |
| 19 | 16 | Lycos Europe Sites | 9,442 |
| 20 | 14 | Vodafone Group | 8,430 |
| 21 | 20 | Fox Interactive Media | 8,144 |
| 22 | 36 | The Mozilla Organization | 7,219 |
| 23 | 22 | ARD Sites | 7,102 |
| 24 | 28 | Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe | 5,851 |
| 25 | 34 | Apple Inc. | 5,577 |
| Source: comScore | |||
97% of MySpace users, 97% of Facebook users, and 65% of LinkedIn users stay in touch with their friends on social networks
| MySpace users | Facebook users | LinkedIn users | |
| % | % | % | |
| Stay in touch with friends | 97% | 97% | 65% |
| Make plans with friends | 66 | 62 | 9 |
| Make new friends | 52 | 52 | 10 |
| Organize with others for an event, issue or cause | 43 | 56 | 13 |
| Promote yourself or your work | 27 | 22 | 47 |
| Make new business or professional contacts | 26 | 20 | 67 |
| Flirt | 20 | 22 | 0 |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | |||
US video usage in February 2009
| Jan-09 | Feb-09 | Percent Change | |
| Unique Viewers (000) | 135,617 | 127,613 | -5.9% |
| Total Streams (000) | 10,457,785 | 8,897,943 | -14.9% |
| Streams per Viewer | 77.1 | 69.7 | -9.6% |
| Time per Viewer (min) | 178.6 | 169.3 | -5.2% |
| Source: Nielsen | |||
Top US video sites in February 2009
| Video Brand | Streams, 000 | Audience, 000 |
| YouTube | 5,158,727 | 88,136 |
| hulu | 308,806 | 9,473 |
| Yahoo! | 250,425 | 24,085 |
| Nickelodeon Kids and Family Network | 209,465 | 6,039 |
| Fox Interactive Media | 194,255 | 14,376 |
| ABC.COM | 187,128 | 6,716 |
| MSN/Windows Live | 162,900 | 12,198 |
| Turner Sports and Entertainment Digital Network | 125,067 | 5,961 |
| MTV Networks Music | 100,076 | 4,410 |
| CNN Digital Network | 99,846 | 8,377 |
| Source: Nielsen | ||
Top Web sites among Latin American Region in December 2008
| Dec-08 Rank | Nov-08 Rank | Property | Visitors, 000 |
| N/A | N/A | Total Audience | 74,906 |
| 1 | 1 | Google Sites | 71,782 |
| 2 | 2 | Microsoft Sites | 71,067 |
| 3 | 3 | Yahoo! Sites | 41,032 |
| 4 | 4 | MercadoLibre | 32,174 |
| 5 | 5 | Terra Networks | 29,178 |
| 6 | 6 | Wikimedia Foundation Sites | 22,769 |
| 7 | 7 | UOL | 22,608 |
| 8 | 8 | Facebook.com | 20,963 |
| 9 | 9 | Batanga | 20,093 |
| 10 | 10 | WordPress | 18,118 |
| 11 | 11 | Organizacoes Globo | 17,077 |
| 12 | 12 | Grupo Brasil Telecom | 16,568 |
| 13 | 13 | HI5.COM | 15,931 |
| 14 | 16 | Hi-Media Group | 12,165 |
| 15 | 14 | Ask Network | 12,110 |
| 16 | 15 | AOL LLC | 11,874 |
| 17 | 19 | Fox Interactive Media | 11,200 |
| 18 | 20 | BuscaPé.com Inc. | 10,270 |
| 19 | N/A | NetShelter Technology Media | 10,231 |
| 20 | 21 | Adobe Sites | 9,739 |
| 21 | 22 | RapidShare AG | 9,587 |
| 22 | 18 | Orange Sites | 8,769 |
| 23 | 23 | Grupo Carso | 8,719 |
| 24 | 26 | Apple Inc. | 8,388 |
| 25 | 25 | Spil Games | 8,323 |
| Source: comScore | |||