Nielsen//NetRatings announced that the fastest growing instant messaging destination in the last 10 months was Meebo.com. Meebo’s unique audience increased 354 percent, from 434,000 in August 2006 when it first fell above reporting cutoff to 2.0 million in June 2007. Google Talk also saw triple digit growth in this time period, increasing 149 percent, from 904,000 to 2.3 million unique visitors.
Traffic to instant messaging destinations | |||
Unique audience, 000 | |||
Destination | August 2006 | June 2007 | Growth |
Meebo | 434 | 1,972 | 354% |
IMVU | 491 | 1,248 | 154% |
Google Talk | 904 | 2,252 | 149% |
paltalk.com | 355 | 447 | 26% |
Skype Messenger | 2,199 | 2,635 | 20% |
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings |