Nielsen//NetRatings published the data on top parent companies in August 2005.
| Top parent companies in August 2005 |
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| Company | Audience, 000 |
Average time spent |
| Microsoft | 111,231 | 2:12:46 |
| Time Warner | 103,023 | 5:15:56 |
| Yahoo! | 101,521 | 3:38:52 |
| 81,653 | 0:46:55 | |
| eBay | 57,757 | 2:07:30 |
| US Government | 55,067 | 0:27:00 |
| InterActiveCorp | 45,745 | 0:19:53 |
| Amazon | 43,221 | 0:25:17 |
| RealNetworks | 36,957 | 0:58:43 |
| Viacom | 36,558 | 1:11:02 |
| Source: Nielsen//NetRatings | ||