Top sites in August 2006: Yahoo!, Time Warner, Microsoft, Google, eBay

In August, Yahoo! sites maintained the number one ranking, attracting more than 131.3 mln visitors. After re-entering the ranking in July, Dell jumped 12 spots to number 35, drawing 18.1 mln unique visitors, a 23-percent increase from the previous month. Ticketmaster, Citysearch, WebMD Health, and Craigslist.org all re-entered the ranking, at numbers 42, 46, 48, and 49, respectively.

Top Web sites in August 2006

Rank Property Unique Visitors (000)
  Total Internet Users 173,407
1 Yahoo! Sites 131,250
2 Time Warner Network 121,595
3 Microsoft Sites 119,089
4 Google Sites 107,989
5 eBay 80,164
6 Fox Interactive Media 72,107
7 Ask Network 53,816
8 Amazon Sites 48,570
9 New York Times 38,276
10 Verizon 37,997
11 Weather Channel 34,619
12 Viacom Digital 31,988
13 CNET Networks 31,771
14 Apple Computer, Inc. 31,582
15 Wikipedia Sites 31,038
16 United Online, Inc 29,513
17 Adobe Sites 29,063
18 Expedia Inc 27,765
19 AT&T, Inc. 26,319
20 Monster Worldwide 26,110
21 Wal-Mart 26,049
22 Gorilla Nation Media 25,976
23 Lycos, Inc. 25,803
24 Target Corporation 25,408
25 Disney Online 24,851
26 CBS Corporation 24,512
27 Bank of America 23,449
28 Real.com Network 20,904
29 CareerBuilder LLC 20,657
30 Gannett Sites 20,586
31 Shopzilla.com Sites 19,708
32 YOUTUBE.COM 19,089
33 Vendare Media 18,863
34 Comcast Corporation 18,417
35 Dell 18,146
36 ESPN 17,850
37 Cox Enterprises Inc. 17,606
38 ARTISTdirect Network 16,645
39 WhitePages 16,358
40 Weatherbug Property 16,064
41 E.W. Scripps 15,894
42 Ticketmaster 15,186
43 Trip Network Inc. 15,032
44 iVillage.com 14,931
45 EA Online 14,811
46 Citysearch 14,785
47 FACEBOOK.COM 14,782
48 WebMD Health 14,778
49 CRAIGSLIST.ORG 14,612
50 Capital One 14,590
Source: comScore