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September 2011 – Top US Web Brands

matth — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:03:08 +0000

During September 2011 Google was the most visited web brand, with 170 million unique U.S. visitors, and the list of Top Brands remained largely the same as the month before with the Ask Search Network overtaking Apple as the 10th ranked brand in terms of total audience. Visitors to Wikipedia spent 4.6 percent more time on average on the site during September 2011, and visitors to the Ask Search Network also increased their average time spent by 9.8 percent.

Top 10 Web Brands for September 2011 (U.S., Total)
Rank	Brand	Total Internet Audience (000)	Time per Person (hh:mm:ss)
1	Google	170,679	1:43:50
2	Facebook	155,061	7:24:26
3	Yahoo!	145,814	2:06:32
4	MSN/WindowsLive/Bing	128,835	1:33:43
5	YouTube	123,964	1:30:10
6	Microsoft	93,765	0:42:13
7	AOL Media Network	87,820	2:43:57
8	Wikipedia	77,608	0:18:53
9	Amazon	71,980	0:29:12
10	Ask Search Network	71,590	0:12:27
Read as: During September 2011, 170.7 million unique U.S. people visited Google’s websites. Source: Nielsen

Overall 210 million Americans were active on the Internet in September 2011, and Nielsen estimated that Internet access continued to grow, with over 275 million Americans connected as of September 2011.

Average U.S. Internet Usage for September 2011
Metrics	Total
Sessions/Visits per Person	64
Domains Visited per Person	94
Web Page Views per Person	2905
Duration of a Web Page viewed	00:01:00
Online Time per Person	28:20:24
# of People Who Went Online	210,667,000
# of People who had Internet access	275,687,038
Read as: 210 million Americans were active online during September 2011. Source: Nielsen

Top U.S. Online Search Providers: May 2009

Nielsen Wire — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:37:17 +0000

Nielsen Online today reported data for the top U.S. search providers, ranked by total searches, the top companies/divisions and web brands in May 2009. Total searches increased 20 percent over May 2008.

Top 10 Search Providers for May 2009 (U.S.)

Provider	Searches (000)	YOY Growth	Share of Searches
All Search	9,440,467	20.3%	100.0%
Google Search	5,968,840	28.2%	63.2%
Yahoo! Search	1,625,253	22.3%	17.2%
MSN/Windows Live Search	891,502	-14.6%	9.4%
AOL Search	364,784	13.1%	3.9%
Ask.com Search	205,438	21.9%	2.2%
My Web Search	77,283	44.7%	0.8%
Comcast Search	55,853	33.1%	0.6%
Yellow Pages Search	33,141	n/a*	0.4%
NexTag Search	27,189	29.9%	0.3%
AT&T Worldnet Search	17,719	-32.4%	0.2%
Source: Nielsen MegaView Search

* A year-over-year comparison is not possible because of a definitional change to Yellow Pages Search.

Google topped the list of top 10 web brands, with a unique audience of 131.2 million. Yahoo! took second place, with a unique audience of 118.9 million, followed by MSN/Windows Live at 101.5 million.

Average U.S. Internet Usage, Combined Home & Work, May 2009
Sessions/Visits per Person	59
Domains Visited per Person	104
Web Pages per Person	2,352
Duration of a Web Page Viewed	0:00:56
PC Time per Person	67:39:05
Active Digital Media Universe	168,670,941
Current Digital Media Universe Estimate	230,530,606
Source: Nielsen NetView

Read the full press release here.

Top 10 Search Providers for April 2009 (U.S)

Nielsen Wire — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:34:50 +0000



RANK	Provider	Searches (000)	YOY Growth	% of all Searches
	All Search	8,608,488	4.40%	100.00%
1	Google Search	5,510,366	7.80%	64.0%
2	Yahoo! Search	1,406,416	-2.80%	16.3%
3	MSN/Windows Live Search	852,998	7.20%	9.9%
4	AOL Search	321,205	-8.80%	3.7%
5	Ask.com Search	181,617	5.90%	2.1%
6	My Web Search Search	59,110	3.60%	0.70%
7	Comcast Search	45,338	-1.80%	0.50%
8	Yellow Pages Search	37,160	N/A*	0.40%
9	NexTag Search	22,845	3.90%	0.30%
10	Dogpile.com Search	17,010	3.10%	0.20%
Source: Nielsen MegaView Search * A year-over-year comparison is not possible because of a definitional change to Yellow Pages Search.

Top U.S. Online Search Providers: February 2009

Nielsen Wire — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:44:16 +0000

According to Nielsen Online, approximately 8.5 billion Web searches were conducted during February 2009, a 10% percent jump from January 2008.

Google searches accounted for 63.5 percent of all Web searches with nearly 5.4 billion queries. Yahoo, MSN, AOL and Ask.com continued to round out the top five.

RANK	Provider	Searches (000)	YOY Growth	Share of Searches
	All Search	8,494,653	10.10%	100.00%
1	Google Search	5,394,190	19.20%	63.50%
2	Yahoo! Search	1,415,354	4.00%	16.70%
3	MSN/Windows Live Search	881,050	2.40%	10.40%
4	AOL Search	320,098	-19.90%	3.80%
5	Ask.com Search	162,226	-16.90%	1.90%
6	My Web Search	55,772	-21.60%	0.70%
7	Comcast Search	42,895	1.30%	0.50%
8	Yellow Pages Search	37,636	N/A*	0.40%
9	AT&T Worldnet Search	17,371	-27.60%	0.20%
10	Dogpile.com Search	15,880	-28.90%	0.20%
Source: Nielsen Online, MegaView Search

* A year-over-year comparison is not possible because of a definitional change to Yellow Pages Search.

Top U.S. Online Search Providers: January 2009

Nielsen Wire — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:38:55 +0000

According to Nielsen Online, there were approximately 9.5 billion Web searches conducted during January 2009, up an impressive 27.5 percent from January 2008.

Google searches accounted for 62.8 percent of all Web searches with more than 5.9 billion queries. Yahoo, MSN, AOL and Ask.com continued to round out the top five.

Searches represent the total number of queries conducted at the provider.

Rank	Provider	Searches (000)	YOY Growth	Share of Searches
	All Searches	9,461,583	27.5%	100.0%
1	Google Seach	5,945,064	40.8%	62.8%
2	Yahoo! Search	1,528,779	8.7%	16.2%
3	MSN/Windows Live Search	1,057,677	18.3%	11.2%
4	AOL Search	381,769	8.9%	4.0%
5	Ask.com Search	181,205	1.0%	1.9%
6	My Web Search	66,649	-6.9%	0.7%
7	Comcast Search	50,311	25.8%	0.5%
8	Yellow Pages Search	25,392	NA*	0.3%
9	AT&T Worldnet Search	24,061	-2.0%	0.3%
10	NextTag Search	23,145	30.0%	0.2%
Source: Nielsen Online, MegaView Search

* A year-over-year comparison is not possible because of a definitional change to Yellow Pages Search

Top U.S. Online Search Providers: December 2008

Nielsen Wire — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:50:27 +0000

According to Nielsen Online, there were roughly 8.6 billion Web searches conducted during December 2008 – up 19.6% over the same month last year.

Google searches accounted for nearly 63% of all Web searches, with 5.4 billion queries. Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, and Ask.com rounded out the top five.

Searches represent the total number of queries conducted at the provider.

RANK	Provider	Searches (000)	YOY Growth	Share of Searches
	All Searches	8,623,705	19.60%	100.00%
1	Google Search	5,421,943	33.50%	62.90%
2	Yahoo! Search	1,448,140	13.70%	16.80%
3	MSN/Windows Live Search	841,457	-15.50%	9.80%
4	AOL Search	357,025	5.10%	4.10%
5	Ask.com Search	169,116	6.00%	2.00%
6	My Web Search	62,415	-11.60%	0.70%
7	Comcast Search	50,385	45.10%	0.60%
8	NexTag Search	29,219	0.70%	0.30%
9	AT&T Worldnet Search	27,176	8.00%	0.30%
10	BizRate Search	23,593	37.10%	0.30%
Source: Nielsen Online, MegaView Search

Top U.S. Online Search Providers: November 2008

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:13:03 +0000

According to Nielsen Online, there were almost 8.1 billion Web searches conducted during November 2008 — up 9.6% over the same month last year.

Google searches accounted for more than 64% of all Web searches, with almost 5.2 billion queries. Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, and Ask.com rounded out the top five.

Rank (by # of searches)	Provider	Searches (in 000’s)	% Growth: Year Over Year	% of Searches
	All Searches	8,075,564	9.6%	100%
1	Google Search	5,177,158	21.7%	64.1%
2	Yahoo! Search	1,299,306	-1.4%	16.1%
3	MSN/Windows Live Search	733,460	-16.7%	9.1%
4	AOL Search	344,465	3.6%	4.3%
5	Ask.com Search	184,059	-6.0%	2.3%
6	My Web Search	71,113	-18.3%	0.9%
7	Comcast Search	40,645	3.5%	0.5%
8	AT&T Worldnet Search	25,351	-13.3%	0.3%
9	NexTag Search	22,308	-19.5%	0.3%
10	Dogpile.com Search	17,121	-6.5%	0.2%
Source: The Nielsen Company (November 2008).

View the full press release.

Read coverage of Nielsen’s findings on CNET.com and Silicon.com, as well as in Mediaweek and Media Post.

Review September and October 2008 search results.

Top U.S. Online Search Providers: August 2008

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:04:28 +0000

Google (60% search share) and Yahoo! (18.1% search share) were the number one- and number two-ranked online search providers in the U.S. for August, according to Nielsen Online.

AT&T Worldnet Search (+203.8%) and Comcast Search (+30.9%) showed the largest year-over-year growth for the time period.

Provider	Searches (in 000’s)	Year-Over-Year Growth	Share of Searches
All Search Providers	7,222,826	-7.7%	100.0%
Google Search	4,331,153	3.1%	60.0%
Yahoo! Search	1,304,889	-16.5%	18.1%
MSN/Windows Live Search	770,592	-23.8%	10.7%
AOL Search	376,331	-13.5%	5.2%
Ask.com Search	143,231	4.7%	2.0%
Comcast Search	45,438	30.9%	0.6%
My Web Search	38,550	-46.3%	0.5%
AT&T Worldnet Search	30,272	203.8%	0.4%
NexTag Search	17,901	-20.6%	0.2%
Dogpile.com Search	15,418	-27.8%	0.2%
Source: The Nielsen Company (August 1, 2008 - August 31, 2008)

Search providers are ranked by the total number of search queries conducted at the provider.

View the full press release.

Read coverage of Nielsen’s findings in the San Jose Mercury News.

View Nielsen’s ranking of the top online search providers in the U.S. for the previous month.