Microsoft was the most visited Computer and Consumer Electronics brand in September 2011 with 93.8 million unique U.S. visitors, according to Nielsen’s State of the Media: Consumer Usage Report.

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.

Google was the most visited website during August 2011 with 176 million unique US visitors. The Top Sites among U.S. web users remained largely the same as the month before, with Amazon increasing its rank to become the 9th most visited site during August 2011.

July 2011 marks the first month of Nielsen’s new “Total Internet Audience” metric, which incorporates hybrid audience measurement data to provide a holistic view of online audience activity. Google was the most visited website in the U.S. in July with 172 million unique US visitors.

Google was the most visited website in the U.S. during April 2011, with 150 million unique visitors from home and work computers. The most visited sites among U.S. web users remained the same as the month before, but Wikipedia leapfrogged Apple to become the 8th most visited site.

Google and Yahoo! were again the number one- and number two-ranked Web brands in July, according to Nielsen Online.

Rank
Brand
Unique Audience

1
Google
123,161,000

2
Yahoo!
116,178,000

3
MSN/Windows Live
99,512,000

4
Microsoft
92,318,000

5
AOL Media Network
91,776,000

6
YouTube
74,809,000

7
Fox Interactive Media
70,103,000

8
eBay
56,111,000

9
Wikipedia
51,786,000

10
Apple
50,694,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 1 – 31, 2008)

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Google and Yahoo! were the number one- and number two-ranked Web brands in June, according to Nielsen Online.

Rank
Brand
Unique Audience

1
Google
120,496,000

2
Yahoo!
113,187,000

3
MSN/Windows Live
99,747,000

4
Microsoft
93,786,000

5
AOL Media Network
91,167,000

6
YouTube
71,398,000

7
Fox Interactive Media
70,039,000

8
Wikipedia
52,747,000

9
eBay
52,509,000

10
Apple
49,911,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 1 – 30, 2008)

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