LONDON, U.K., October 25, 2006 - comScore Networks, a global leader in digital media measurement, today announced the results of a usage analysis of career-related Internet sites in Europe based on data from its comScore World Metrix service.  According to the study, sites dedicated to online career resources, job search, and training attracted 50 million European visitors per month during Q3 2006, an increase of 11 percent versus year ago. 

 

Monster (headquartered in the U.S.) led the category among European visitors, attracting an average of 9.2 million unique visitors per month during Q3 2006, an increase of 25 percent versus the same period last year.  September was a record month for Monster, with the property attracting more than 10 million European unique visitors for the first time. The second most-visited career site in Europe is Bundesagentur für Arbeit (also the most-visited career site in Germany) with an average of 3.1 million European visitors per month, up 15 percent versus year ago.  ANPE Sites, the most-visited career site in France, attracted an average of 2.7 million European visitors per month during the quarter, a 19-percent increase versus year ago.

 

"In Europe, the Career Services category continues to show strength," said Bob Ivins, managing director of comScore Europe.  "Growth rates for the leading players are outpacing the category growth, indicating a trend toward consolidation as recruiters are increasingly focused on the industry's larger players."

 

Top European Career Sites, by Unique Visitors in Europe, Age 15+* Average Monthly Unique Visitors, Q3 2006 Total Europe - Home and Work locations Source: comScore World Metrix
	Average Monthly Unique Visitors During Q3 2006 (000)	Category Reach (%)**
Total Internet Population - Europe	215,848	--
Career Services and Development Category	49,686	100%
Monster	9,217	19%
Bundesagentur für Arbeit?	3,093	6%
ANPE Sites?	2,670	5%
Stepstone	2,499	5%
JOBCENTREPLUS.GOV.UK?	2,085	4%

 

* Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs.

** Percent of Career category users who visited the individual site

^? Government-run Web site

              

 

About comScore World Metrix

comScore World Metrix is the first service to continuously measure and report online behaviour on a world-wide basis,  providing visitation metrics and demographic characteristics for Web site audiences around the world.  With active representation of countries that comprise the vast majority of the global Internet population, World Metrix provides its clients with worldwide Internet population estimates and harmonized online performance metrics based on a consistent methodology across all countries.  More than 100 clients subscribe to the comScore World Metrix service, including 8 of the top 10 interactive advertising agencies.

 

About comScore Networks

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