RESTON, Va., October 26, 2006 - comScore Networks, a leader in measuring the digital age, today reported the latest worldwide ranking of top Web properties, ranked by unique visitors.  Of note were the gains experienced by Wikipedia Sites and Youtube.com during September. Both sites were up 12 percent versus August.

Top Global Web Properties Total Unique Visitors (000),age 15+ * September 2006 Total Worldwide - Home and Work Locations Source: comScore World Metrix
Web Properties	Total Unique Visitors (000) Sept-06
Worldwide Total (Age 15+)	726,749
Microsoft Sites	505,479
Yahoo! Sites	480,641
Google Sites	467,498
eBay	237,327
Time Warner Network	217,843
Wikipedia Sites	154,848
Amazon Sites	133,518
Fox Interactive Media	117,789
Ask Network	112,768
Adobe Sites	95,196
Apple Computer, Inc.	94,909
Lycos, Inc.	91,126
CNET Networks	84,259
YouTube.com	81,019
Viacom Digital	65,799

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

 

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