Tag Archives: internet users

Email Evolution: Web-based Email Shows Signs of Decline in the U.S. While Mobile Email Usage on the Rise

*Growing Number of Communication Channels Prompts Shift in Consumers’ Email Behavior*  

RESTON, VA, January 20, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from a study on U.S. consumers’ evolving email behaviors using data from its comScore Media Metrix and MobiLens services. The study found that in November 2010, the number of visitors to web-based email sites declined 6 percent compared to the previous year, while email engagement declined at an even greater rate. During the same time period, the number of users accessing email via their mobile devices grew by 36 percent as an increasingly complex digital environment influenced consumers’ communication habits.  (more…)

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comScore Launches Video Metrix 2.0 in the UK to Measure Evolving Online Video Landscape

*New Metrics Offer Detailed Market Intelligence for UK Industry* 

London, UK, 13 January, 2010: comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the UK launch of Video Metrix 2.0, the next generation of comScore’s industry leading online video measurement service. The new service offers several enhancements – including reporting of online video ad impressions – designed to better align with the realities of today’s online video landscape. For more information on Video Metrix 2.0, please visit www.videometrix2.com.  (more…)

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comScore Introduces Online Video Measurement Service in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Spain

*YouTube.com Makes Google Sites the Top Ranking Video Property across Latin America and Spain* 

Santiago, Chile, November 30, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the launch of comScore Video Metrix in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Spain as comScore continues to expand its video measurement footprint across the globe. comScore’s industry-leading video measurement product is now available for 16 individual markets, with additional countries becoming available in the near future. comScore will be hosting a complimentary webinar How Latin America is Shaping Online Video’s Global Growth on December 1. For more details and to register, please visit: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/653852337  (more…)

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U.S. Online Display Advertising Market Delivers 22 Percent Increase in Impressions vs. Year Ago

*Facebook.com Now Accounts for Nearly 1 in 4 Online Display Ads in U.S.*

RESTON, VA, November 8, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an overview of the U.S. online display advertising market for Q3 2010, which showed strong gains following softness for much of 2009. Data from the comScore Ad Metrix online advertising intelligence service indicated that nearly 1.3 trillion display ads were delivered to U.S. Internet users during the third quarter, marking a 22-percent increase versus year ago. (more…)

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10 Million UK Consumers Sought Financial Advice Online in September 2010

*More Than One Out of Three Financial Advice Seekers Visited Moneysupermarket.com*

London, UK, 02 November, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a ranking of top Financial Information/Advice Sites in the UK based on September 2010 data from its comScore Media Metrix service. Nearly 10 million internet users turned to the web for financial advice, spending an average of 15 minutes on sites in the category during the month.

Data from the comScore Ad Metrix service revealed that Adaptive Affinity ranked as the top online display advertiser amongst financial companies, reaching nearly 58 percent of the total UK online audience in September 2010, by promoting its site Quickcreditscore.co.uk. (more…)

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comScore Releases July 2010 U.S. Online Video Rankings

*Facebook.com Climbs to Third in Online Video Content Ranking with 46 Million Viewers*  

RESTON, VA, August 16, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released July 2010 data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 178 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content during the month for an average of 14.7 hours per viewer.

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Online Habits: Where Are We Going?

A study by Nielsen into the habits of Internet users in the United States of America might provide a guideline as to future Internet user habits round the globe, since the USA sets the trend in virtual reality. What were the findings of this study? For a start, a huge disparity in Internet access via PC and mobile means. And by 2014, the video will dominate nearly 100% of web-use?

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