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35% of online shopping done at work
UK stats from comScore reveal we're all shopaholic work shirkers 28 July 2009 15:32 GMT
A staggering 35% of spending at online retail sites in the UK occurs from work locations, comSore has revealed.

The data from the results of a study of UK online etail activity is based on a 5-month average to May 2009 and shows that 29.1 million people visited...
UK online video views up 47% in a year
4.7 billion clips watched online in April 2009 6 July 2009 16:16 GMT
We've got a stat-attack for you with the news that the number of videos viewed online in the UK has increased nearly 50% from April 2008 to April this year.

comScore has released data from its Video Metrix service, revealing that the total number of videos...
Facebook dominates Europe
Top social networking site in most countries 16 April 2009 13:47 GMT
Facebook has nearly 100 million users in Europe, according to web metrics co comScore.

Of 17 European countries that comScore studies, Facebook nabbed the top position in the social networking category in 11 of them.

The average European Facebooker...
Most popular iPhone app revealed
Can you guess what it is? 7 April 2009 16:54 GMT
comScore has revealed what it states is the iPhone application with the "largest installed base among applications downloaded from the Apple App Store".

It seems that the most popular iPhone app crown goes to Tapulous' "Tap Tap Revenge" with 32% of Apple app...
comScore reveals UK iPhone stats
93% of owners accessed mobile media in January 26 March 2009 15:23 GMT
93% of iPhone users accessed mobile media in January this year, comScore has revealed.

The first such UK-specific data for iPhone users from the metrics company also shows that mobile email is used by 75% of British iPhone owners.

"Consumers are...
comScore reports on UK online video viewing
10% growth in last year to nearly 30 million 17 March 2009 16:54 GMT
comScore has revealed that the total UK online video viewing audience has grown 10% in the past year to 29.6 million unique viewers over the age of 15.

The stats, from the company's January 2009 "Video Metrix" service data, show that Google is the UK's most...
Mobile internet use doubles in a year
"Daily part of people's lives" 16 March 2009 11:25 GMT
comScore has revealed that the number of people accessing news and information on their mobile device has more than doubled in a year.

In January 2008 around 36,870,000 US users accessed the Internet on a mobile phone. This figure rose to over 63,000,000 in...
YouTube hits 100 million US viewers
Now about making some money... 6 March 2009 9:47 GMT
YouTube has surpassed 100 million US viewers for the first time.

The phenomenal figure has been revealed by comScore's January 2009 data from its "Video Metrix" service.

American internet users viewed 14.8 billion online videos during the month.
Internet population hits 1 billion
"Significant landmark in the history of the internet" 26 January 2009 9:45 GMT
The total, global internet audience hit the 1 billion mark in December 2008, according to stats from comScore's World Metrix audience measurement service.

Breaking down the audience into regions, the Asia-Pacific region has the highest share of internet users...
Facebook beats BBC for visitor numbers
1.84 million users in September 4 November 2008 12:52 GMT
Facebook has beaten the BBC's sites for visitor numbers for the first time.

The stats from comScore show that in September Facebook entered the top five rankings for the UK's most visited sites with 18.4 million unique users over the month.

For...
comScore reports on widgets
"Top Friends" is top app but MySpace beats Facebook 25 January 2008 10:11 GMT
comScore, the "global internet information provider" has released a report on the growing use of widgets embedded in websites.

During November 2007, nearly 148 million US internet users viewed widgets, representing 81% of the total audience.

And,...
"Cyber Monday" to rake in $700 million
US sees online bargains 26 November 2007 9:00 GMT
Following on from "Black Friday" in the States, when real world retailers cut prices and offer deals in order to kick start the Christmas shopping period, today is "Cyber Monday".

This high-tech moniker, coined in 2005, refers to the online American shops instead...
Radiohead denies low paid-for download figures
"Wholly inaccurate" 8 November 2007 13:56 GMT
Radiohead have responded to comScore’s claim that less than 40% of "In Rainbows" downloaders paid anything for the album. comScore had stated that only 38% of fans actually paid out for the record, and the average amount paid from those who did, was £2.87.

The...
Google claims world's most popular search engine title
Claims 61% of all search 12 October 2007 12:11 GMT
Not that you probably needed telling this, but Google is dominating search engine usage around the world with over 61% of internet visitors using the site according to ComScore.

The metrics measurer has just released stats from its new worldwide search analysis...
78% of UK's online population social network
Britain top in Europe 12 October 2007 8:47 GMT
comScore has released a report into the online habits of the UK's social networking community.

To put the results in a European context, the Euro social networking community stood at 127.3 million unique visitors in August – reaching 56% of the European online...
Brits are most active online
Report reveals UK average of 34 hours surfing a month 4 June 2007 12:20 GMT
comScore has released some interesting figures following their review of internet activity across Europe.

The comScore World Metrix study reveals that on an average day in April 2007, there were 122 million Europeans (age 15 or older) online, compared with...