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Category Archives: Top UK websites
Angry Birds get beaks into top 10 online retailers
April 04, 2011
Looking back at 2010 there were a number of games which left a profound mark on the industry. According to my esteemed colleague and resident Hitwise games guru James Murray: “Blizzard’s superb RTS sequel StarCraft 2, renegade space RPG Mass... Continue reading...
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In Categories Games | Mobile phones | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds | Top UK websites
Facebook accounts for 1 in 6 UK page views, but is it reaching saturation point?
August 09, 2010
Facebook is the second most visited website in the UK: in June it accounted for 7.14% of all UK Internet visits and over half (54.48%) of all visits to a social networking websites. In terms of total visits it continues... Continue reading...
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In Categories Social networks | Top UK websites
Social networks now more popular than search engines in the UK
June 08, 2010
Social networks now receive more UK Internet visits than search engines. During May, social networks accounted for 11.88% of UK Internet visits and search engines accounted for 11.33%. May was the first ever month that social networks have been more... Continue reading...
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UK Internet Map (as featured on the BBC’s Virtual Revolution)
February 02, 2010
If you managed to catch the first episode of the BBC’s excellent Internet documentary, Virtual Revolution, on Saturday night you may have noticed occasional flashes of “Source: Experian Hitwise” at the bottom of your screen. In amongst interviews with such... Continue reading...
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In Categories BBC | Branding | Custom data | Demographics | Email | Google | Local | Maps | News and Media | Postal Area | Retail | Search | Shopping and Classifieds | Social networks | TV | Top UK websites
Top 100 student websites in the UK
June 02, 2009
Yesterday I received a call from Sridhar Venkatapuram of the London Business School asking me about the online behaviour of students in the UK. I mentioned on Twitter that I was pulling a list of the 100 most popular websites... Continue reading...
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In Categories BBC | Blogs | Branding | Celebrities | Demographics | Education | Email | Experian | Fashion | Google | Mosaic lifestyle | News and Media | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds | Social networks | TV | Top UK websites
Top 10 websites of 2008
March 03, 2009
We published the results of the Hitwise UK Online Performance Awards today. These list the 10 most visited websites in the UK during 2008 for over 60 industry categories. You can see the full list on the awards microsite, but... Continue reading...
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In Categories Economy | Employment | Fashion | Food | Government | Shopping and Classifieds | Top UK websites | Weather
