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Top Websites

Find information about various top websites, including such sites as general news, travel, entertainment, education, and government.

Top General News Sites

  Unique
visitors1
(thousands)
 Total Internet audience171,690
 General News category96,294
1.Yahoo! News29,597
2.MSNBC27,771
3.AOL News22,663
4.CNN21,023
5.Internet Broadcasting10,120
6.Knight Ridder Digital8,645
7.Tribune Newspapers8,607
8.The New York Times Brand8,572
9.ABC News Digital8,091
10.USATODAY sites7,619
NOTE: Audience: All persons at U.S. home/work/college/university locations.
1. Unique visitors over one-month period, April 2006.
Source: comScore Media Metrix (comScore Media Metrix is a division of comScore Networks, Inc.).

Top Travel Sites

  Unique
visitors1
(thousands)
 Total Internet audience171,690
 Travel category77,584
1.Expedia Inc.27,319
2.Trip Network Inc.16,296
3.Orbitz15,197
4.Travelocity13,248
5.Southwest Airlines Co.11,435
6.Yahoo! Travel9,685
7.Priceline.com Incorporated8,107
8.American Airlines6,135
9.AOL Travel5,846
10.Delta Airlines5,546
NOTE: Audience: All persons at U.S. home/work/college/university locations.
1. Unique visitors over one-month period, April 2006.
Source: comScore Media Metrix (comScore Media Metrix is a division of comScore Networks, Inc.).

Top Entertainment Sites

RankEntertainment siteUnique visitors1
(thousands)
Total Internet audience171,690
Entertainment category137,664
1.AOL Entertainment32,859
2.Viacom Online28,248
3.Gorilla Nation Media24,099
4.Real.com Network23,571
5.MSN Entertainment23,276
6.Yahoo! Music23,062
7.Disney Online22,112
8.CBS Corporation22,044
9.iTunes Software (App)19,376
10.IMDB.COM18,623
NOTE: Audience: All persons at U.S. home/work/college/university locations.
1. Unique visitors over one-month period, April 2006.
Source: comScore Media Metrix (comScore Media Metrix is a division of comScore Networks, Inc.).

Top Education Sites

RankWebsite Unique visitors
(thousands)
Total
1.Fastweb4,063
2.Learning Network Property3,674
3.Berkeley.edu3,049
4.UTexas.edu2,868
5.UIUC.edu2,675
6.UMich.edu2,534
7.Cornell.edu2,486
8.Harvard.edu2,437
9.MIT.edu2,394
10.Thinkquest Sites2,319
11.Upromise.com2,272
12.Stanford.edu2,167
13.K12.ca.us2,063
14.Virginia.edu2,050
15.About Homework Help2,042
NOTES: “Unique visitors” refers to the estimated number of total users who visited the website once in the given month. All unique visitors are unduplicated (only counted once).
Source: Jupiter Media Metrix, March 2002. Web: www.mediametrix.com .

Top Government Sites

RankWebsite Unique visitors
(thousands)
Total
1.IRS.gov8,560
2.Governmentguide.com5,388
3.NASA.gov4,324
4.CA.gov4,132
5.ED.gov4,031
6.NIH.gov3,696
7.NOAA.gov2,996
8.State.tx.us2,347
9.Army.mil2,343
10.Navy.mil2,334
11.LOC.gov2,183
12.USTreas.gov2,008
13.State.gov1,978
14.USGS.gov1,885
15.SSA.gov1,866
NOTES: “Unique visitors” refers to the estimated number of total users who visited the website once in the given month. All unique visitors are unduplicated (only counted once).
Source: Jupiter Media Metrix, March 2002. Web: www.mediametrix.com .

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