Hispanic Online Audience Increases As Counting Methods Improve

The number of online Hispanics increased to 23.6 million in February 2010, up 3.3 million (or 13.9%) over the prior 11 months, according to comScore. The researchers attribute the increase to improved counting methods that are better at including cell-phone only households, which are prevalent among Hispanics.

The top websites in terms of Hispanic visitors include:

Google sites (18.5 million visitors);

Yahoo! sites (18.3 million);

Microsoft sites (16.9 million);

Facebook.com (10.6 million);

Ask Network (9.0 million);

Fox Interactive Media (8.9 million);

AOL (8.9 million);

Apple (7.2 million);

Wikimedia Foundation sites (7.0 million);

Amazon sites (6.6 million);

eBay (6.6 million);

Warner Music (5.9 million);

CBS Interactive (4.9 million);

Glam Media (4.4 million); and

Viacom Digital (4.3 million). [Online]

Source: “Media Metrix,” comScore, Andrew Lipsman, Senior Analyst, 500 W. Madison, #2980, Chicago, IL 60661; 312-775-6510; alipsman@comscore.com; www.comscore.com. Price: Call for information.

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