Google, Facebook and YouTube are the top online
destinationst among U.S. websites in 2011, according to
new data from the research group Nielsen.
Google was the most-visited U.S. Web brand, while
Facebook held its lead among social networks and blogs.
Smartphones were popular in 2011, making up the
majority of new phone purchases with Apple as the top
smartphone manufacturer and Android as the leading OS.
The Nielsen data cover the entire year, only January
to October.
According to Nielsen, the top 10 U.S. social networks
and blogs, by page views, in 2011 were:
1. Facebook -- 137.6 million average page views per
month
2. Blogger -- 45.5 million average page views per
month
3. Twitter.com -- 23.6 million average page views
per month
4. WordPress.com -- 20.4 million average page views
per month
5. Myspace.com -- 17.9 million average page views
per month
6. LinkedIn -- 17 million average page views per
month
7. Tumblr -- 10.9 million average page views per
month
8. Google+ -- 8.2 million average page views per
month
9. Yahoo! Pulse -- 8 million average page views per
month
10. Six Apart/TypePad -- 7 million average page
views per month
Nielsen also reported that the 10 most visited overall
U.S. Web brands in 2011 were:
1. Google -- 153.4 million average page views per
month
2. Facebook -- 137.6 million average page views per
month
3. Yahoo! -- 130.1 million average page views per
month
4. MSN/WindowsLive/Bing -- 115.9 million average
page views per month
5. YouTube -- 106.7 million average page views per
month
6. Microsoft -- 83.8 million average page views per
month
7. AOL Media Network -- 74.6 million average page
views per month
8. Wikipedia -- 62 million average page views per
month
9. Apple -- 61.6 million average page views per
month
10. Ask Search Network -- 60.5 million average page
views per month
The top 10 U.S. Web brands for video, according to
Nielsen's data:
1. YouTube -- 111.1 million average page views per
month
2. Vevo -- 34.6 million average page views per
month
3. Facebook -- 29.8 million average page views per
month
4. Yahoo! -- 25.3 million average page views per
month
5. MSN/WindowsLive/Bing -- 16.6 million average
page views per month
6. AOL Media Network -- 13.3 million average page
views per month
7. Hulu -- 13.1 million average page views per
month
8. The CollegeHumor Network -- 12.5 million average
page views per month
9. CNN Digital Network -- 8.3 million average page
views per month
10. Netflix -- 7.4 million average page views per
month