Posted on 10/22/2003 9:40:17 AM PDT by knighthawk
The number of US Internet users topped 150 million in September for the first time, a market research group said on Tuesday.
The report by comScore Media Metrix also found that time spent online also grew, driven by students returning to universities after summer vacation.
"In September, a number events impacted Americans' use of the Internet, including Hurricane Isabel, the kickoff of the NFL (National Football League) season and students returning to school," said comScore Media Metrix president Peter Daboll.
"That this medium has now crossed a threshold of 150 million users is a reminder that while it continues to mature, the Web also continues to expand its reach among the total US population every day."
Microsoft and its MSN sites topped the list of most visited sites with 110 million users, followed by America Online and Time Warner sites with 109 million. Close behind was Yahoo with 108 million.
I've never seen an AOL stat that high. As for Yahoo and MSN, it should be noted that people go to Yahoo because they choose to. MSN gets a vast number of hits simply because if you mistype a url in IE, you get redirected to MSN by default.
and I get enough spam to supply all of them...
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