Posts Tagged ‘ Social Networks ’

Instagram and Pinterest the new global stars of social

Tweet We’ve long been interested in the rise of niche social networks and the impact they are having on the general social media landscape. We’ve taken a look at this from a global perspective in a study launched today and have discovered that Instagram and Pinterest are by far the most popular globally. The following [...][ READ MORE ]

London Riots cause traffic spike on Twitter

Tweet After three nights of unrest in London and other cities, the UK Internet population has been tracking the progress of the London riots by visiting News and Media sites and Twitter. The News and Media category saw its highest spike in visits so far this year, with a 14% increase in UK Internet visits [...][ READ MORE ]

Mobile usage boosts YouTube to highest ever traffic figures

Tweet YouTube had its biggest ever month of traffic in July, accounting for 1 in every 35 UK Internet visits during the month. The video site recorded its best ever performance in the Hitwise Social Networking and Forums category in July, in part due to strong growth of visits to YouTube from mobile devices. YouTube [...][ READ MORE ]

Google accounts for 92% of UK searches

Tweet Each month here at Hitwise we look at the top players in the search and social markets and benchmark the top websites against each other. Google has been dominant in the UK search market for many years now but in June 2011 Google Sites achieved an unprecedented 92% market share of all searches conducted [...][ READ MORE ]

Picture is clear for Skype video calls on Facebook

Tweet The big story that has grabbed people’s attentions in the digital world this week is Facebook’s announcement of a new video calling feature which will be powered by Skype. Looking at the Mosaic groups which visit Facebook and the Skype website we can see the new audience opportunities this partnership offers both parties. For [...][ READ MORE ]

1 Facebook fan = 20 additional visits to your website

Tweet We’ve been talking at Hitwise for a very long time about the benefits of social media and how Facebook in particular is becoming critical to the success of multi-channel marketing. We are constantly asked: “What’s the ROI with advertising on Facebook?”and until now that has always been a difficult question to qualify precisely. Leveraging [...][ READ MORE ]

YouTube and Twitter erode Facebook’s dominance of social

Tweet In this month’s search and social analysis release we saw some pretty interesting trends in our Social Networking and Forums category, including a bumper month of traffic for Twitter, extended growth for YouTube and a declining market share for Facebook. Last month I blogged about the growth of YouTube and how the video website [...][ READ MORE ]

Twitter accounts for 1 in every 184 UK Internet visits online

Tweet Twitter just keeps on growing, reaching another new peak in UK Internet traffic this weekend on Saturday 21 May. The site experienced its highest ever volume of online traffic on Saturday, accounting for 0.54% of all UK Internet visits that day, or to put it in simpler terms: Twitter was responsible for 1 in [...][ READ MORE ]

Twitter has biggest ever day of online traffic after super injunction revelations

Tweet Twitter had its highest ever peak in UK Internet visits yesterday (9 May 2011) due to the extraordinary revelations of the super injunction scandal, which exposed the identities of several high profile celebrities. Visits to Twitter increased by 14% on 9 May, accounting for 0.49% of total Internet visits that day. Twitter also became [...][ READ MORE ]

Bing fastest moving search engine in the UK

Tweet People are always asking us: What are the most popular search engines and social networks in the UK? Search and social are the two biggest sources of traffic delivering visits to websites in the UK, so it’s understandable that these two massive drivers of traffic peak people’s interest. As this is a popular request [...][ READ MORE ]