On the web, ABC.com, NBC.com, and CBS.com all came in ahead of FOX according to Hitwise.
| Top Visited U.S. Broadcast Network TV Websites Season Average based on the Average Market Share Of U.S. Visits | |||||
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Rank |
Network |
Website |
2007-08 Season |
2006-07 Season |
Percent Change |
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1 |
ABC | www.abc.com |
27.14% |
29.89% |
-9% |
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2 |
NBC | www.nbc.com |
27.01% |
32.89% |
-18% |
|
3 |
CBS | www.cbs.com |
21.51% |
15.24% |
41% |
|
4 |
FOX | *FOX Aggregation |
17.54% |
16.55% |
6% |
|
5 |
The CW | www.cwtv.com |
6.61% |
5.20% |
27% |
|
6 |
MyNetworkTV | www.mynetworktv.com |
0.19% |
0.24% |
-22% |
| Source: Rankings based on the average market share of U.S. visits among a custom category of broadcast networks websites (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and MyNetwork) for the weeks ending September 29, 2007 - May 24, 2008 and September 23, 2006 - May 26, 2007 (Sunday - Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. * includes traffic aggregated from stand alone websites americanidol.com, amw.com, familyguy.com, cops.com, thelot.com and thesimpsons.com. | |||||
| Source: Hitwise | |||||
But the table above represents total visits, when it came to time spent on the site itself, CBS was in the lead followed by NBC, and trailing not far behind -- and I swear, I'm not making this up was the home of your favorite, Gossip Girl. See for yourself:
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Average U.S. Time Spent Among Television Broadcast Networks |
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Rank |
Network |
Website |
2007-08 Season |
2006-07 Season |
Percent Change |
|
1 |
CBS |
0:10:24 |
0:07:30 |
39% |
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2 |
NBC |
0:10:07 |
0:11:27 |
-12% |
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|
3 |
The CW |
0:09:42 |
0:08:02 |
21% |
|
|
4 |
ABC |
0:08:21 |
0:06:35 |
27% |
|
|
5 |
FOX |
*FOX Aggregation |
0:06:43 |
0:06:03 |
11% |
|
6 |
MyNetworkTV |
0:04:10 |
0:07:09 |
-42% |
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Source: The average time spent figures are based on the hours:minutes:seconds spent based upon a custom category of broadcast networks websites (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, The CW and MyNetwork) for the weeks ending September 29, 2007 - May 24, 2008 and September 23, 2006 - May 26, 2007 (Sunday - Saturday) from the Hitwise sample of 10 million U.S. Internet users. * FOX.com data includes visits aggregated from stand alone websites: americanidol.com, amw.com, familyguy.com, cops.com, thelot.com and thesimpsons.com. |
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Source: Hitwise |
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