Redd Monday for Digg ? StatCounter
BOSTON & DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digg users deserted the site for Reddit on Monday, 30th
August according to data from web analytics company, StatCounter.
The firm?s research arm StatCounter Global Stats conducted a special
analysis of Digg versus Reddit only and reports that, comparatively,
Digg traffic to the StatCounter network of 3 million websites plummeted
on Monday to 7.6% as opposed to Reddit?s 92.4%.
?It wasn?t so
much a ?Black Monday? for Digg as a ?Redd Monday??
?The market share between Digg and Reddit tends to fluctuate but on
Monday Digg fell to its lowest point compared to Reddit since our
tracking began,? commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. ?Users are
voting with their mice following the launch of the new Digg site.?
Monday had been named as ?Abandon Digg Day? by some users. ?It wasn?t so
much a ?Black Monday? for Digg as a ?Redd Monday?,? added Cullen.
The data is based on 15 billion page views across the global StatCounter
network of member sites. StatCounter, which provides free
website traffic information, includes Social Media in its
StatCounter Global Stats, a free online research tool for media,
analysts, bloggers, researchers and members. StatCounter recently added
Screen Resolution stats to its Global Stats database which also monitors
internet market share battles including Search Engines, Browsers, Social
Media and Operating Systems including mobile.
Its core business, StatCounter
provides web site traffic analysis with free lifetime stats and free
detailed analysis on the latest 500 hits. Upgrades are available from $5
a month.
For individual country analysis go to:
http://gs.statcounter.com/#digg_vs_reddit-ww-daily-20100801-20100830
Further information on our analysis is available at:
http://gs.statcounter.com/faq
About StatCounter
StatCounter, a free online visitor stats tool, was founded in 1999. It
offers its members the chance to grow and improve their online
businesses by allowing them to monitor the number of hits to their
website; the geographical location of visitors; the various pages a
visitor views; keywords used to find the site plus other features. For
information on this real-time, user-friendly, and free visitor stats
tool, please visit www.statcounter.com.
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