Monday, August 13, 2012

Summer Olympics Ignites Record Traffic for FOXSports.com


  • The first full week of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games (7/29 - 8/4), FOXSports.com experienced its most trafficked week ever, drawing a total of 73 million visits.
  • Olympics content delivered 81% of total visits and 73% of total page views for the week.
  • By comparison, FOXSports.com visits more than tripled the total visits during the first week of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing (+229%).

 [Internal Analytics, Unica]


First Full Week
Total FOXSports.com Site
FS.com Olympics Section
% Comp
Total Visits (000)
72,992
59,056
81%
Total Page Views (000)
250,192
183,263
73%
Total Minutes (000)
248,010
153,172
62%
Total Video Streams (000)
22,097
21,282
96%

FOXSports.com’s Olympics Traffic Outperforms NBCOlympics.com
  • The Olympics section alone on FOXSports.com saw nearly 11MM unique visitors during opening weekend, capturing 46% more fans than NBCOlympics.com (7.4MM), the official U.S. rights holder.

 [3rd Party Analytics, comScore]


Opening Weekend
FS.com Olympics Section
NBCOlympics.com
% Diff
Total Unique Visitors (000)
10,880
7,437
+46%
Total Visits (000)
25,677
12,269
+109%
Avg. Daily Visitors (000)
3,041
1,403
+117%

(Thanks to Pam Kelly and Lyndsey Albertson, FOX Sports Interactive) 



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