Ratings on internet usage in Italy

Ratings were released on the internet usage of Italians for September 2006.

The report indicates a substantial stability in the number of online users with a significant increase in the amount of time spent online. The number of users increased by 3%, and the total amount of time spent online was 17 hours compared to the 13 hours of the previous month.

Italians are comsuming multimedia content online. The Italian YouTube is Libero.

The top 30 web sites are:

• Google
• Alice
• Libero
• MSN/Windows Live
• YAHOO!
• Microsoft
• eBay
• Wikipedia
• Tiscali
• Seat PG Directories Online
• Leonardo.it
• La Repubblica (Newspaper)
• alterVISTA
• Trenitalia
• Supereva
• Vodafone Omnitel
• Kataweb
• Corriere della Sera
• Mediaset.it
• Lycos Europe
• Tuttogratis
• Rai
• Poste Italiane
• Ciao!
• ViaMichelin
• La Gazetta dello Sport
• Telecom Italia
• Adobe
• TIM
• Studenti.it

Top Internet Applications are:

• WIndows Media Application
• MSN Messenger Service
• eMule
• WinAmp
• Skype
• Apple QUick Time
• iTunes
• Google Earth
• VideoLAN Client
• BearShare
• YAHOO! Messenger
• MSN Zone
• MusicMatch Jukebox
• WinMX

Source: Spot and Web – Media Communication Magazione