22 Dec 2012

Nielsen Tops of 2012: Digital

Smartphone owners became the majority of mobile phone users for the first time this year, growing from 49 percent of mobile subscribers in Q1 2012, to 56 percent by Q3 2012. Mobile app usage also continued to grow. Among the top 10 mobile apps, Twitter was the fastest growing Android app, and the Facebook Messenger app grew the most among iPhone apps.
Google remained the top Web brand, with an average 172 million unique visitors each month between January and October 2012, followed by Facebook, which garnered an average of 153 million visits each month. Online video continued to grow in 2012, but YouTube remained the top online video source, averaging 132 million unique viewers during the year.
Market share of Smartphone Operating Systems, during Q3 2012 in the US
Top 10 U.S. Web Brands of 2012
RankSiteAvg # of Unique Visitors
per Month
 1Google172,649,000
 2Facebook152,996,000
 3Yahoo!141,579,000
 4YouTube128,341,000
 5MSN/WindowsLive/Bing127,822,000
 6Microsoft92,764,000
 7AOL Media Network86,638,000
 8Amazon78,128,000
 9Wikipedia76,031,000
 10Ask Search Network73,361,000
Source: Nielsen. Data from January 2012 – October 2012 (Total). Ranked on average monthly unique audience.
Read as:  During 2012, 172.6 million people, on average, visited Google.
Top 10 U.S. Online Destinations for Video of 2012
RankSiteAvg # of Unique Viewers
per month
Avg # of  Streams
per month
 1YouTube132,468,000 15,004,387,000
 2Yahoo!39,725,000 354,024,000
 3VEVO37,714,000 547,615,000
 4AOL Media Network24,563,000 446,363,000
 5Facebook23,910,000 111,737,000
 6MSN/WindowsLive/Bing22,601,000 215,803,000
 7The CollegeHumor Network20,164,000 72,519,000
 8Hulu14,627,000 832,515,000
 9ESPN Digital Network13,081,000 245,667,000
 10Perform Group11,554,000 71,396,000
Source: Nielsen. Data from January 2012 – October 2012 (Total). Ranked on average monthly unique viewers.
Read as:  During 2012 132.5 million people, on average, streamed video from YouTube each month.
Top Android Apps of 2012
RankAppsAvg Unique UsersYTD Change %
1Google Search44,386,00054%
2Gmail44,516,00045%
3Facebook42,379,00048%
4Google Maps41,976,00041%
5YouTube32,223,00070%
6Pandora Radio11,600,00055%
7Twitter10,674,000122%
8Adobe Reader10,354,00064%
9Advanced Task Killer9,569,000-11%
10The Weather Channel8,983,00059%
Source: Nielsen, Data from January – October 2012 (Android only). Ranked on average monthly unique users.
Read as: During 2012 44 million Android smartphone owners used the Google Search app on average each month, growing their unique users 54% between January and October 2012.
Top 10 iPhone Apps of 2012
RankAppsAvg Unique UsersYTD Change %
1Maps32,365,00023%
2Facebook28,585,00051%
3YouTube22,626,000-4%
4Stocks21,080,00051%
5Weather20,531,00041%
6Facebook Messenger10,458,000544%
7The Weather Channel10,446,00054%
8Twitter9,748,00047%
9Pandora Radio9,563,00047%
10Instagram6,910,000197%
Source: Nielsen, Data from January – October 2012 (iOS only). Ranked on average monthly unique users.
Read as: During 2012 28 million iPhone owners used the Facebook app on average each month, growing their unique users 51% between January and October 2012.

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