Overnight Traffic Analysis Reveals DNC Convention Drove Thousands to Political Sites, both Democratic and Republican

RESTON, Va., July 30, 2004 – Comscore Networks today released an overnight analysis of Web visitation related to the Democratic National Convention. Among other findings, the analysis revealed that visitation to JohnKerry.com spiked dramatically during the candidate’s speech late Thursday. Comscore also monitored an increase in traffic to GeorgeWBush.com during Senator Kerry’s speech.

Comscore findings included:

• JohnKerry.com drew an average of 28,000 visitors per hour between 10:00 AM and midnight EDT on Thursday, July 29. In total, more than 300,000 Americans visited JohnKerry.com yesterday, a substantially higher level than is recorded on an average day (in June, JohnKerry.com drew an average of approximately 40,000 visitors per day).
• On Thursday, July 29, visitation to JohnKerry.com peaked between 10:00 PM EDT and 11:00 PM EDT, the period during which Senator Kerry delivered his speech (which encouraged Americans to visit the site). During that hour, the site drew approximately 50,000 visitors.

• During Senator Kerry’s speech, GeorgeWBush.com drew approximately 30,000 visitors – the highest hourly traffic level recorded in at least the past week.
• As the convention dominated news coverage this week, well over 100,000 Americans visited JohnKerry.com each day this week from work. Interestingly, traffic was most concentrated during lunch hours (between approximately 11:00 AM EDT and 3:00 PM EDT). At peak usage periods, more than 45,000 visitors per hour logged on to JohnKerry.com.

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