The Hitwise Number 1 Award recognises websites from over 150 sectors that are leaders in their industry, monitoring over 8 million UK internet users. These prestigious accolades are awarded based on Hitwise’s analysis of market share of visits among all United Kingdom websites.
Timeout.com was awarded the number one spot for entertainment and nightlife and also made the top ten for travel destination & accommodation websites.
August 2011 saw an incredible month in terms of page views for Time Out’s London website with a 39% year-on-year increase in unique users and a 22% increase in page views. In real terms this means that timeout.com saw 2.9m unique users and 15.6m page views.
Andrew Booth, Marketing Director of Time Out Group UK said: “this award is a strong indication of the work undertaken to-date, building world class environments for our audience. Reaching these figures completes stage two of our 10 stage one-digital proposition and I anticipate a time when we reach 50m people per month across the world.
“It is this kind of recognition that puts us in an ever stronger position in terms of consolidating Time Out media group as the leading provider of information on arts and entertainment across the globe. The combined increase in both unique visitors and page views shows we are not only attracting an ever growing audience, but that they continue to engage with the Time Out environments.
“The recent acquisition of LikeCube will further enhance our audiences’ experiences by providing incredibly personalised taste predictions and recommendations and we have great hopes that this will give us a further significant boost in our plans for increased engagement”
Globally, Time Out is currently present in 35 cities across the world, with a worldwide audience of 16 million across both print and digital channels. Its websites have over 7 million global unique users per month.
