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Cyber Monday Surpasses $1 Billion in U.S.
U.S. Online Holiday Spending, Up 9 Percent vs. Year Ago
Online Gambling and Education Websites Top in September
Smartphone Subscribers Now Comprise Majority of Mobile Browser and Application Users
 
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Cyber Monday Surpasses $1 Billion in U.S.


December 1, 2010 – comScore, Inc. today reported that Cyber Monday reached $1.028 billion in online spending, up 16 percent versus year ago, representing the heaviest online spending day in history and the first to surpass the billion-dollar threshold.


U.S. Online Holiday Spending, Up 9 Percent vs. Year Ago


November 28, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today reported U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 26 days of the November – December 2010 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $11.64 billion has been spent online, marking a 13-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. Black Friday (November 26) saw $648 million in online sales, representing a 9-percent increase versus Black Friday 2009.


Online Gambling and Education Websites Top in September


October 17, 2010 – comScore, Inc. today released its monthly analysis of U.S. Web activity for September 2010. Online Gambling sites were popular in September as the competition heated up at several online poker tournaments. Nearly 15 million people visited a gambling site during the month, a 20-percent increase versus August, making it the highest growing site category for the month. As classes resumed, teachers and students looked to Education Information sites to start the year off right. The category attracted 78.7 million visitors in September, up 6 percent versus August.


Smartphone Subscribers Now Comprise Majority of Mobile Browser and Application Users


October 1, 2010 – comScore, Inc. today released a report on mobile application and browser usage among Smartphone subscribers based on data from its comScore MobiLens service. The study found that the number of Smartphone users accessing mobile content through browsers and applications now surpasses that of Non-smartphone users. In August, 75.6 million mobile subscribers ages 13 and older used downloaded applications, with Smartphone users representing 60.4 percent, up from 43.6 percent in August 2009. For the same period, 80.8 million mobile subscribers used their browser, with Smartphone subscribers comprising 55.5 percent, up from 41.4 percent a year ago.