Category: Meetic

Nielsen/NetRatings Figures Reveal Meetic is Leader of European Online Dating

Posted on January 9, 2005

PR WEB – Jan 8 — According to the latest data compiled by Nielsen NetRatings* (November 2004) for Western Europe, the online dating website Meetic is #1 in Europe. PR WEB

Mark Brooks: I compared Nielsen numbers and Comscore Mediametrix numbers for FriendFinder in September 2003 and was blown away by the difference. Nielsen used a 55,000 USA user sample, Comscore a 110,000 sample set. Hitwise draws it’s numbers from millions of ISP users. Of course, if you don’t want to spend a few grand you can always use Alexa’s rough numbers.

Meetic; European Leader for Online Dating

Posted on December 17, 2004

PR WEB — Dec 17 — Meetic is the European leader for online dating (source Nielsen October 2004 #1 Meetic : 1.5 million visitors in October). The French dating site launched in early 2002 by Marc Simoncini will open up to 4 additional countries in the coming weeks: Poland, Ireland, Greece and Portugal and will now be present in 15 European countries.

Mark Brooks: Meetic has a respectable 3500 Alexa rank as well. In comparison, the top US focused online dating sites see over 5 million uniques a month.

Match.com Europe’s #1 in Online Dating

Posted on December 4, 2004

LONDON — In its first report of pan-European Internet behaviour, independent measurement firm comScore Media Metrix ranked Match.com as the leading online dating site in Europe. According to comScore data, Match.com sites drew nearly four million visitors in October, over 60% more than its closest competitor. #1 Match.com sites 3,960,000 uniques, #2 Ilove.de 2,404,000 uniques, #3 Meetic 2,209,000 uniques, #4 MSN Dating and Personals 1,792,000 uniques, #5 Matchnet 1,310,000 uniques PRNEWSWIRE

Mark Brooks: I just returned from a trip to the UK. The internet, online personals and speed dating seem far more popular since my last visit 2 years ago.