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ESPN.com Leads All Sports Web Sites For October
Published November 15, 2007
ESPN.com led all sports sites in October '07 with 20.2 million unique visitors, which was up 17.1% from a year ago, and up 8.1% from last month. Compared to last October, USAToday.com Sports is seeing the biggest increase in unique visitors, up 29.2%, while the start of the regular season led to NBA.com seeing the biggest jump from September '07. CBSSports.com/CSTV network is seeing the most amount of time spent per user on its sites, but the number is down 17.3% from the same period last year. The following presents the top sports sites for October '07, with comparisons to October '06, as well as September '07. Also visit SportsBusinessDaily.com for the top fantasy football sites from September '07 Also view the top fantasy football sites from September '07 (Nielsen Online).
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TOP SPORTS SITES FOR OCTOBER '07
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RK
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SITE
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UNIQ. (000)
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1-YR % +/-
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1-MONTH % +/-
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PER USER (H:MM:SS)
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1-YR % +/-
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1-MONTH % +/-
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1
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ESPN.com
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20,184
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17.1%
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8.1%
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0:45:07
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7.5%
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-13.3%
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2
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Yahoo Sports
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19,730
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21.0%
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-9.8%
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0:50:02
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-17.3%
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1.0%
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3
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FoxSports.com
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14,002
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-1.5%
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-4.9%
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0:24:00
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-17.5%
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-13.3%
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4
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CBSSports.com/ CSTV Network |
13,206
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6.9%
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-2.1%
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0:58:39
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20.8%
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2.2%
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5
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NFL.com |
13,047
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12.4%
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-6.4%
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0:29:30
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-8.8%
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-9.8%
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6
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MLB.com |
11,358
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26.8%
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4.4%
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0:19:39
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8.8%
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-44.3%
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7
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eBay Sports |
8,987
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-11.9%
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6.5%
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0:15:14
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27.7%
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8.6%
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8
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AOL Sports |
7,304
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13.4%
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-3.6%
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0:17:48
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-30.8%
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-15.8%
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9
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SI.com |
6,290
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-6.6%
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-5.7%
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0:24:47
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9.2%
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14.3%
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10
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Fantasy Sports Ventures Network |
4,754
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---
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-3.8%
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0:30:09
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---
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10.4%
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11
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Turner Sports New Media^ |
3,808
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---
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-23.6%
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0:23:08
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---
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-21.1%
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12
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JumpTV Sports |
3,356
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---
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-8.5%
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0:09:31
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---
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2.0%
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13
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USAToday.com Sports |
3,233
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29.2%
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3.1%
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0:09:22
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-45.2%
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-14.8%
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14
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Cabela's |
3,060
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7.4%
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25.3%
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0:14:25
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-6.4%
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5.7%
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15
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NBA.com |
2,440
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-9.3%
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41.9%
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0:14:50
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63.9%
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190.8%
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16
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NHL.com |
2,368
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---
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---
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0:12:06
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---
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---
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17
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WWE |
2,268
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14.1%
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-9.0%
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0:36:53
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-23.5%
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6.1%
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18
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REI |
1,866
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---
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17.3%
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0:06:39
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-25.4%
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19
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Dick's Sporting Goods |
1,785
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2.9%
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-19.1%
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0:04:40
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14.3%
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0.4%
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20
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SportingNews.com |
1,448
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0:19:09
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NOTES: ^ = Aggregation of web traffic including NASCAR.com, PGATour.com and PGA.com which occurred in '07.
