Compete releases ranking of Top Ten Sports fan sites in May
Even with the NBA and NHL Playoffs Underway, MLB Attracts More Fans Online
Compete, a TNS Media company, released the rankings of the top ten sports fan sites for May 2009, based on data from Compete’s panel of two million US-based internet users. Even with the NBA and NHL playoffs underway in May, Major League Baseball fans outnumbered NBA fans online more than two to one and NHL fans more than four to one. According to Compete, number-one ranked MLB.com reached more than 12,227,000 sports enthusiasts in May 2009 (up 35% since May 2008), followed by NBA.com with 5,624,776 unique visitors (UVs), Nascar.com with 3,716,636 UVs and NHL.com with 2,899,406 UVs.
Sports Fan Sites
Ranking Web site May 2009 May 2008 Change Percent
1 mlb.com 12,227,038 9,067,116 35%
2 nba.com 5,624,776 4,262,470 32%
3 nascar.com 3,716,636 3,903,193 -5%
4 nhl.com 2,899,406 2,035,278 42%
5 nfl.com 2,385,687 1,809,218 32%
6 wwe.com 1,784,088 2,574,245 -31%
7 pgatour.com 1,222,622 672,966 82%
8 minorleaguebaseball.com 1,101,034 753,579 46%
9 ufc.com 945,495 766,853 23%
10 kentuckyderby.com 932,266 794,666 17%
Compete also compared the May 2009 numbers to May 2008, which show a year-over-year increase in sports fan interest among the fans of the four major team sports — MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL with significant increases for MLB (35 percent) and the NBA (32 percent). Meanwhile, wwe.com and nascar.com visits dropped while pgatour.com and minorleaguebaseball.com cracked the top ten in May 2009.
Source: Compete, Inc.
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