Commentary
Ya Aughta Be In Pictures
- by Jack Loechner , Staff Writer @mp_research, June 16, 2006
Yahoo! Photos was the second largest photography site in April 2006, attracting 7.8 million unique visitors, up 21 percent from April 2005. Flickr ranked fifth, but was the fastest growing among the top five photography sites, skyrocketing 346 percent year over year.
Online Photography Destinations(Unique Audience x000) | |||
Site | Apr'05 | Apr'06 | % Growth |
Photobucket.com | 5,419 | 7,838 | 45% |
Yahoo! Photos | 6,439 | 7,772 | 21% |
Kodak | 6,508 | 7,633 | 17% |
Webshots | 7,133 | 6,070 | -15% |
Flickr | 1,080 | 4,816 | 346% |
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings, June 2006 | |||
Combined, Yahoo! Photos and Flickr would have ranked as the number one photography site, with a unique audience of more than 11.2 million in April
Aggregated Traffic to Yahoo! Photos and Flickr(Unique Audience x000) | |||
Site | Apr'05 | Apr'06 | % Growth |
Unduplicated Unique Audience | 7,371 | 11,267 | 53% |
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings, June 2006 | |||
Jack Loechner is the Editor of The Center for Media Research's daily Research Brief. You can reach him at jack@mediapost.com.