Facebook Gets Christmas Eve Gift: Highest Traffic

  • January 5, 2009
Facebook saw its highest ever traffic level on Dec. 24, 2008, reaching 2.18% of all U.S. Internet visits compared with a 1.42% average for November 08, according to Hitwise.

Traffic to the site increased 41% on Christmas Eve 2008 compared to 2007. Traffic also increased 41% on Christmas Day 2008 compared to 2007.

The site reached a ranking of 5th among all categories of Web sites (compared to 8th for November). This represents a 54% increase on Dec. 24, 2008, compared with the average for November and a 53% increase year on year.--Tanya Irwin

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  1. michael delahousaye, January 5, 2009 at 5:45 p.m.

    Great news for Facebook, can they now articulate how they will effectively monitize this traffic? I hear advertisers are not thrilled with the results of their ads.

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