Mudah.my is top local website in Malaysia
PETALING JAYA: Online market place mudah.my was the top local website in Malaysia with 2.264 million unique visitors in October, according to the Malaysian Digital Association (MDA).
Mudah came ahead of Maybank2u.com.my (2.188 million), Airasia.com (1.245 million) and Cimbclicks.com.my (1.090 million).
“Most of the top 10 (local) sites maintained their positions in October. The Starmoved up to the fifth spot while Cari.com.my dropped to seventh. Within the top five, Maybank, CIMB and The Star all increased their monthly unique visitors,” the MDA statement said.
In a separate ranking for the top 30 web properties for Malaysia, Google sites ranked first with 10.426 million unique visitors.
MDA also revealed that Facebook had maintained its lead in the social media and blogging category, with 8.45 million unique viewers in October, reaching out to more than 71% of Malaysians on desktops.
Social media sites continue to be most popular among Malaysians.
“More than 82% of (Malaysian) online users visited a social media website in October,” the statement said.
Star Online is top news site
PETALING JAYA: The Star Online continued to be the top news site in Malaysia, according to the United States-based comScore Inc, a global leader in digital measurement and analytics.
Malaysian Digital Association (MDA) and comScore, in a statement, said The Star Online attracted 969,000 unique visitors in October.
Overall, The Star Online ranked fifth among the top 30 local websites.
Malaysiakini came in sixth place (906,000), The Malaysian Insider was ranked 10th (663,000) and NST online ranked 22nd (384,000).
Harian Metro online, which ranked 15th, was the most popular Malay news site with 615,000 unique users, followed by Sinar Harian 17th (568,000) Utusan Malaysia18th (551,000) and Berita Harian Online in 20th place (501,000).
MDA is the apex representative body for online publishers, advertising agencies and digital services providers in Malaysia, while comScore is a leading Internet technology company, which measures what people do as they navigate the digital world.
“Overall, The Star Online had increased its monthly unique visitors,” said the statement.
The report highlights how Malaysian Internet users consume online content and is not inclusive of international traffic.
Separately, Star Publication (M) Bhd ranked 20th among the top 30 web properties in Malaysia with 1.241 million unique visitors in October.
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