The latest statistics from WebSideStory’s StatMarket.com site released this week indicate Saturday is the
most popular day for surfing the Web.
On the other end of the scale,
Wednesday has become the low point in the week for Internet traffic.
StatMarket.com publishes data gathered from over 30 million unique daily
visitors to more than 100,000 Web sites using WebSideStory’s HitBox
analysis technology.
From Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, 2000, Saturday accounted for 15.51% of all
Internet traffic, with Wednesday visits accounting for only 13.44%. Coming
in second was Friday with 15.36% of visits. The breakdown of surfer traffic
by the day of the week for Jan. 30 – Feb. 5 looks like this:
- Sun. 14.03%
- Mon. 13.71%
- Tues. 13.58%
- Wed. 13.44%
- Thurs. 14.37%
- Fri. 15.36%
- Sat. 15.51%
StatMarket.com’s data is updated daily, and publishes Internet user trends
and statistics for the Internet industry. The information that is used
comes from every visit to the many independent Web sites that use the
HitBox analysis technology.
