GLOBAL NEWS - WEB TRAFFIC METRICS 02.09.12 8:44 PM EST
Updated Every Five Minutes
North America
1,918,606 VM 0%
South America
20,221 VM +80%
Europe
571,850 VM +333%
Asia (Pacific)
47,102 VM -54%
Africa
4,920 VM +412%
Australia
34,156 VM -29%
The World
Elevated Traffic
17% Above Normal
2,613,228 VM

North America 2,818,667
South America 27,823
Europe 641,360
Asia (Pacific) 465,510
Africa 8,748
Australia 78,181


Highest Peaks based on total page views per minute

The highest peaks since inception of the Net Usage Index for News (August 18, 2005), based on total page views per minute. The following data ranks the top peaks, and the corresponding events that were taking place in the world at the time.

Rank
Date
Approximate Time (ET)
Peak Page Views per Minute

Compelling News Event*
 1  Jun. 24,  2010  12:00 PM  10,357,646  Simultaneous World Cup qualifying
 matches and longest ever  Wimbledon  match
 2  Dec. 07,  2011  5:00 PM  6,583,294  Coverage of UEFA Champions
 League (Group Stage), day two
 3  Nov. 03,  2010  6:00 PM  6,363,725  Champions League/European
 Cup Games
 4  Jun. 11,  2010  12:00 PM  6,039,434  Day 1 of 2010 World Cup
 Championships
 5  Nov. 2,  2010  5:30 PM  5,660,658  2010 US Mid-Term Elections
 6  Jun. 23,  2010  12:00 PM  5,647,432  USA beat Algeria to qualify
 for top 16 in the world cup
 7  Apr. 29,  2011  9:30 AM  5,398,731  Live coverage of the Royal
 Wedding of Prince William and
 Kate Middleton
 8  Dec. 06,  2011  4:45 PM  5,008,897  Coverage of UEFA Champions
 League (Group Stage), day one
 9  Feb. 2,  2011  5:00 PM  4,953,655  Violence breaks out in Egypt
 between anti- and pro-
 government supporters.
 10  Mar. 17,  2011  4:00 PM  4,925,274  Day one of U.S. NCAA collegiate
 basketball tournament
 11  Feb. 6,  2011  10:00 PM  4,630,080  Green Bay Packers are victorious
 in National Football League (U.S.)
 Super Bowl XLV
 12  Feb. 22,  2011  5:00 PM  4,612,644  Earthquake in Christchurch,
 New Zealand
 13  Feb. 1,  2011  4:45 PM  4,592,229  Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
 declares he won't seek
 re-election amidst protests
 14  Mar. 11,  2011  4:00 PM  4,576,088  Ongoing coverage of Japan
 earthquake and tsunami
 15  May 15,  2011  3:30 PM  4,434,962  IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-
 Kahn arrested in New York for
 sexual assault
* The Net Usage Index for News does not claim that a single news event accounts for all Web news traffic at any given time, but the Index can be used to correlate worldwide interest in specific news events with relative audience size.