NetRatings Japan has some new data out on Internet usage.
There’s a lot of interesting bits of information but a few jumped out at me.
One is that the number one site in terms of growth (visits by Japanese month year to year) is Wikipedia.org!
wikipedia.org ウィキペディア (オンライン百科事典) 283 2,058 626%
That first number is visits (in thousands) in Nov. 2003, and then Nov. 2004, making for a 626% increase! I know Wikipedia Japan launched in 2004, so that had something to do with it, I’m sure, but I think it’s a validation of the Wikipedia model, which is getting a lot of debate over on Many-to-Many.
Then there’s a list of the top-trafficked sites which have been online since Nov. 2003 (i.e. less than one-year old sites.) Many of these are weblog services.
livedoor.jp ライブドアブログ 7,385 [weblog service]
exblog.jp エキサイトブログ 2,819 [weblog service]
jugem.jp JUGEM (ブログ) 2,609 [weblog service]
cocolog-nifty.com ココログ (ブログ) [weblog service]
2,452 seesaa.net Seesaa ブログ 1,402 [weblog service]
ecnavi.jp ECナビ (価格比較) 1,350
yaplog.jp ヤプログ (ブログ) 1,121 [weblog service]
9199.jp クイック (一括検索) 1,095
okweb.jp OKウェブ (Q&Aコミュニティ) 888
yongjoon.jp ぺ・ヨンジュン公式サイト 62
2004年のウェブ利用は「ブログ」「ブロドラ」「ベースボール」の3Bが牽引、メガポータルやショッピングサイトも高い成長率を維持 [PDF]