{"id":133998,"date":"2015-08-03T14:59:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T12:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=133998"},"modified":"2015-08-03T15:02:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T13:02:21","slug":"south-africas-biggest-websites-without-24-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/133998-south-africas-biggest-websites-without-24-com.html","title":{"rendered":"South Africa\u2019s biggest websites, without 24.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Effective Measure&#8217;s website traffic statistics for July 2015 show that Gumtree attracted the most South African visitors, followed by IOL, and TimesLive.<\/p>\n<p>Effective Measure is the official traffic measurement partner of the IAB South Africa, and provides accurate traffic and demographics statistics for SA\u2019s top websites.<\/p>\n<p>News24 has dominated local website rankings in recent years, but this time around no 24.com properties are included in the Effective Measure ranking.<\/p>\n<p>24.com said it has stopped its Effective Measure code for a few weeks as part of a review on privacy and the protection of personal information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo ensure that we are complying with local and international legislation, and the best interests of our clients and consumers, we will be reviewing all our data collection and management policies as well as the vendors that supply them,\u201d said 24.com.<\/p>\n<p>This means that 24.com\u2019s News24, Fin24, Health24, Careers24, Sport24, and Channel24 are not included in the latest rankings.<\/p>\n<p>The table below shows the largest IAB SA-affiliated websites in South Africa for July, based on unique South African visitors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#002440\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#002440\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#002440\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Unique Browsers<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#002440\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Page Views<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>gumtree.co.za<\/td>\n<td>5 099 443<\/td>\n<td>161 976 441<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>iol.co.za<\/td>\n<td>2 464 652<\/td>\n<td>19 539 938<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>timeslive.co.za<\/td>\n<td>2 415 531<\/td>\n<td>12 675 896<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>msn.com<\/td>\n<td>2 300 888<\/td>\n<td>69 924 759<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>soccerladuma.co.za<\/td>\n<td>1 549 993<\/td>\n<td>47 657 476<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>dstv.com<\/td>\n<td>1 499 549<\/td>\n<td>10 954 441<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>mybroadband.co.za<\/td>\n<td>1 383 308<\/td>\n<td>6 343 555<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>autotrader.co.za<\/td>\n<td>1 380 139<\/td>\n<td>35 181 322<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>ewn.co.za<\/td>\n<td>1 282 044<\/td>\n<td>6 171 442<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>pnet.co.za<\/td>\n<td>1 245 408<\/td>\n<td>19 879 188<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>sowetanlive.co.za<\/td>\n<td>1 076 422<\/td>\n<td>13 111 133<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>enca.com<\/td>\n<td>960 628<\/td>\n<td>3 777 008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Cars.co.za<\/td>\n<td>944 563<\/td>\n<td>26 897 763<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>careerjunction.co.za<\/td>\n<td>928 967<\/td>\n<td>16 529 984<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>mg.co.za<\/td>\n<td>888 037<\/td>\n<td>4 198 368<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>za.yahoo.com<\/td>\n<td>839 006<\/td>\n<td>8 129 059<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>GOAL.com<\/td>\n<td>828 873<\/td>\n<td>16 530 175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>citizen.co.za<\/td>\n<td>822 516<\/td>\n<td>2 562 188<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>yellowpages.co.za<\/td>\n<td>694 652<\/td>\n<td>2 204 893<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>bdlive.co.za<\/td>\n<td>651 620<\/td>\n<td>2 659 427<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>supersport.com<\/td>\n<td>646 052<\/td>\n<td>8 154 752<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>washingtonpost.com<\/td>\n<td>627 579<\/td>\n<td>1 186 018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>maroelamedia.co.za<\/td>\n<td>618 924<\/td>\n<td>4 354 784<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>all4women.co.za<\/td>\n<td>613 734<\/td>\n<td>7 484 229<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>mobi.supersport.com<\/td>\n<td>605 220<\/td>\n<td>7 950 881<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">All South African websites<\/h3>\n<p>The table above only shows IAB SA-affiliated websites in South Africa, which means that large websites not registered with the IAB SA are not included.<\/p>\n<p>To get an overview of the most popular websites visited by South Africans, irrespective of where the website is based or who it is affiliated with, Alexa is a fair source.<\/p>\n<p>While Alexa\u2019s statistics are not as accurate as Effective Measure\u2019s cookie-based tracking, it provides a more complete picture of SA\u2019s Internet space &#8211; using\u00a0panel-based data from its toolbar users to rank websites based on traffic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #002440; font-weight: bold; color: #fff;\">\n<th width=\"44%\">\n<div align=\"left\">Alexa South Africa ranking<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"56%\">Website<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Google.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Google.co.za<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Facebook.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Youtube.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Gumtree.co.za<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Yahoo.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Linkedin.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Amazon.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Twitter.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>News24.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Fnb.co.za<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Wikipedia.org<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Junkmail.co.za<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Takealot.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Olx.co.za<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Standardbank.co.za<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Bidorbuy.co.za<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Pinterest.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Blogspot.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>T.co (Twitter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Mybroadband.co.za<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>WordPress.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>Live.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>Property.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>Absa.co.za<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on websites in South Africa<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/127946-south-africas-biggest-websites-3.html\">South Africa\u2019s biggest websites<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/127450-internet-access-in-south-africa-best-and-worst-provinces.html\">Internet access in South Africa: best and worst provinces<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/127368-south-africa-online-salary-gender-and-age.html\">South Africa Online: salary, gender, and age<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a 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