Weather and Sports Mobile Websites Top Most Visited

The latest Telephia Mobile Internet Report shows that Email and Weather sites were the top two most visited mobile Internet categories. The sports category followed, with more than 7.1 million visitors, while the Search category secured 6.5 million visitors. Additionally, more than six million mobile consumers accessed City Guides/Maps sites in June.

According to Telephia, Yahoo! Mail was the most visited site by mobile consumers in June (see Table 1). More than 5.8 million mobile consumers accessed The Weather Channel through their cell phones, while visitors to ESPN totaled more than 5.3 million. Rounding out the top five, Google Search and MSN Hotmail secured 4.3 and 3.4 million mobile visitors, respectively.

"Mobile Web usage has continued to grow over the past year, as Internet content providers continue to extend their reach into the mobile space," said Bernard Brenner, Director, Mobile Content—Telephia. "As the industry matures and more mobile users continue to complement and extend their Web activity via their wireless devices, Internet content providers are well-positioned to broaden their audience overall." www.telephia.com