State of the Mobile Web, November 2012

The top local domains of Europe

International websites may top the lists of most visited domains, but Europeans do love their local sites, as well. This month’s State of the Mobile Web report, we offer a look at which local websites are the most visited in the European countries. Using anonymous and aggregated data from the Opera Mini mobile web browser, which compresses data on the fly for its users, we’ve compiled a very accurate list of the most visited sites.

The variations in top local domains vary greatly from country to country. Some countries are fixated on news, others use a mobile browser to visit education sites, and some countries are outright sports crazy. However, there is one category that dominates local websites in Europe.

News and Entertainment is clearly the most popular local website category in Europe, with 23 countries out of 35 having a news site in first place, and each country having at least one news site on its respective top-ten local website list. Croatia and Norway have the most news sites in their top ten, with a total of eight local news websites. Portal and search is the second most popular category.

Sports-fixated countries include Romania and Spain, which each have sport sites at the top of their top-ten lists, but Cyprus is the country with the most sports fans, having a total of five sports sites on its top-ten list of local websites.

In the ranking of international websites, the representation of international social networks is strong, and few European countries can show off with a local alternative to the international social-network sites. There are exceptions, such as in Spain, where there are two local social networks represented, and Germany, where one community is at the top of the top-ten list.

The Portal and Search and Education category seem to be better represented in the eastern-most countries such as Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia.

Other findings:

  • France, Belgium, Italy and Macedonia have women’s portals among their top-ten local sites
  • Find the odd man out: Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland and Greece all have weather sites on their top-ten list. However, the Greeks seem to love talking about the weather; it’s on 3rd place in the top ten.
  • The Swedes have only two categories of local websites in their top ten: News and Entertainment and Shopping and Classifieds.
  • Finland and Bulgaria have baby advice sites in their top-ten lists, under the Lifestyle category.
  • Germans seem to take their mobile phones into the kitchen, with a recipe website in its top-ten local site list.
  • Click on a country to view the top 10 domains in November 2012

  • Albania

    1. lajmetvip.com
    2. ikub.al
    3. lajmidites.com
    4. noa.al
    5. balkanweb.com
    6. top-channel.tv
    7. shqiperia.com
    8. telegrafi.com
    9. amc.al

  • Austria

    1. orf.at
    2. derstandard.at
    3. oebb.at
    4. willhaben.at
    5. herold.at
    6. krone.at
    7. kurier.at
    8. wetter.at
    9. geizhals.at
    10. a1.net

  • Belgium

    1. hln.be
    2. nieuwsblad.be
    3. sporza.be
    4. standaard.be
    5. deredactie.be
    6. telenet.be
    7. belgianrail.be
    8. delijn.be
    9. openingsuren.com
    10. aufeminin.com

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

    1. pik.ba
    2. klix.ba
    3. port.ba
    4. avaz.ba
    5. izbori.ba
    6. bhtelecom.ba
    7. cafe.ba
    8. bhmobile.ba
    9. bljesak.info
    10. Mtel.ba

  • Bulgaria

    1. abv.bg
    2. dir.bg
    3. dnes.bg
    4. sinoptik.bg
    5. sportal.bg
    6. prodavalnik.com
    7. mobile.bg
    8. data.bg
    9. btv.bg
    10. bg-mamma.com

  • Croatia

    1. index.hr
    2. net.hr
    3. 24sata.hr
    4. njuskalo.hr
    5. jutarnji.hr
    6. dnevnik.hr
    7. tportal.hr
    8. vecernji.hr
    9. slobodnadalmacija.hr

  • Cyprus

    1. soeasy.com.cy
    2. sigmalive.com
    3. politisnews.eu
    4. kerkida.net
    5. kathimerini.com.cy
    6. 24sports.com.cy
    7. omonoianews.com
    8. apoel.net
    9. protathlima.com
    10. bestcypruscar.com

  • Czech Republic

    1. seznam.cz
    2. novinky.cz
    3. idnes.cz
    4. super.cz
    5. centrum.cz
    6. sport.cz
    7. heureka.cz
    8. blesk.cz
    9. aukro.cz
    10. csfd.cz

  • Denmark

    1. ekstrabladet.dk
    2. dr.dk
    3. bt.dk
    4. politiken.dk
    5. krak.dk
    6. tv2.dk
    7. epn.dk
    8. dmi.dk
    9. jyllands-posten.dk
    10. rejseplanen.dk

  • Estonia

    1. delfi.ee
    2. postimees.ee
    3. tallinn.ee
    4. hot.ee
    5. ohtuleht.ee
    6. auto24.ee
    7. elion.ee
    8. neti.ee
    9. elu24.ee

  • Finland

    1. iltalehti.fi
    2. iltasanomat.fi
    3. yle.fi
    4. hs.fi
    5. suomi24.fi
    6. mtv3.mobi
    7. taloussanomat.fi
    8. foreca.fi
    9. plaza.fi
    10. telkku.com

  • France

    1. lemonde.fr
    2. free.fr
    3. leboncoin.fr
    4. aufeminin.com
    5. doctissimo.fr
    6. jeuxvideo.com
    7. allocine.fr
    8. lefigaro.fr
    9. orange.fr

  • Germany

    1. bild.de
    2. spiegel.de
    3. chip.de
    4. focus.de
    5. web.de
    6. welt.de
    7. bahn.de
    8. gmx.net
    9. chefkoch.de

  • Greece

    1. in.gr
    2. whatsup.gr
    3. meteo.gr
    4. newsbomb.gr
    5. sport24.gr
    6. gazzetta.gr
    7. inews.gr
    8. skroutz.gr
    9. contra.gr
    10. zougla.gr

  • Hungary

    1. index.hu
    2. blog.hu
    3. origo.hu
    4. port.hu
    5. sportgeza.hu
    6. aprod.hu
    7. vatera.hu
    8. idokep.hu

  • Iceland

    1. mbl.is
    2. visir.is
    3. ja.is
    4. pressan.is
    5. fotbolti.net
    6. bland.is
    7. ruv.is
    8. einkabanki.is
    9. hi.is
    10. 433.is

  • Ireland

    1. rte.ie
    2. donedeal.ie
    3. independent.ie
    4. irishtimes.com
    5. meteor.ie
    6. daft.ie
    7. goldenpages.ie
    8. aib.ie
    9. thejournal.ie

  • Italy

    1. corriere.it
    2. libero.it
    3. repubblica.it
    4. ilmeteo.it
    5. alfemminile.com
    6. virgilio.it
    7. diretta.it
    8. gazzetta.it
    9. angolotesti.it
    10. subito.it

  • Latvia

    1. inbox.lv
    2. ss.lv
    3. delfi.lv
    4. tvnet.lv
    5. 1188.lv
    6. apollo.lv
    7. spoki.lv
    8. rigassatiksme.lv
    9. e-klase.lv
    10. kasjauns.lv

  • Lithuania

    1. delfi.lt
    2. 15min.lt
    3. lrytas.lt
    4. tamo.lt
    5. one.lt
    6. skelbiu.lt
    7. balsas.lt
    8. autogidas.lt
    9. draugas.lt
    10. alfa.lt

  • Macedonia

    1. idividi.com.mk
    2. femina.mk
    3. motika.com.mk
    4. grid.mk
    5. jsp.com.mk
    6. kurir.mk
    7. pazar3.mk
    8. vip.mk
    9. vecer.com.mk
    10. puls24.mk

  • Malta

    1. timesofmalta.com
    2. maltapark.com
    3. maltaweather.com
    4. maltairport.com
    5. um.edu.mt
    6. go.com.mt
    7. inewsmalta.com
    8. melita.com
    9. daphnecaruanagalizia.com
    10. mail.gov.mt

  • Montenegro

    1. vijesti.me
    2. cdm.me
    3. dan.co.me
    4. pobjeda.me
    5. portalanalitika.me
    6. telekom.me
    7. autodiler.me
    8. cafemontenegro.com
    9. meteo.co.me

  • Netherlands

    1. nu.nl
    2. marktplaats.nl
    3. hyves.nl
    4. nos.nl
    5. telegraaf.nl
    6. fok.nl
    7. ad.nl
    8. ns.nl
    9. infonu.nl
    10. rtl.nl

  • Norway

    1. vg.no
    2. db.no
    3. finn.no
    4. aftenposten.no
    5. nrk.no
    6. e24.no
    7. yr.no
    8. kjendis.no
    9. tv2.no
    10. vgtv.no

  • Poland

    1. onet.pl
    2. wp.pl
    3. allegro.pl
    4. gazeta.pl
    5. interia.pl
    6. sport.pl
    7. zadane.pl
    8. sciaga.pl
    9. o2.pl

  • Portugal

    1. sapo.pt
    2. xl.pt
    3. abola.pt
    4. iol.pt
    5. publico.pt
    6. olx.pt
    7. jn.pt
    8. meteo.pt
    9. dn.pt
    10. zerozero.pt

  • Romania

    1. sport.ro
    2. libertatea.ro
    3. stirileprotv.ro
    4. prosport.ro
    5. gsp.ro
    6. softpedia.com
    7. flashscore.ro
    8. cancan.ro
    9. ziare.com

  • Serbia

    1. blic.rs
    2. b92.net
    3. krstarica.com
    4. 24sata.rs
    5. kurir-info.rs
    6. dobrestvari.rs
    7. smedia.rs
    8. naslovi.net
    9. mondo.rs

  • Slovakia

    1. azet.sk
    2. zoznam.sk
    3. atlas.sk
    4. aktuality.sk
    5. sme.sk
    6. topky.sk
    7. bazos.sk
    8. cas.sk
    9. pravda.sk
    10. heureka.sk

  • Slovenia

    1. 24ur.com
    2. rtvslo.si
    3. siol.net
    4. zurnal24.si
    5. najdi.si
    6. gov.si
    7. over.net
    8. bolha.com
    9. avto.net
    10. uni-lj.si

  • Spain

    1. marca.com
    2. elmundo.es
    3. elpais.com
    4. as.com
    5. 20minutos.es
    6. softonic.com
    7. eltiempo.es
    8. abc.es

  • Sweden

    1. aftonbladet.se
    2. dn.se
    3. hitta.se
    4. blocket.se
    5. svd.se
    6. eniro.se
    7. expressen.se
    8. svt.se
    9. sverigesradio.se
    10. prisjakt.nu

  • Switzerland

    1. 20min.ch
    2. blick.ch
    3. sbb.ch
    4. tagesanzeiger.ch
    5. ricardo.ch
    6. search.ch
    7. admin.ch
    8. nzz.ch
    9. bluewin.ch
    10. local.ch

  • United Kingdom

    1. bbc.co.uk
    2. goal.com
    3. dailymail.co.uk
    4. gov.uk
    5. guardian.co.uk
    6. telegraph.co.uk
    7. skysports.com
    8. nhs.uk
    9. mirror.co.uk
    10. thesun.co.uk

  • Belarus

    no data

  • Luxembourg

    no data

  • Moldova

    no data

  • Russia

    no data

  • Turkey

    no data

  • Ukraine

    no data

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Legend

  • News and entertainment
  • Portal and search
  • Telecom
  • Transport
  • Shopping and classifieds
  • Music
  • Lifestyle
  • Government
  • Technology
  • Sports
  • Weather
  • Education
  • Banking

Growth

Since the April 2012 State of the Mobile Web report, Opera Software has reported the unique-user numbers for both the Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers. Read more about this change.

In November 2012, the consumer base of the Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers increased in unique users. In all, more than 215 million people used Opera Mini or Opera Mobile in November. The Opera Mini servers (which do not process pages from Opera Mobile browsers) served more than 130 billion pages and compressed over 11 petabytes of data for Opera Mini users. More than 31% of the total users of Opera Mini and Opera Mobile are using smartphones to browse the web. Compared to November 2011, the total number of Opera Mini and Opera Mobile users grew more than 29% year over year.

Number of mobile product users

In November 2012, there were over 215 million Opera Mini and Opera Mobile users. Out of this number, more than 20 million were Opera Mobile users, and the rest were Opera Mini users. Compared to November 2011, Opera Mini and Opera Mobile combined grew more than 29% year over year.

MonthOpera MiniTotal users
November 2012195,466,306215,860,590
October 2012194,028,420215,404,124
September 2012187,528,635207,194,837
August 2012190,999,377209,908,472
July 2012187,147,324205,770,416
June 2012182,464,716200,350,248
May 2012178,525,801196,186,735
April 2012165,516,827189,631,504
March 2012168,844,460193,009,533
February 2012160,016,472183,714,665
January 2012159,033,038182,787,117
December 2011152,651,224175,940,168
November 2011144,601,830166,574,676
October 2011140,001,098161,863,689
September 2011131,319,238153,031,280
August 2011128,004,536149,726,810
July 2011121,789,463143,247,132
June 2011115,058,129136,220,211
May 2011113,511,756134,760,861
April 2011107,159,911128,275,809
March 2011102,488,824123,389,860
February 2011 89,813,250110,370,647
January 2011 90,368,678111,009,722
December 2010 85,540,776105,882,284

Opera Mini pages transcoded

Opera Mini users viewed over 130 billion pages in November 2012. Since November 2011, page views have increased by more than 47%.

MonthPage views
November 2012130,919,408,010
October 2012126,783,439,403
September 2012116,255,078,302
August 2012122,366,916,411
July 2012116,520,625,707
June 2012115,070,847,433
May 2012113,788,248,994
April 2012109,172,778,122
March 2012117,133,940,573
February 2012108,322,127,981
January 2012108,711,984,250
December 2011103,156,318,112
November 2011 88,516,536,629
October 2011 86,241,891,002
September 2011 79,164,254,190
August 2011 79,594,255,478
July 2011 74,078,891,600
June 2011 67,303,912,324
May 2011 63,386,735,162
April 2011 57,935,683,078
March 2011 59,768,735,532
February 2011 51,531,490,158
January 2011 52,377,317,703
December 2010 46,725,301,390

Opera Mini data consumed

In November 2012, Opera Mini users generated over 2.4 billion MB of data for operators worldwide. Data in the Opera Mini browser is compressed by up to 90%. If this data were uncompressed, Opera Mini users would have viewed over 11 petabytes of data in November. Since November 2011, data traffic has risen by more than 72%.

MonthData transfer (MB)
November 20122,446,573,554
October 20122,406,128,070
September 20122,216,054,026
August 20122,215,469,446
July 20122,109,653,045
June 20122,015,528,597
May 20121,983,411,220
April 20121,906,598,921
March 20121,918,118,366
February 20121,916,961,696
January 20121,831,047,506
December 20111,663,600,099
November 20111,421,897,839
October 20111,360,336,480
September 20111,251,149,418
August 20111,232,303,979
July 20111,170,603,288
June 20111,068,360,258
May 20111,031,183,476
April 2011 954,840,197
March 2011 946,210,968
February 2011 790,192,801
January 2011 804,000,878
December 2010 706,327,921

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