Demographics & Site Stats

Reach

  • 26,125,949 page impressions per month.
  • 2,314,196 readers per month

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(ABCe 2009)

Demographics

  • 67% of irishtimes.com users are ABC1
  • 84% are educated to third/ postgraduate level
  • Urban dweller (61% Dublin)
  • Home owner (62%)
  • Working (79%) as a professional, self-employed or in management (60%)
  • Educated to thirdlevel or postgraduate level (83%)
  • Car owner (73%)

Purchasing power

  • Over the last six months, the average irishtimes.com reader has spent on average
  • €700 on purchasing flights
  • €704 on online accommodation
  • €7,797 on financial services online
  • 43% of irishtimes.com readers earn over €60K per annum

Usage

  • 84% visit daily or more often; heavier users tend to be under 35, corporate subscribers, male and Irish based. Overseas users are more likely to visit just once a day
  • Today's newspaper and breaking news almost universally visited
  • Today's Newspaper accounts for an estimated 46% of time on site, with breaking news an estimated quarter of subscriber time
  • Heavy reported crossword usage among female users with sport and business usage high among men

(JNIR 2004 and irishtimes.com subscriber survey 2006)