Oneindia is India's second most popular Local News Destination amongst NRIs: Comscore

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Updated: Friday, June 19, 2015, 9:39 [IST]

Mumbai, India, November 14, 2011 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a report on visitation to local sites in India by online users from outside of the country. The report found that among the top local news destinations in India, most brands saw non-residents contribute a significant share of global visitors with 36.2 percent of The Times of India's global audience and 31.6 percent of Oneindia's audience originating from outside the country. Other sites including those within the Portals, Financial and Sports categories, also saw significant non-resident traffic drive their global audience reach.

"With many local sites attracting a significant portion of visitors from outside of India, these visitors, who are very likely to be non-resident Indians, are an important segment for brands to consider in their digital strategies and often represent very active online users," said Kedar Gavane, comScore director for India. "Understanding this important geographic distinction in audience composition is important for publishers in delivering relevant content and for advertisers in reaching their desired audiences."

Local News Destinations See Significant Traffic from Outside of India

Among some of the largest local news sites in India, many destinations generated a significant portion of their traffic from outside of India. The Times of India, which ranked as the largest site in the Newspaper category with nearly 7.9 million visitors in India (age 15 and older accessing from a home or work location), attracted 36.2 percent of its global traffic from outside of India in September. Oneindia reached more than 4.4 million visitors in India in September 2011, with 31.6 percent of its global visitor base accessing from outside of the country, while HT Media Ltd. saw 28.1 percent of visitation from outside of India. 20.1 percent of India.com Sites' global visitors were non-residents, with the largest local General News destination in India, NDTV, seeing 38.2 percent of its audience represented by this segment of visitors.

Among these selected news sites, Mid-Day.com and DeccanChronicle.com displayed the largest percentage of visitors from outside of India with both drawing more than 45 percent of their global audiences from outside of the country.

Selected Newspaper Sites in India by Total Unique Visitors (000) September 2011 Total India – Visitors Age 15+ Home/Work Locations* Source: comScore Media Metrix
	Total Unique Visitors in India (000)	Total Unique Visitors Worldwide (000)	% of Global Unique Visitors in India	% of Global Unique Visitors Outside India
The Times of India	7,871	12,336	63.8%	36.2%
Oneindia	4,449	6,501	68.4%	31.6%
HT Media Ltd	4,393	6,109	71.9%	28.1%
India.com Sites	3,786	4,737	79.9%	20.1%
NDTV	3,558	5,756	61.8%	38.2%
The Economic Times	3,169	4,340	73.0%	27.0%
IBN Live	2,355	3,562	66.1%	33.9%
The Indian Express Group	2,022	2,961	68.3%	31.7%
The Hindu Group	1,885	2,850	66.1%	33.9%
Bhaskar.com	1,672	2,105	79.4%	20.6%
Navbharat Times	938	1,081	86.7%	13.3%
Dnaindia.com	743	1,129	65.9%	34.1%
Mid-day.com	450	821	54.8%	45.2%
Maharashtra Times	395	446	88.6%	11.4%
Financialexpress.com	384	460	83.4%	16.6%
Dinakaran.com	297	417	71.2%	28.8%
Deccanchronicle.com	293	583	50.2%	49.8%
Deccanherald.com	286	461	62.0%	38.0%

*Excludes visits from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs

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Source: comscore