WWE Corporate –
STAMFORD Conn. May 13 2009 – In the month of April World Wrestling Entertainment®’s flagship website WWE.com had more U.S. visits than premiere pop culture and sports hubs Disney.com TMZ.com Hulu.com PerezHilton.com CBS.com ABC.com NBC.com NBA.com and NFL.com according to Hitwise a leading online competitive intelligence provider.
WWE.com also reported a staggering 18 million unique visitors 28.3 million video streams and a record breaking 663.1 million page views for the month of April. The monthly page views represent a 62% increase from April 2008. Page views per visit also increased 57% to an average of 17.2 pages viewed versus 10.9 pages per visit in April 2008 (source: Omniture – Worldwide).
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