NEW YORK — Media Metrix (NASDAQ: JMXI), the pioneer and leader in Internet and Digital Media measurement worldwide, today reports that usage of the Napster software application increased from 1.1 million users in February 2000 to 6.7 million users in August 2000, a 506.8 percent increase. Further highlights on Napster, the controversial music file-swapping service, include:
Napster remains the fastest growing home software application ever.
Napster software-application usage grew more than 30 percent from July to August 2000, both at home and at work, to 6.7 million and 1.2 million unique users, respectively.
Penetration of the Napster software application increased significantly among online-computer users at home: 8.5 percent used the Napster application in August 2000, up from 1.4 percent in February 2000.
Media Metrix SoftUsage Report
Unique Users (000) at Home in the U.S.
January-August 2000
January February March April
Total Online Computer Users 78,248 77,741 76,639 78,266
Multimedia Player Users 31,304 36,005 32,828 34,529
Napster Software-Application Users (1) 1,109 1,744 2,897
May June July August
Total Online Computer Users 77,759 77,591 79,163 79,461
Multimedia Player Users 35,354 35,664 37,477 38,121
Napster Software-Application users 3,166 4,670 4,936 6,729
Media Metrix SoftUsage Report
Unique Users (000) at Work in the U.S.
January - August 2000
January February March April
Total Online Computer Users 24,020 24,759 25,454 26,266
Multimedia Player Users 11,606 13,235 12,736 11,442
Napster Software-Application Users (2) (2) (2) (2)
May June July August
Total Online Computer Users 26,687 26,857 26,863 26,821
Multimedia Player Users 11,455 10,646 14,211 14,523
Napster Software-Application Users 417 763 887 1,179
Media Metrix Definitions
Unique Users: The estimated number of total users who used the software application once in the given month. All Unique Users are unduplicated (only counted once).
Multimedia applications: Includes such applications as Realplayer, Media Player, Quicktime and Spinner. (1) Indicates unreported traffic. (2) Indicates unreportable traffic.
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