Watson.ch's website enters the Top 10

The industry organization NET-Metrix published its online media study on Monday. Watson.ch is now among the top ten websites with the widest reach.

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NET-Metrix Profiles 2018-2 includes reach and audience data for 176 Swiss web properties, mobile/desktop sites, iOS and Android apps, and 18 networks.

Among the top ten websites in terms of reach, SBB further extended its top position with a monthly reach of 49.8 percent and around three million users per month. However, most of the other top ten websites also recorded gains in reach compared with the previous wave. The biggest winner is the Watson.ch website, which has entered the top ten websites with the highest reach for the first time and is now used by around 1.3 million users per month (21.6 percent monthly reach).

Top 10 Swiss Web Offerings NET Metrix Profiles 2018-2
Place +/- Top web offers Monthly range in % Monthly reach Unique users in thousands Change from previous wave (18-1)
1 ─ SBB 49,8 3'061 +0.7 pp
2 ↑+1 srf.ch 45,1 2'770 +2.5 pp
3 ↑+1 20min.ch - D-CH 44,8 2'751 +2.7 pp
4 ↓-2 local.ch 43,0 2'642 -0.4 pp
5 ↑+1 View Online 42,5 2'613 +3.7 pp
6 ↓-1 search.ch 40,9 2'514 -0.5 pp
7 ─ Bluewin 28,8 1'769 + 1.9 pp
8 ─ New Zurich Newspaper 28,0 1'719 +3.3 pp
9 ─ tagesanzeiger.ch 22,4 1'379 +0.3 pp
10 ↑+2 watson.ch 21,6 1'331 +5.5 pp
SOURCE: NET Metrix Profiles 2018-2

Top 5 Mobile Sites, iOS and Android Apps

With its mobile site, Watson.ch now reaches around one million users per month and thus makes it into the list of the five mobile sites with the highest reach. While the other top 5 mobile sites are also gaining reach compared to the previous wave (+1.6 percentage points on average), app usage remains roughly at the level of survey wave 2018-1. The most-used apps - both Apple iOS and Google Android - are and remain the SBB apps and the German-language phone app of 20min.ch.

Top 10 Mobile Sites NET Metrix Profiles 2018-2
Place +/- Top Mobile Offers Monthly range in % Monthly reach Unique users in thousands Change from previous wave (18-1)
1 ─ 20min.ch - D-CH | Mobile-Site 33,9 2'081 +2.5 pp
2 ─ View Online | Mobile Site 29,2 1'793 +2.0 pp
3 ─ search.ch | Mobile Site 23,8 1'465 +0.3 pp
4 ─ local.ch | Mobile Site 22,5 1'385 +1.5 pp
5 ↑+6 watson.ch | Mobile Site 17,6 1'080 +8.0 pp
SOURCE: NET Metrix Profiles 2018-2
Top 10 iOS apps NET Metrix Profiles 2018-2
Place +/- Top Mobile Offers Monthly range in % Monthly reach of unique users in thousands Change from previous wave (18-1)
1. ─ SBB Mobile | App (Apple iOS, Universal) 14,1 868 -0.1 pp
2. ─ 20min.ch - D-CH | App (Apple iOS, Phone) 12,7 779 ─
3. ─ local.ch | App (Apple iOS, Universal) 6,5 401 -0.8 pp
4. ─ Blick News | App (Apple iOS, Phone) 5,7 352 +1.3 pp
5. ─ 20min.ch - D-CH | App (Apple iOS, Tablet) 3,5 216 -0.1 pp
SOURCE: NET Metrix Profiles 2018-2

Top 10 Android Apps

NET Metrix Profiles 2018-2

Place +/- Top Mobile Offers Monthly range in % Monthly reach of unique users in thousands Change from previous wave
1. ─ SBB Mobile | App (Google Android, Universal) 8,9 548 +0.3 pp
2. ↑+1 20min.ch - D-CH | App (Google Android, Phone) 5,7 348 +0.2 pp
3. ↓-1 local.ch | App (Google Android, Universal) 5,0 309 -0.6 pp
4. ─ search.ch | App (Google Android, Universal) 2,5 155 -0.2 pp
5. ─ 20min.ch - W-CH | App (Google Android, Phone) 2,3 141 -0.1 pp
SOURCE: NET Metrix Profiles 2018-2

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