comScore Introduces Mobile Metrix in the UK to Measure Total Mobile Audience Behaviour Acro Smartphones and Tablets

comScore Introduces Mobile Metrix in the UK to Measure Total Mobile Audience Behaviour Across Smartphones and TabletsMobile Metrix Reveals the UK's Top Smartphone and Tablet Destinations

London, UK, 25 February, 2015 - comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the launch of comScore Mobile Metrix in the United Kingdom, bringing the next generation of mobile audience measurement to the market. Mobile Metrix utilises comScore's Unified Digital Measurement (UDM) for smartphones and tablets, combining passive on-device measurement via mobile panels with census-level data to provide detailed insights into mobile media usage across apps and mobile browsing.

comScore is a pioneer in UK mobile measurement beginning with the comScore GSMA Mobile Media Metrics (MMM) service launched in 2009, which was the first service of its kind to provide a census-level solution for mobile media reporting. Mobile Metrix will replace GSMA MMM, which was retired at the end of 2014 under the mutual decision of comScore and the participating UK mobile operators, concluding the five-year service contract. Mobile Metrix, which advances mobile measurement to include smartphone and tablet panels in addition to census-level measurement, provides several key benefits to ensure complete and actionable measurement of the mobile ecosystem, including:

Measurement of secure HTTPS traffic

A stronger approach to demographic attribution

Comprehensive measurement across app and browser usage

Uniform measurement of both on and off-network (Wi-Fi) activity

Streamlined production processes to support faster delivery of data

Consistent methodology towards a global standard for mobile and multi-platform data

With mobile consumers spending an average of 60 hours a month engaging with content on smartphones and tablets, the importance of understanding how consumers are accessing content across these devices is imperative whether you are an advertiser, agency or content owner, said Mike Read, SVP and Managing Director for comScore in the UK. Mobile Metrix provides granular insight into audiences and their content consumption across smartphones and tablets, giving publishers and advertisers alike the data they need to optimise mobile strategies and better understand the competitive landscape.

As consumers' media consumption continues to evolve across smartphones and tablets, media buyers and sellers need a trusted measurement source that accurately reflects today's digital environment, said Guy Phillipson, CEO of the IAB UK. UKOM has worked closely with comScore to bring Mobile Metrix to the market, offering a robust solution that is founded on sound methodology and has been thoroughly reviewed by UKOM's technical and commercial groups.

Audience measurement in today's complex mobile and multi-platform environment is challenging and requires diligence and innovation to accurately capture how consumers are engaging with content across devices, said Tim Cain, Managing Director of the AOP. We applaud comScore on their continued commitment to working with the industry to advance digital measurement in the UK.

In compliance with UKOM standards, Mobile Metrix has received Development Endorsement from UKOM and is undergoing a detailed industry review process in order to achieve full UKOM endorsement as soon as possible.

Top Smartphone and Tablet Destinations in the UK

Mobile Metrix enables reporting of unduplicated audience sizes across app and browser usage, providing a comprehensive view of mobile audience reach on smartphone and tablet devices. Among iOS and Android smartphone users age 18 and older, Google Sites ranked as the top smartphone property reaching 28.3 million users across browser and apps, equivalent to 98.4 percent of the total smartphone population in January 2015. Facebook followed closely reaching more than 9 in 10 Brits, while Amazon Sites secured the third position with 22 million visitors. Nearly 21.8 million users accessed BBC Sites, making it the top news destination for smartphone users.

comScore Top 10 Smartphone Properties

January 2015

Total U.K. Smartphone Population - Age 18+

Source: comScore Mobile Metrix

All Smartphones

Total Unique Visitors (000) % Reach

Total Smartphone Audience 28,747 100.0

Google Sites 28,292 98.4

Facebook 26,336 91.6

Amazon Sites 22,002 76.5

BBC Sites 21,772 75.7

Yahoo Sites 18,216 63.4

Sky Sites 17,246 60.0

eBay 16,424 57.1

Trinity Mirror Group 15,824 55.0

Mail Online 15,566 54.1

Mode Media 13,069 45.5

Analysis of the largest tablet properties found that Apple secured the top spot reaching 44.3 percent of all tablet users in the UK, owing to the popularity of iPads. Facebook and Google Sites followed closely behind, both reaching 44.1 percent of tablet users. LinkedIn, which fell outside of the smartphone top 10, reached #6 in tablet usage with more than one-third of tablet owners accessing LinkedIn on their device, while fellow social networking site Twitter ranked as the #9 most-popular tablet destination.

comScore Top 10 Tablet Properties

January 2015

Total U.K. Tablet Population - Age 18+

Source: comScore Mobile Metrix

All Tablets

Total Unique Visitors (000) % Reach

Total Tablet Audience 20,882 100.0

Apple Inc. 9,249 44.3

Facebook 9,213 44.1

Google Sites 9,208 44.1

BBC Sites 8,524 40.8

Amazon Sites 7,867 37.7

Linkedin 7,613 36.5

eBay 6,598 31.6

Sky Sites 5,783 27.7

Twitter.com 5,691 27.3

Yahoo Sites 5,646 27.0

As mobile devices capture a growing share of consumers' attention, it is increasingly important for advertisers to understand who these consumers are, what content they consume, and how they consu

LINK:	http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press-Releases/2015/2/comScore-Introd...
	See more stories from comscore

Most recent headlines