Top six Nigerian websites by traffic ranking

Top six websites in Nigeria by traffic ranking

Over 45.9 million Nigerians accessed the Internet in 2010, according to International Telecommunications Union (ITU). These internet savvy Nigerians, according to Alexa web directory, spend more time on www.vanguardngr.com, www.nairaland.com, www.jobberman.com, www.gtbank.com, www.vconnect.com and www.punchng.com, as at March 12, 2012. 

Vanguardngr.com

Online version of the Vanguard, a Nigerian daily newspaper covering general national news, politics, business, energy, sports, entertainment, fashion,lifestyle human interest stories, etc. Vanguardngr.com is ranked #1,512 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. The site's content places it in the “Newspapers” category of sites.

Compared with the overall internet population, the site's users are disproportionately African, and they are disproportionately childless men browsing from work who have postgraduate educations and have incomes under $30,000 and over $60,000.

Vanguardngr.com has a bounce rate of roughly 38% (i.e., 38% of visits consist of only one pageview)


Nairaland.com

A big, broad discussion forum for Nigerians. Covers dozens of topics including romance, technology, careers, business, and entertainment. With over half a million members, the number one Nigerian community online continues to grow.

Nairaland.com's three-month global Alexa traffic rank is 1,892. It is located in Nigeria. It has been online for more than seven years. About 40% of visits to the site consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces). Compared with all internet users, Nairaland.com's users are disproportionately African, and they are disproportionately childless, less affluent men under the age of 35 who have postgraduate educations.


Jobberman.com

There are 4,879 sites with a better three-month global Alexa traffic rank than Jobberman.com. The site has a bounce rate of about 24% (i.e., 24% of visits consist of only one pageview).

Compared with all internet users, the site's audience tends to be users who have postgraduate educations; it also appeals more to childless, less affluent women browsing from work.

Almost all visitors to Jobberman.com come from Nigeria, where it has attained a traffic rank of 14. The site is in the “Business and Economy” category.

Gtbank.com

Guaranty Trust Bank plc is a leading African Bank that offers Online/Internet Banking, Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Investment Banking ad Asset Management services.

There are 4,744 sites with a better three-month global Alexa traffic rank than Gtbank.com. The time spent in a typical visit to it is approximately ten minutes, with 53 seconds spent on each pageview. Compared with the overall internet population, the site's users tend to have postgraduate educations, and they are disproportionately childless men browsing from work who have incomes under $60,000 and over $100,000. Approximately 3% of visits to the site are referred by search engines. Gtbank.com is particularly highly ranked in the city of Lagos (#14).


Vconnect.com
VConnect is the largest local search engine in Nigeria. More than 200,000 businesses are listed on VConnect. One can find any product, service or company available in VConnect via Web Search (http://www.vconnect.com) or Tele Search (Call 070 0000 8888)


Punchng.com

Punchng.com's three-month global Alexa traffic rank is 3,956. Compared with the overall internet population, the site's users tend to have postgraduate educations, and they tend to be childless, high-income men browsing from work. It has attained a traffic rank of 19 among users in Nigeria, where approximately 83% of its audience is located. Punchng.com has been online for at least eight years. Approximately 33% of visits to the site consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces).