VATICAN CITY, FEB 3, 2004 (VIS) - The Vatican's web site has become the most-used medium for the diffusion of information from the Press Office on the activity of the Holy Father and the Holy See.
According to the data provided by the Holy See Internet Office, in 2003 there were almost 22 million hits to the Press Office's web site, with an average of 59,667 searches performed every day. The month with the greatest amount of traffic was March, with 3,598,183 requests answered and an average of 116,072 hits each day.
The hits and requests came from North and South America, Europe, and Asia, in this order: United States, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Brazil, France.
The words most often searched for were: Vatican, News, Information, Press service. The days with greatest activity are Thursday and Friday; the time with the greatest amount of traffic is between 7 and 9 p.m., Rome time.
In 2003, the Vatican Information Service reached the highest number of subscribers to date: 15,916. More than 54% of subscribers receive the service in English, while 28,34% receive it in Spanish, 8.46% in French and 8.54% in Italian.
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