I came across a study from XitiMonitor, a company providing Internet traffic monitoring services, which shows how consumers use the web for each month. It is noteworthy that XitiMonitor is a french company, and have no activities whatsoever in Montreal, but they do however track Internet traffic globally, and I am sure this will interest anyone having a worldwide Internet audience or planning to launch a web startup soon.
The data is compiled from their 2002 to 2006 database, and show that Internet usage is at its lowest in the summer, especially august. In the other hand, if you plan to launch a website, it’s best to do it in January, or in March.
I wouldn’t be suprised that data for Québec and Canada would show even more differences between the summer and the winter (I am sure you know why) .
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Technology and Innovation in August | Montreal Tech Watch September 03, 2007
[...] interesting stats on audience seasonality, with data collected from 2002 to 2006. (August [...]
heri May 02, 2008
@igrigorik see also study for best month to get max attention http://tinyurl.com/5p7yxa it’s jan and march