Did Tumblr become top 10 U.S. web site?

Tumblr NOT in the 10 U.S. most popular web sites list.

Nov. 27. 2012

Tumblr NOT in top 10 U.S. most popular website list

An excited and overwhelmed David Karp announced to his staff at Tumblr today that the microblogging service has achieved a spot among the top ten sites in the U.S., but he was mistaken.

In the five years since its launch, Tumblr has amassed an impressive global monthly audience of almost 170 million people, according to new data from web measurement company Quantcast.

In the U.S. alone, 61.3 million people visit the site every month, posting and viewing photos, text, quotes and all manner of content.

In a post on Tumblr's staff blog, CEO David Karp proclaims a milestone has been reached and that the site has entered into the top 10 most trafficked sites in the U.S.

"Hey everyone! I have an exciting and slightly overwhelming milestone to share with you. Tumblr has broken into the Top 10 sites in the U.S., and now has a worldwide audience of 170 million people."

↑ I captured this image Tumblr staffs' tumblr.

However, the placement by Quantcast at number nine is for traffic to the entire Tumblr 'network' of blogs and not for the website itself. Tumblr's site actually sits at number 15 in the top U.S. sites list.

Now, Tumblr is lanked in 14th among U.S. web sites list.

David Karp (Tumblr CEO) might realize his mistake, so he posted again about this lank.

David’s Log:

“ Scratch that [the earlier post]: I anxiously published this post this morning, not sure if we would hold on to the #10 spot when the rankings refreshed this afternoon.

Turns out the holiday pushed us to #9!  "

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