Climbs to 36 in comScore Top 50 Report
NEW YORK – Vibrant (www.vibrantmedia.com) the global leader in contextual advertising, has increased its U.S. user base by 50% in the past year, from 87 million in September 2009 to 130 million, according to comScore. This represents a reach of 61% of the U.S. internet audience. The company is now in the number 36 spot in the comScore Top 50 Ad Focus Ranking.
“Vibrant’s surge in the rankings, with 130 million U.S. uniques, is driven by the tremendous value we provide advertisers, publishers and users,” says Doug Stevenson, Co-founder and CEO of Vibrant. “We are engaging a growing worldwide audience with relevant, contextual content across a network of more than 4,500 premium publishers. This user base is sought after by advertisers such as Microsoft, Unilever, Best Buy and Blackberry RIM, for whom our solutions bridge the gap between search and display and deliver results.”
This increase in U.S. traffic comes at a time when Vibrant had reported 51% Y-Y growth in Q2 2010 and 45% Y-Y growth in H1 2010. The company also recently announced it had brought on renowned financial executive Jeff Babka as CFO to help lead Vibrant’s expansion strategy.
About Vibrant
Vibrant (www.vibrantmedia.com) is a world leader in contextual technology aligning billions of words across the Internet with relevant video, information, tools, and advertising. With over 4,500 premium publishers, reaching more than 170 million unique users per month (comScore, August 2010), Vibrant gives top brand marketers the opportunity to deliver highly targeted advertisements within premium Web content and offers publishers premium editorial tools to re-circulate users throughout their websites. Vibrant works with top brand advertisers such as Microsoft, Unilever, Warner Bros and AT&T. The company was founded in 2000 and has offices in London, New York, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Hamburg, Munich and Dusseldorf. Vibrant’s rapid growth has been recognized by the Inc. 500 and Deloitte Fast 50 lists. In 2010, the company was named by Advertising Age as one of the “Best Places to Work in Marketing & Media.” For more information, visit: www.vibrantmedia.com or www.hyperlinkevolved.com or www.facebook.com/vibrantmedia or http://twitter.com/vibrantmedia.
