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2017 Online Media Kit GAMEINFORMER.COM
Monthly Unique Visitors 4 Million
Monthly Page Views 17 Million
Monthly Video Plays Over 700,000
Average Time on Site 3:22 Minutes
® VISITORS AT A GLANCE DEMOGRAPHICS CONSOLE & GAMES PURCHASING
Gender Console Ownership Plans to Purchase 88% male 99.5% own at least one video 89.6% plan to purchase or receive 12% female game console. a game system in the next 12 months.
Age Xbox 360 47.9% Xbox One 33.4% 21% – 17 and under PlayStation 3 42.7% PlayStation 4 38.0% 64% – 18-34 years PlayStation 4 35.4% 15% – 35 and above Game Purchasing Frequency Nintendo 3Ds 32.8% In the last 60 days visitors: Median Age Nintendo Wii 32.3% • purchased 4 games. 22 years Xbox One 27.1% • downloaded 5 game demos Nintendo Wii U 16.7% Marital Status PSP 15.1% 73% single 27% married
A LOVE FOR GAMES
Top Interest 99.5% list video games as their highest topic of interest, followed by internet activity and movie going.
Time Spent with Games On average, visitors spend 18 hours per week playing video games.
Internet 96% of visitors have broad band access.
® OUR IMPACT
INFLUENCE BASED ON TRUST
have made a purchase after reading about it on 85% GameInformer.com Top game news sources gameinformer.com 74.5% agree, GameInformer.com influences their purchase 93% decisions ign.com 45.2% gamestop.com 38.3% agree, GameInformer.com has the most complete Other 27.6% 97% information when it comes to buying games 1up.com 15.0% agree, Game Informer is t he most reliable source kotaku.com .6% 96% when it comes to buying video games.
of GameInformer.com visitors are also avid readers 88% of Game Informer Magazine.
Sources: WebTrends 2009, Comscore MyMetrix 2009, DoubleClick DART, Atlas Tracking, Gameinformer.com User Study 10/14
® ADVERTISER BENEFITS
OVERVIEW TARGETING
Our Audience Takes Action Achieve Reach and Frequency Strategic Ad Placement • Proven .18 CTR 54% returning visitors 91% have more than one favorite section on gameinformer.com. • 85% have made a purchase after 46% new visitors per month seeing and/or reading about a 83% consider the Review section to product on Higher Visitor Attention be their favorite. • Greater share of voice consider the News section to More Impressions 69% be their favorite. Actual CPMs < CPMs sold • Your ads are features on a clean, clutter-free site 65% consider the Forums section to Higher exposure to women be their favorite. and youth
2015 Page Views Average 17,482,430
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® ONLINE AD SPECIFICATIONS
Maximum Host- Display Ad Expandable Max Initial Host-Initiated 3rd Party Unit size Expanded initiated Max length Placement Name Direction File Size Video File Size Serving Type Dimensions Subload
15 sec for 728x180, 728x300, JavaScript preferred Leaderboard 728x90 Down 200 KB 300 KB 2.2 MB animation; or 728x418 - iframe accepted 30 sec for video
15 sec for Medium JavaScript preferred 300x250 600x250 Left 200 KB 100 KB 2.2 MB animation; Rectangle - iframe accepted 30 sec for video
Medium 15 sec for JavaScript preferred Rectangle - In- 300x250 N/A N/A 200 KB 100 KB 2.2 MB animation; - iframe accepted Banner Video 30 sec for video
15 sec for Titlebar JavaScript preferred 970x90 970x418 Down 200 KB 300 KB 2.2 MB animation; (Pushdown) - iframe accepted 30 sec for video
15 sec for 970x250 JavaScript preferred 970x250 970x250 N/A 200 KB 300 KB 2.2 MB animation; Marquee - iframe accepted 30 sec for video
1x1 (for impression Site Skin 1920x1080 N/A N/A 300 KB N/A N/A N/A and click)
Standard Max Can Be Video Ad Max Frames Scaling File Type Video Audio Aspect 3rd Party Dimen- File 3rd Party Placement Name Length Per Sec Supported? Accepted Bitrate Bitrate Ratio Serving Type sions Size Served?
All formats 1x1 accepted - Pre-roll Video 640x360 :30 24 500 MB Yes 2500+ 128K 0.67291667 Yes (for impression Hi-res MOV and click) or VAST preferred
All formats 1x1 Medium Rectangle accepted - 300x250 :30 24 500MB Yes 2500+ 128K 0.67291667 Yes (for impression - In-Banner Video Hi-res MOV and click) preferred
® CONTACT
ADVERTISING SALES
Damon Watson National Ad Sales Director tel: 310.450.3260 fax: 310.450.3571 [email protected]
Amy Arnold Janey Stringer Senior Advertising Sales Associate/East Coast Advertising Manager tel: 518.982.1141 tel: 612.486.6104 [email protected] [email protected]
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