I've just been catching up with the sprawling Guardian site and find our Jemima Kiss has already covered (at 8am!) the latest ComScore research in Mail website has most overseas users, in MediaGuardian. But that's not going to stop me from snaffling a table (above; click for larger version) and linking to the press release, which includes another table.
It's clear that UK media sites get a lot of overseas visitors, and you won't be surprised to hear that a large proportion are from North America (French media sites don't do as well). Obviously the BBC strives to be global, but I'm not sure why the Mail is doing so well overseas, given that it's the voice of Middle England. According to Jemima: "The Mail's strong international traffic has previously been credited to its expat community and its royal coverage."
If I could just think of a few Princess Di angles for iPhone stories we'd be home and dry.
Update: Perhaps I should have mentioned that we already have GuardianAmerica.com online, edited by Michael Tomasky.
Around the office, I used to quip that the last major event in the Guardian's history was when the editor packed his briefcase and moved from Manchester to London, signalling that we were a national not a regional paper, and the next would be when he moved to New York. But maybe I should have said Beijing....
