BBC Sport tops the list of UK sports websites in August

LONDON – Viewers might have turned off in droves from the BBC's television coverage of the World Atheletics championships in Paris, but that has not stopped the BBC's sports site topping the tables in August.

BBC Sport is the UK's most popular sport website, with almost four times as much market share as its next competitor, Rivals.net, according to market intelligence firm Hitwise.

accounted for 11.59% and , part of Rivals Digital Media network that also includes Football365, scored 3% of UK web traffic to sports websites.

Football 365's Football 365 Live Scores also featured and accounted for 1.87% of the top 10.

Betting sites also scored well with taking 2.68% of the visits and receiving 2.21% of visits.

It is the second recent appearance for the BBCi site in a Hitwise top 10. featured in the top 10 health and medical sites in June, scoring 2.69%.

Top 10 UK sports sites for the week ending August 30

1 BBC Sport 11.59%

2 Rivals.net 3.00%

3 BetFair 2.68%

4 Sky Sports 2.58%

5 TEAMtalk.com 2.34%

6 William Hill Sportsbook 2.21%

7 Sporting Life 1.98%

8 Planet Football 1.90%

9 The Sun's Premiership Dream Team 1.89%

10 Football 365 Live Scores 1.87%

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