Current Facts & Figures


  • GeoCities is the world's largest Internet Community, and the fastest growing community with 5,000 new members each day.

  • More than 1,100,000 people have created free home pages in our 39 unique, special-interest neighborhoods - active communities where people express themselves, and interact with each other to share interests, opinions, ideas and values.

  • Our free personal home page and e-mail program is supported by advertisers who use GeoCities to reach their target audiences efficiently.

  • The content created by our homesteaders draws more than 553 million page views and 88 million visits per month (October 1997, Nielsen I/PRO audit).

  • Chances are that no matter what you are looking for on the web, you will land on GeoCities during your search.

  • PC/Meter reported that more than 1 out of 5 US web users visited GeoCities in October '97. With a 22.5% reach, GeoCities is ranked as a Top-5 destination on the web.

GeoCities Mission Statement

GeoCities provides interactive environments on the Internet to enable and encourage members to express themselves and share their interests by creating diverse, high-quality content within themed virtual communities

The resulting high traffic, passionate involvement of our members and our expertise in building and managing these communities enable the company to offer a broad range of commercial services.

GeoCities Principles
  • Demonstrate respect for the individual
  • Foster open and honest communication
  • Consciously motivate ethical behavior
  • Value and respect diversity


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