BBC: The BBC News Website--Under the Bonnet Jun 5, 2005, 13 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (6576 reads) (Other stories by Kevin Hinde)
"The BBC News website serves 3 million users and 24 million page impressions every day. We try to make sure that the site is available for everyone round the clock.
"This is particularly important on big news events, when the site comes under its heaviest loads. On the day of the UK election results this year we had 4.3 million users and just over 50 million page impressions..."