Who Reads Guido?
Guido did this a few years ago, not much has changed really this year – except the reader numbers have got bigger. Beeboids browsing, gossipy parliamentarians, bored brokers, lawyers loafing, accountants and lazy Lobby hacks are the most easily identified from the server logs. Students from the better universities, party HQ staffers and lobbyists make up the numbers.| Network Location | Visits | |
| 1 | houses of parliament | 88628 |
| 2 | british broadcasting corporation | 21471 |
| 3 | conservative central office | 18631 |
| 4 | oxford university | 18419 |
| 5 | university of cambridge | 12788 |
| 6 | news international | 7040 |
| 7 | associated newspapers ltd | 6546 |
| 8 | guardian unlimited* | 6309 |
| 9 | greater london authority | 6108 |
| 10 | university of manchester | 5547 |
| 11 | kpmg peat marwick | 4985 |
| 12 | telegraph group limited | 4448 |
| 13 | good relations | 4305 |
| 14 | trinity mirror group | 4293 |
| 15 | deutsche bank | 4315 |
| 16 | credit suisse group / canary wharf | 3913 |
| 17 | the university of bristol | 3866 |
| 18 | british sky broadcasting ltd. | 3772 |
| 19 | glaxosmithkline | 3754 |
| 20 | pccw limited | 3735 |
| 21 | clifford chance | 3680 |
| 22 | allsop | 3659 |
| 23 | pricewaterhousecoopers gts uk | 3646 |
| 24 | barclays capital | 3582 |
| 25 | european parliament | 3441 |
| 26 | university of leeds | 3316 |
| 27 | shell information technology int. | 3259 |
| 28 | imperial college london | 3009 |
| 29 | hsbc bank plc uk | 3002 |
| 30 | principal i.t. | 2985 |
| 31 | andrews & arnold ltd / Politicshome / ConservativeHome | 2974 |
| 32 | lehman brothers inc | 2869 |
| 33 | durham university local area network | 2644 |
| 34 | jp morgan chase & co | 2599 |
| 35 | japan network information center | 2514 |
| 36 | the liberal democrats | 2512 |
| 37 | parliamentary communications | 2511 |
| 38 | the university of st. andrews | 2501 |
| 39 | university of sheffield | 2457 |
| 40 | herbert smith | 2455 |
| 41 | independent news media uk | 2455 |
| 42 | british airports authority | 2453 |
| 43 | guardian.co.uk* | 2580 |
| 44 | first city insurance brokers ltd | 2313 |
| 45 | financial times interactive data | 2330 |
| 46 | london school of economics and political science | 2330 |
| 47 | the university of nottingham | 2271 |
| 48 | icap plc | 2211 |
| 49 | mccann-erickson inc. | 2205 |
| 50 | bloomberg financial markets | 2130 |
Watching you, watching Guido…
*The Guardianistas have two servers (ranked 8th and 43rd), add them together and Guido turns out to be more avidly read on the Farringdon Road than in Wapping. Ranked 31st is Andrews & Arnold Ltd, who supply the internet connection to 18 Doughty Street, home of PoliticsHome and ConservativeHome.
