Michael Jackson memorial propels CNN.com to 81 million page views

The Michael Jackson memorial earlier today already looks like it gathered big, if not exactly record-breaking, crowds.

CNN reports that its website generated 81 million page views with 11.8 million unique visitors from midnight to 5 p.m. Eastern time, according to Omniture. That is well above CNN.com's daily average of roughly 35 million page views. In addition, a total of 9.7 million live video streams were logged, with a peak usage of 781,000 concurrent live streams.

However, those numbers pale beside the figures for Election Day last November and President Obama's inauguration. CNN hit a record of 1.3 million concurrent live streams on Inauguration Day, with a total for the entire day of nearly 27 million. And on Election Day, CNN.com recorded 276 million page views.

Television ratings will start rolling in Wednesday morning. Stay tuned to Show Tracker for further updates.

-- Scott Collins

Comments

[Taska]

michael i love you very much you will forever be in my heart and soul you will never be forgotten.you have touched me in so many ways, maybe now they will leave you alone. RIP MJ for you are indeed trully the greatest performer of all time and you always will be.i love you so much.

[Diane Savoy]

I will miss u more than words can say u meant so much to me growing up as a kid you always made my day if i was sad all i have to do is think of you or turn on your music you got me through whatever i was going through it is so sad how people never get to express there true feelings while the person is here but as soon as something happens we relize it but i never had the chance to see or talk to you. I just remeber when i was little i came to your concert at RFK staduim and i was so happy i ran around the whole ramp of the staduim the was one of the best days in my life getting to see you in concert, I am writting like you can read this Michael i just sorry you had to leave us so soon I know everybody have to leave one day but you left without saying good bye fair well my friend until we meet again RIP.