Del.icio.us: the Few, the Proud, the Geeky

Hitwise publishes some aggregate traffic data on del.icio.us, a social bookmarking site owned by Yahoo. I love del.icio.us. Its appeal and influence are growing. Note del.icio.us' growing news footprint, according to Topix.net. Also, check its pulse on Google Trends.

Nevertheless, despite this surge, the site is still small and largely for geeks - at least right now. However, these geeks are all highly influential. Here's some of the stats Hitwise published:

* In July del.icio.us ranked at number 6,793 among all sites in terms of visits
* Over the period 59% of visits to Del.icio.us were from males, and 41% of its visits were from those between the ages of 25-34
* Del.icio.us also has a large skew towards users with household incomes between $100k and $150k per year (36% vs 13% for the online online population)