Conaculta’s México es Cultura among the 15 best applications in the world

CONACULTA ,
05 January 2015, Mexico

In 2014, the website was visited by more than 884,000 users, which means an increase of 370 percent from 2013.

• The sections of the page were viewed more than 2 million times


• The page was re-launched in 3014 as part Conaculta’s Cultural Digital Agenda project


México es Cultura, the platform for dissemination of culture of the National Council for Culture and Arts, has been ranked among the top 15 applications (apps) in the world, according to research by CNNExpansión. Within the ranking of the best 'apps' for each operating system México es Cultura is highlighted in the category of  apps for  Windows Phone.

México es Cultura, a platform for the dissemination of cultural activities and venues in the country, includes a bilingual web page in Spanish and English, a toll free  number 01800 CULTURA and applications for Android, iPhone and iPad, as well as profiles on Facebook and Twitter.
In 2014, México es Cultura was relaunched, which enabled a significant growth of the website, as part of the Digital Agenda Cultural program within the actions outlined by Conaculta’s President Rafael Tovar y de Teresa.

The service offers the cultural agenda of the City of Mexico and 26 other cities in the country. Through the service people can learn about the different activities taking place in museums, auditoriums, libraries, cultural centers, with locations, information about access and about exhibitions, music, dance and relevant art projects.

The platform disseminates the cultural content of about 120 agencies in the cultural sector from public and private institutions to universities, councils and secretaries of culture. The average monthly number of available cultural activities is around 1450.


The www.mexicoescultura page was visited in 2014 by more than 884,000 users which means an increase of 370 percent compared to 2013, and 2 384 000 340 page viewswhich represents an increase of 13%.

As for their applications platforms iPad and iPhone had 4000 909 downloads in 2014. The Android app recorded 8211 downloads (with a total of 28624) while for Windows Phone, selected among the top 15 in the world, the number of downloads was 13 319, with a record total of more than 79,000 downloads.

According to the team CNNExpansión, "this application (Windows Phone), helps you to discover the cultural agenda of the City of Mexico, and the various activities taking place near your location in auditoriums, libraries, cultural centers including the most successful exhibitions of the season.

 

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