No Pandemic Fatigue Among News Consumers

As All Top 20 Conservative Websites Post Traffic Gains in July

 August 26, 2020, New York, NY – All websites in TheRighting’s top 20 conservative websites posted year-over-year (YOY) gains in unique visitors for July 2020, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of July 2020 mobile and desktop traffic based on Comscore data.  

 “This is a remarkable performance by the leading right-wing websites,” said Howard Polskin, President and Chief Curator, TheRighting.  “Although July was a relatively slow news month on the political front, the strong traffic represents a barometer of the public’s continued appetite for any conservative news or opinions regarding the pandemic.  This upward trend began in March at the start of the outbreak in the U.S. and shows no sign of abating.”  

 Foxnews.com remained the leading conservative news website with 110,372,000 unique visitors in July and a 9% YOY increase in unique visitors.  TheBlaze followed up in second place, the first time in that position since February 2019.  

 CNS News posted its fourth straight month of YOY triple-digit gains.  Last month, it drew 5,816,000 unique visitors, up 305% compared to July 2019 when CNS News attracted only 1,438,000 unique visitors.  

 CNN.com led all mainstream news sites tracked by TheRighting with 156,193,000 unique visitors in July, for a 20% YOY gain.  The New York Times Brand had a 21% YOY increase and the Washingtonpost.com saw its YOY July traffic rise 8%.  

 Leaders Among Top 20 Conservative Websites for July 2020

(by unique visitor percentage increase from year ago)

·      WND (+406%)

·      CNS News (+305%)

·      The Federalist (+276%)

 Each month, TheRighting examines Comscore data on dozens of prominent conservative websites that post original content.  TheRighting ranks the top 20 conservative websites on the basis of unique visitors and also provides data on whether unique visitors have increased or decreased year over year.  That information is posted on the Metrics section of TheRighting’s website. 

 TheRighting also publishes a listing of Who’s Who in Conservative Media as well as an  A-Z Guide to Right-Wing Media  and updates both of them regularly.  The guides feature descriptions about prominent right-wing media personalities and websites.

 Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Custom-defined list, including, but not limited to Foxnews.com, Breitbart.com, DailyCaller.com, WashingtonExaminer.com, WesternJournal.com, Washingtontimes.com, Total Digital Audience, July 2020, U.S.

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