RushLimbaugh.com, the website of conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh, posted its largest monthly audience since November 2016. According to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of February 2020 traffic, RushLimbaugh.com generated 2,390,000 unique visitors last month, an 88% year-over-year gain compared to February 2019.
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Washington Examiner Records 13th Straight Month of Traffic Gains to Lead All Conservative Media
The Washington Examiner registered its 13th consecutive month of year-over-year (YOY) increases in unique visitors, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of January 2020 mobile and desktop traffic based on Comscore data. The Examiner added 5.4 million more YOY unique visitors in January 2020 as traffic surged from 8,317,000 in January 2019, to 13,783,000 last month. The last time the Examiner experienced a dip in YOY traffic was December 2018.
Coverage of December Impeachment Hearings Lifts Traffic to Conservative Websites
Unique visitors to the majority of major conservative media digital outlets rose in December, according to TheRighting’s exclusive traffic analysis based on Comscore data. PJ Media led all right-wing websites with a 312% year-over-year jump in unique visitors.
TheBlaze Records 13th Straight Month of Gains in Unique Visitors
TheBlaze posted a 41% increase in year-over-year unique visitors, making it the 13th consecutive month of audience gains, according to an exclusive analysis of November traffic to conservative websites by TheRighting based on Comscore data.
Foxnews.com Audience Surges 10% in October
“A ten percent increase for a site with a such a large base shows growing consumer desire for Foxnews.com content,” said Howard Polskin. “What’s even more significant is that the news environment last month was relatively placid especially compared to October 2018 when stories like the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, the murder of Jamal Khasshogi and the massacre at the Pittsburgh synagogue dominated headlines and captured the public’s attention.”
Right-Wing RedState Is Having a Red-Hot Year Even Without Katie Hill
Can RedState make a mountain of traffic out of its reporting on Congresswoman Katie Hill? Last month’s traffic numbers from Comscore aren’t in yet, but if October buzz from its controversial stories about the beleaguered politician could be converted into audience, RedState would be having a whopper of a month.
Washington Examiner Posts 9th Straight Month of Audience Growth
The conservative news outlet the Washington Examiner extended its streak of nine consecutive months of steep year-over-year increases in unique visitors. The number of uniques visitors surged from just under to six million a year ago to 14,359,000 last month.
Here Are the 3 Hottest Conservative News Sites of 2019
Three top conservative news websites continued their winning ways in 2019 by posting their eighth straight month of year-over-year (YOY) increases in unique visitors. According to the TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of August traffic based on Comscore data, TheBlaze (+129%), the Washington Examiner (+119%) and the Washington Times (+35%) all experienced significant YOY traffic growth last month.
Breitbart Posts First Traffic Increase Since March 2017
Breitbart snapped its streak of 27 consecutive months of losing traffic by posting an 8% increase in year-over-year (YOY) unique visits in July. According to the TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of traffic to conservative websites in July 2019 based on Comscore data, Breitbart recorded 6,407,000 unique visits compared to 5,925,000 in July 2018.
Washington Examiner Posts 6th Straight Month of Robust Traffic Gains
The Washington Examiner doubled its year-over-year unique visitors to its website in June 2019, as the conservative news outlet posted its sixth straight month of traffic increases. The site attracted 10 million unique visitors last month, a hefty increase from June 2018 when the Examiner drew five million unique visitors.
TheBlaze Records 7th Consecutive Month of Traffic Gains
TheBlaze.com posted its seventh consecutive month of year-over-year (YOY) increases in unique visitors, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of traffic to conservative websites in May 2019, using Comscore data. In May 2019, TheBlaze recorded 6,403,000 unique visitors, a gain of 2,580,000 unique visitors compared to May 2018, a 67% increase.
Year-Over-Year Unique Visitors to the Washington Examiner Rise 87%
The Washington Examiner posted its third consecutive month of strong gains in year-over-year (YOY) unique visitors, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of traffic to conservative websites using Comscore data. The Examiner’s strong performance helped it become March’s second-most-trafficked US conservative website for the first since TheRighting began tracking the size of right-wing online audiences.
“I Feel a Terrible Split in the Fabric of American Life”
An interview with right-wing media expert and author Alison Dagnes. Her new book “Super Mad All the Time: Political Media and Our National Anger” just hit stores.
Neo-Nazi Website Draws Millions of Visits Each Month
The Daily Stormer generates enough monthly visits to sustain a substantial digital news operation serving a large metropolitan area. It’s no wonder The Atlantic called The Daily Stormer “the world’s biggest Neo-Nazi website.”
Book Review: “Nest of Vipers” Exposes Inner Working of Trump White House
“Vipers” could have been stronger with a more insight and revelations about Trump and his family, but we’ll leave that for another snake who slithers out of the grass at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. For now, “Vipers” has enough bite to inform and entertain readers no matter if they lean right or left.
Foxnews.com Draws Nearly 7 Million More Year-Over-Year Unique Visitors: Top Right-Wing Site in December
Altogether, Fox News garnered 90,302,000 unique visitors in December 2018, which represents an 8% increase compared to December 2017 when Fox New attracted 83,371,000 uniques, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis.
Infowars Now Draws More Website Traffic Than Many Mainstream News Outlets
Infowars’ highly opinionated content skews way toward the far-right fringe but its audience size is definitely mainstream. It is pulling traffic numbers that overshadow those of news brands that have been pillars of the educated class for decades.
Infowars, Washington Examiner and WND Among Top Conservative Gainers for July
Infowars was one of the largest percentage gainers of the month, recording an increase in audience visits of 11.29%. According to TheRighting’s analysis of SimilarWeb’s data, 5.1% of Infowars’ desktop traffic came from Facebook. Overall, 10.46% of all Infowars’ desktop traffic came from a variety of social media platforms including Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
Audience Visits to Foxnews.com Surge Almost 11% in June
Fox News attracted 346,100,000 audience visits to its website in June, a gain of 10.61% compared to May 2018, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of SimilarWeb data. Fox News was not only the leading conservative website for the month in total audience visits, but it generated an increase of 33,200,000 visits vs. May, by far the largest increase of any right-wing media outlet.
No News Fatigue at Top Conservative Websites as Vasty Majority Post Gains in May Visits
Eighty-five percent of the top 20 conservative websites measured by visits posted audience gains for the month of May, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of SimilarWeb data. Altogether 17 right-wing websites showed gains for the month compared to April 2018, while only two suffered declines, and one website (Newsmax) was unchanged.
Audience Visits to Breitbart Drop for 6th Consecutive Month
TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of SimilarWeb data found drop-offs in audience visits beginning last November and continuing through April 2018. The last time Breitbart experienced a month-to-month increase was October 2017 when visits rose 16% from the previous month.
Audience Visits to Breitbart Drop for 5th Consecutive Month
TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of SimilarWeb data found decreases in audience visits beginning last November and continuing through March 2018. The last time Breitbart experienced a month-to-month increase was October 2017 when visits rose 16% from the previous month.
Majority of Top Conservative Websites Post Declines in February Traffic
Fifteen of TheRighting’s top 20 conservative websites that it tracks posted declines in February visits compared to January, according to an exclusive analysis of SimilarWeb data. The Conservative Tribune showed the big decrease in February visits (-53%).
Neo-Nazi Website The Daily Stormer Posts Big Increase in January Visits
The neo-Nazi website, The Daily Stormer, ranked as the 22nd most visited right-wing website in January, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of SimilarWeb data. TheRighting found that the number of visits to The Daily Stormer were higher than more widely known conservative websites like Hannity.com, weeklystandard.com, and patbuchanan.org among others.