Washington Examiner Records 13th Consecutive Month

of Year-Over-Year Gains in Traffic Growth

 February 25, 2020, New York, NY – 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. 

 Foxnews.com had the most gains in unique visitors among all conservative websites for the month of January 2020 with 7.4 million.  The Washington Times generated YOY gains in unique visitors, for the 16th time in the past 17 months. TheBlaze, which had posted consecutive YOY traffic increases since September 2018, saw its unique visitors drop 34%, its first YOY decrease in 16 months. 

 “Almost all major conservative digital news outlets fared well in January 2020 as audiences flocked to websites for the latest news and opinions on the impeachment process, the leak from the John Bolton book and updates on the spread of the Coronavirus,” said Howard Polskin, President and Chief Curator, TheRighting.  “As the primary season heats up and we swing into the summer Republican and Democrat conventions and the fall election, I expect unique visitors to conservative websites to keep rising throughout 2020.”

 Among the three leading US mainstream news brands, CNN attracted 16.5 million more unique visitors in January 2020 compared to January 2019 for a +13% change; the New York Times was up 9.5 million unique visitors (+10%); and the Washington Post increased by 1.3 million unique visitors (+2%). 

 Leaders and Laggards Among Top 20 Conservative Websites for January 2020

(by unique visitor percentage increase/decrease from year ago)

Leaders:

·      Twitchy (+84%)

·      Washington Examiner (+66%)

·      Washington Times (+62%)

Laggards:

·      TheBlaze (-34%)

·      Washington Free Beacon (-21%)

·      Daily Caller (-19%)

 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. (See January 2020 chart here.)

 TheRighting also publishes an A-Z Guide to Right-Wing Media  on its website and updates it regularly.  The guide features descriptions about prominent right-wing media 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, January 2020, U.S.

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