The Most Popular News Site Is Likely Not One You'd Expect
by Anthony Sibley (AJ) on Apr 16, 2015 | Views: 458 | Score: 3
| Market Share of News and Media Website Visits (%) | |
|---|---|
| Yahoo News | 3.83 |
| Huffington Post | 3.26 |
| CNN.com | 2.78 |
| AccuWeather.com | 2.61 |
| The Weather Channel (US) | 2.4 |
| 2.01 | |
| Buzzfeed | 2 |
| Google News | 1.75 |
| Fox News | 1.48 |
| The New York Times | 1.4 |
% Visits for the Month of January
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Since it dethroned The Huffington Post late last year, the most visited news and media site has continued to be Yahoo News, with over 35 million more viewers than The Huffington Post, for the month of January. Meanwhile, many traditional news sites performed far worse. Google News, FOX News, and The New York Times came in eighth, ninth, and 10th place, respectively, for total visits to their sites. Paradoxically, Yahoo is considered essentially worthless by Wall Street investors. Learn more about this semblant contradiction in the SavvyRoo link in the source box below the chart!