A look at some of the shifts in ranking for conservative vs. liberal slanted sites shows a shift from both ends of the political spectrum. Liberal oriented publications like the nytimes.com moved up a notch, from 10th to 9th position. Following election week, it added 41,000 new subscriptions across its print and digital platforms (the largest subscription increase since 2011), which may move it further up the ladder in the near future. Politico.com (up 5 spots), slate.com (up 13 spots) and the dailykos.com (up 28 spots) all made positive shifts in their respective rankings.
Right-wing publications like Forbes’ realclearpolitics.com ranks at 22nd (up 24 spots) proved to be ahead of traditional news sites such as cbsnews.com and bloomberg.com. Also of interest is how breitbart.com, (up 2 spots to 28th) will develop its position, given that its Executive Chairman, Stephen Bannon was recently appointed as Trump’s Chief Strategist to the White House.
Last but not least, infowars.com, known for its acclaimed host and conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones made an extraordinary leap of 31 spots advancing to 84th in October’s ranking.
Based on October’s rankings, it seems that publications that have aligned themselves with a political affiliation have gained the most in terms of traffic, page views and overall ranking. Take a look at our top 100 US publications and see for yourself:
Rank in October 2016
1 espn.com 2,205,261,000
2 msn.com 2,079,402,000
3 drudgereport.com 1,732,988,000
4 news.google.com 1,363,243,000
5 cnn.com 984,350,000
6 sports.yahoo.com 943,013,000
7 finance.yahoo.com 828,649,000
8 foxnews.com 817,923,000
9 nytimes.com 642,838,000
10 buzzfeed.com 594,440,000
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Right-wing publications like Forbes’ realclearpolitics.com ranks at 22nd (up 24 spots) proved to be ahead of traditional news sites such as cbsnews.com and bloomberg.com. Also of interest is how breitbart.com, (up 2 spots to 28th) will develop its position, given that its Executive Chairman, Stephen Bannon was recently appointed as Trump’s Chief Strategist to the White House.
Last but not least, infowars.com, known for its acclaimed host and conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones made an extraordinary leap of 31 spots advancing to 84th in October’s ranking.
Based on October’s rankings, it seems that publications that have aligned themselves with a political affiliation have gained the most in terms of traffic, page views and overall ranking. Take a look at our top 100 US publications and see for yourself:
Rank in October 2016
1 espn.com 2,205,261,000
2 msn.com 2,079,402,000
3 drudgereport.com 1,732,988,000
4 news.google.com 1,363,243,000
5 cnn.com 984,350,000
6 sports.yahoo.com 943,013,000
7 finance.yahoo.com 828,649,000
8 foxnews.com 817,923,000
9 nytimes.com 642,838,000
10 buzzfeed.com 594,440,000
more
https://www.similarweb.com/blog/us-media-publications-ranking-october-2016