In December 2023, the news website with the most monthly visits in the United States was the New York Times' website, with a total of 464.4 million monthly visits to nytimes.com in that month. In second place was cnn.com with close to 375 million visits, followed by foxnews.com with just over 260 million.
Online news consumption in the U.S.
Americans get their news in a variety of ways, but social media is an increasingly popular option. A survey on social media news consumption revealed that 55 percent of Twitter users regularly used the site for news, and Facebook and Reddit were also popular for news among their users. Interestingly though, social media is the least trusted news sources in the United States.
News and trust
Trust in news sources has become increasingly important to the American news consumer amidst the spread of fake news, and the public are more vocal about whether or not they have faith in a source to report news correctly. Ongoing discussions about the credibility, accuracy and bias of news networks, anchors, TV show hosts, and news media professionals mean that those looking to keep up to date tend to be more cautious than ever before. In general, news audiences are skeptical. In 2020, just nine percent of respondents to a survey investigating the perceived objectivity of the mass media reported having a great deal of trust in the media to report news fully, accurately, and fairly.
Leading global English-language news websites in the United States in December 2023, by monthly visits
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based on mobile web and desktop visits; top 20 from a total 25 sites ranked by monthly visits
Supplementary notes
The source defined a visit (session) to mean that a visitor accessed one or more pages in a website. Subsequent page views are included in the same visit until the user is inactive for more than 30 minutes.
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Press Gazette. (January 21, 2024). Leading global English-language news websites in the United States in December 2023, by monthly visits (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/381569/leading-news-and-media-sites-usa-by-share-of-visits/
Press Gazette. "Leading global English-language news websites in the United States in December 2023, by monthly visits (in millions)." Chart. January 21, 2024. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/381569/leading-news-and-media-sites-usa-by-share-of-visits/
Press Gazette. (2024). Leading global English-language news websites in the United States in December 2023, by monthly visits (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/381569/leading-news-and-media-sites-usa-by-share-of-visits/
Press Gazette. "Leading Global English-language News Websites in The United States in December 2023, by Monthly Visits (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/381569/leading-news-and-media-sites-usa-by-share-of-visits/
Press Gazette, Leading global English-language news websites in the United States in December 2023, by monthly visits (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/381569/leading-news-and-media-sites-usa-by-share-of-visits/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Leading global English-language news websites in the United States in December 2023, by monthly visits (in millions) [Graph], Press Gazette, January 21, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/381569/leading-news-and-media-sites-usa-by-share-of-visits/