Report: CNS Sees Massive June Audience Increase

CNS News generated a huge 1,106% gain in year-over-year (YOY) unique visitors for June 2020, according to TheRighting’s exclusive analysis of June 2020 mobile and desktop traffic based on Comscore data. In June 2019, CNS News attracted 695,000 unique visitors. Last month, the right-wing website drew 8,382,000 unique visitors ranking as TheRighting’s fifth most-trafficked conservative website, its highest position ever in TheRighting’s monthly charts.

This is the third straight month that CNS News has posted YOY triple-digit gains. In April 2020, CNS News experienced a 609% YOY increase, and in May 2020 it saw a 592% rise. The conservative news and opinion site, which is part of the non-profit Media Research Center, is now the fastest-growing right-wing website in the country based on TheRighting’s traffic analysis over the last three months. 

For the third month in a row, the Washington Times ranked as the second-most-trafficked conservative website as it was helped by a 177% YOY rise in June 2020 unique visitors. Foxnews.com remains the top-rated conservative website with 107,334,000 unique visitors in June 2020. The Washington Examiner sagged to fourth place as its YOY audience grew by only 20%. Overall, half of all conservatives websites in TheRighting’s top 20 experienced triple-digit YOY increases in June 2020.

“Broad civil unrest, statue toppling, the conflict at Lafayette Square, John Bolton’s inside-the-administration tell-all and the ongoing pandemic coverage contributed significantly to a heated news environment,” said Howard Polskin, President and Chief Curator, TheRighting. “The huge gains in traffic to conservative websites are a barometer of the public’s intense interest in the unfolding events of the day which play like a dark drama that is impossible to ignore.” 

Mainstream media websites also produced healthy gains in YOY June 2020 traffic. The New York Times Brand had a 32% increase, followed by CNN.com (+21%) and the Washingtonpost.com (+18%). 

Leaders Among Top 20 Conservative Websites for June 2020 (by unique visitor percentage increase from year ago):

• CNS News (+1,106%)
• WND (+622%)
• PJ Media (437%)

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.
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