Friday, November 6, 2026

ESPN Digital & Social 2026: Best month ever in September


ESPN Digital & Social had its best month ever in September with 236.5 million unique users, up 8% YoY and reaching 86.7% of U.S. adults across digital, YouTube and social media platforms, according to recently released Comscore data. 


  • The ESPN App also remained No. 1 in September, reaching 30.1 million unique users, more than the next 9 non-ESPN apps combined and nearly 4 times its closest competitor in the Mobile Sports App category. 
  • The ESPN Fantasy App had it’s best month ever, again leading fantasy sports apps in September with 17.6 million unique users, up 44% YoY and more than double it’s nearest competitor. 
  • ESPN Social reached 617 million engagements in September, roughly 20.6 million per day. 
  •  ESPN.com reached 69.7 million unique visitors in September. 
  •  September’s most-engaged-with post across ESPN social was from ESPN’s X account, driving 4.4 million views, 80 thousand likes, 11 thousand saves and 19 thousand reposts.