With the election season in full drive, Newsmax.com continues to lead as the nation's most visited Web site for independent Americans seeking a conservative perspective on the news.
The Nielsen Online ratings for August show 3.9 million unique visitors to Newsmax.com.
If Newsmax were ranked with the top 10 newspaper Web sites in the nation, it would be ranked No. 8.
"Americans are voting for us with their keyboards," said Christopher Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax Media, the parent company of Newsmax.com.
Ruddy noted Newsmax has no affiliation with any major media company, but continues to outpace many well-known media brands. For example, Newsmax.com had more than twice the Web traffic of Oprah Winfrey's Web site, Oprah.com.
In addition to the popular Newsmax.com, Newsmax also publishes the financial Web site Moneynews.com, and a print monthly magazine, “Newsmax,” and has more than 1.6 million email alert subscribers. The company also publishes several health and financial newsletters.
Select Nielsen Online Ratings: Unique Visitor Audience – in Millions (000)
3.9 |
Newsmax.com |
3.7 |
DrudgeReport.com |
3.6 |
Politico.com |
3.3 |
New York Post |
3.3 |
Chicago Sun-Times |
3.2 |
Salon.com |
2.3 |
USNews.com |
1.8 |
Townhall.com |
1.7 |
Oprah |
1.4 |
HumanEvents.com |
1.3 |
WorldNetDaily.com |
1.2 |
Daily Kos |
1.2 |
The Washington Times |
1.0 |
NationalReview.com |
1.0 |
Chronicle.com |
0.01 |
OpinionJournal.com |
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