Daily news media ranking 2017

Here is a list of the top daily news media outlets in the United States, based on their online traffic and engagement, as of 2017:

Top 10 Online News Sources:

  1. The New York Times (nytimes.com) - 100 million unique visitors per month
  2. The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com) - 70 million unique visitors per month
  3. USA Today (usatoday.com) - 60 million unique visitors per month
  4. CNN (cnn.com) - 50 million unique visitors per month
  5. Fox News (foxnews.com) - 40 million unique visitors per month
  6. The Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) - 30 million unique visitors per month
  7. The Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) - 25 million unique visitors per month
  8. The Chicago Tribune (chicagotribune.com) - 20 million unique visitors per month
  9. The Boston Globe (bostonglobe.com) - 15 million unique visitors per month
  10. The Associated Press (apnews.com) - 10 million unique visitors per month

Top 10 Online News Sites by Engagement:

  1. BuzzFeed News (buzzfeed.com/news) - 20 million engagements per month
  2. HuffPost (huffpost.com) - 15 million engagements per month
  3. The New York Times (nytimes.com) - 12 million engagements per month
  4. The Washington Post (washingtonpost.com) - 10 million engagements per month
  5. USA Today (usatoday.com) - 8 million engagements per month
  6. CNN (cnn.com) - 7 million engagements per month
  7. Fox News (foxnews.com) - 6 million engagements per month
  8. The Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) - 5 million engagements per month
  9. The Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) - 4 million engagements per month
  10. The Chicago Tribune (chicagotribune.com) - 3 million engagements per month

Note: Engagement metrics include likes, shares, comments, and other forms of user interaction.

Top 10 Daily Newspapers by Circulation:

  1. The Wall Street Journal (1.1 million daily circulation)
  2. USA Today (1.0 million daily circulation)
  3. The New York Times (543,000 daily circulation)
  4. The Los Angeles Times (434,000 daily circulation)
  5. The Chicago Tribune (394,000 daily circulation)
  6. The Washington Post (375,000 daily circulation)
  7. The Boston Globe (343,000 daily circulation)
  8. The Dallas Morning News (334,000 daily circulation)
  9. The Houston Chronicle (324,000 daily circulation)
  10. The San Francisco Chronicle (314,000 daily circulation)

Note: Circulation figures are based on data from the Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) for the 6-month period ending September 30, 2017.