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Visit duration of newspaper websites


Visit duration of newspaper websites

Average minutes per visit for the top 50 U.S. newspapers by circulation

Year (Q4)Average minutes per visit
20142.59
20152.59
20162.45
20172.44
20182.32
20192.10
20201.82

Note: For each year, the average minutes per visit for each website for October/November/December was calculated; the data point represents the overall average of those numbers. Analysis is of the top 49 newspapers by average Sunday circulation for Q3 2015-2020, according to Alliance for Audited Media data, with the addition of The Wall Street Journal. For each newspaper, the Comscore entity matching its homepage URL was analyzed.

Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, US, Average Minutes Per Visit, October-December 2014-2020.

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