rank,site,sept_2026_visits,yoy_change,country_flag,checked_via,category,platform,evidence,front_end,signals_measured,newsarticle_schema,rss_link,paywall_or_subscribe,newsletter,google_ad_manager,prebid,amp_link,live_blog
1,nytimes.com,"393,697,491.49",-14.70%,us,,Not checked,,Blocked (403) and not openable in our browser,,False,,,,,,,,
2,foxnews.com,"181,574,716.44",-28.80%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,,True,True,True,True,True,True,True,False,False
3,cnn.com,"179,854,114.42",-47.60%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,,True,True,False,True,True,True,True,False,True
4,finance.yahoo.com,"123,234,273.48",-6.90%,us,curl,Aggregator or platform,,,,False,,,,,,,,
5,msn.com,"121,320,788.19",-16.50%,us,curl,Aggregator or platform,,,,False,,,,,,,,
6,people.com,"119,282,406.91",-19.90%,us,curl,Parent company's platform,Dotdash Meredith platform,mntl- component classes (Dotdash Meredith in-house platform),,True,False,True,True,True,True,True,False,True
7,substack.com,"92,645,659.67",25.80%,us,curl,Aggregator or platform,,,,False,,,,,,,,
8,news.google.com,"85,936,852.53",-11.00%,us,curl,Aggregator or platform,,Aggregator; /wp-content/ came from a linked Al Jazeera image,,False,,,,,,,,
9,nypost.com,"82,966,199.08",-27.90%,us,curl,WordPress,WordPress VIP,x-powered-by: wordpress vip,,True,True,True,True,True,True,True,False,False
10,bbc.com,"81,755,365.75",-31.10%,gb,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,Next.js,True,True,False,True,True,False,False,False,False
11,cnbc.com,"79,849,017.02",-8.10%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,,True,True,False,True,True,False,False,False,True
12,usatoday.com,"78,262,719.09",-41.20%,us,curl,Parent company's platform,Gannett platform,gannett-cdn.com authoring assets (Gannett in-house platform),,True,False,False,True,True,True,True,False,False
13,wsj.com,"63,367,068.32",-10.80%,us,,Not checked,,Blocked (401) and not openable in our browser,,False,,,,,,,,
14,apnews.com,"61,417,511.01",-33.30%,us,browser,Brightspot,Brightspot,brightspot.contentId meta; server header,,False,,,,,,,,
15,theguardian.com,"61,007,565.66",-21.20%,gb,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,,True,False,True,True,True,True,True,False,False
16,news.yahoo.com,"60,875,418.80",-13.10%,us,curl,Aggregator or platform,,,Next.js,False,,,,,,,,
17,indiatimes.com,"58,039,528.12",105.50%,in,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,,True,True,False,True,False,True,True,False,False
18,cbsnews.com,"54,921,960.18",-28.20%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,,True,True,True,True,True,True,False,False,False
19,washingtonpost.com,"53,490,055.63",-20.10%,us,,Not checked,,Access denied,,False,,,,,,,,
20,nbcnews.com,"51,798,224.09",-46.40%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,Next.js,True,True,False,True,True,False,False,False,True
21,npr.org,"46,556,922.28",-26.10%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,No CMS fingerprint; /wp-content/ came from a linked member-station audio file,,True,False,True,True,True,False,False,False,False
22,drudgereport.com,"40,613,360.94",-14.70%,us,curl,Aggregator or platform,,,,False,,,,,,,,
23,abcnews.com,"37,676,466.52",-37.70%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,,True,False,False,False,False,False,False,False,True
24,forbes.com,"37,501,244.24",-28.10%,us,browser,In-house or not identifiable,,No CMS fingerprint,,False,,,,,,,,
25,dailymail.com,"33,596,062.29",-52.60%,gb,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,React,True,True,True,True,True,True,True,False,False
26,reuters.com,"32,213,815.98",-30.00%,us,browser,Arc XP,Arc XP,/pf/resources/ in page,,False,,,,,,,,
27,thehill.com,"31,690,421.02",3.20%,us,browser,WordPress,WordPress VIP,x-powered-by: WordPress VIP,,False,,,,,,,,
28,newsweek.com,"30,695,444.38",-61.20%,us,curl,WordPress,WordPress,"Headless: images under assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads, Next.js front end",Next.js,True,True,True,True,True,True,True,False,True
29,huffpost.com,"27,853,145.64",-17.20%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,,True,True,False,True,True,True,False,False,False
30,buzzfeed.com,"26,483,499.46",-16.60%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,"Next.js,React",True,False,False,True,True,True,False,False,False
31,businessinsider.com,"24,867,269.37",-44.60%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,,True,True,True,True,True,True,True,False,False
32,politico.com,"23,470,772.93",-44.10%,us,browser,Brightspot,Brightspot,brightspot.contentId meta,,False,,,,,,,,
33,newsbreak.com,"23,095,476.78",-22.90%,us,curl,Aggregator or platform,,,"Next.js,React",False,,,,,,,,
34,variety.com,"20,382,408.20",-17.60%,us,curl,WordPress,WordPress VIP,x-powered-by: wordpress vip,,True,False,True,True,True,True,False,False,False
35,latimes.com,"20,210,171.90",-12.40%,us,curl,Brightspot,Brightspot,brightspot,,True,False,True,True,True,True,True,False,False
36,usnews.com,"20,189,098.09",-14.10%,us,browser,Brightspot,Brightspot,brightspot.contentId meta; server header,,False,,,,,,,,
37,breitbart.com,"19,871,392.75",-35.00%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,,True,True,True,True,True,True,False,False,False
38,patch.com,"19,699,764.76",-12.50%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,Next.js,True,False,False,True,False,True,True,False,False
39,theatlantic.com,"19,408,687.16",-4.30%,us,browser,In-house or not identifiable,,"Next.js front end, no CMS fingerprint",Next.js,False,,,,,,,,
40,aljazeera.com,"18,906,817.37",16.00%,qa,curl,WordPress,WordPress,"Headless: /wp-content/uploads images, React front end",,True,True,True,True,True,False,True,False,True
41,the-sun.com,"17,788,679.22",-12.30%,gb,browser,WordPress,WordPress VIP,x-powered-by: WordPress VIP,,False,,,,,,,,
42,mensjournal.com,"17,683,669.26",196.00%,us,,Not checked,,Bot challenge (DataDome),,False,,,,,,,,
43,thegatewaypundit.com,"17,137,881.13",-31.10%,us,curl,WordPress,WordPress,/wp-content/,,True,False,True,True,True,False,False,False,False
44,newsmax.com,"16,678,622.09",-27.50%,us,browser,In-house or not identifiable,,"ASP.NET on IIS, no CMS fingerprint",,False,,,,,,,,
45,bloomberg.com,"16,469,453.94",-29.70%,us,browser,In-house or not identifiable,,"Next.js front end, no CMS fingerprint",Next.js,False,,,,,,,,
46,sfgate.com,"15,434,619.80",-33.50%,us,,Not checked,,Bot challenge,,False,,,,,,,,
47,axios.com,"15,296,609.96",-47.70%,us,browser,In-house or not identifiable,,"Next.js front end, no CMS fingerprint",Next.js,False,,,,,,,,
48,independent.co.uk,"14,905,523.19",-10.50%,gb,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,,True,False,True,True,True,True,True,False,False
49,ksl.com,"14,545,078.52",-27.70%,us,curl,In-house or not identifiable,,,React,True,True,False,True,True,True,True,False,False
50,al.com,"13,889,236.13",-14.20%,us,curl,Arc XP,Arc XP,/pf/resources/,,True,False,True,True,True,True,False,False,False