Similarweb U.S. ranks, September 2026 · Comscore multi-platform, Q3 2026 · two meters, labeled
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U.S. NEWS SITES, SEPTEMBER
Similarweb rank among News & Media Publishers in the United States. Yahoo leads because it is a portal. The news brands start at two.
| U.S. rank | Site | Owner note | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yahoo.com | Portal, not a newsroom | Neither |
| 2 | nytimes.com | New York Times | Left |
| 3 | foxnews.com | Fox News | Right |
| 4 | cnn.com | CNN | Left |
| 5 | finance.yahoo.com | Yahoo Finance | Neither |
Similarweb, Top News & Media Publishers in the United States, September 2026, updated Oct 1. Rank is visits in that category. It is not unique visitors and it is not a Nielsen rating. Lane tags are ours.
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COMSCORE, THIRD QUARTER
Multi-platform views and average unique visitors for the quarter that ended in September. Fox led its competitive set on views and minutes. The year-over-year arrows are down across the board.
| Property | Multi-platform views | YoY views | Avg unique visitors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox News Digital | 4,500,000,000+ | −18% | 169,700,000 |
| New York Times | 3,810,000,000 | −8% | — |
| CNN | 1,270,000,000 | −41% | 57,400,000 |
Comscore via TheDesk.net, Oct 16, 2026, for Q3 2026. Fox also logged more than 10 billion minutes, down 12%. CNN minutes fell 34% to 2 billion. NYT minutes fell 16% to 3.07 billion. CBS News posted a larger unique-visitor number, 186.2 million, up 9%.
TV WIN, WEB WIN
Fox still owns the cable hour. On the web the order is not the same as the hour. NYT ranks above Fox on Similarweb. Fox ranks above CNN. The cable table and the web table are allowed to disagree.
| Name | Cable prime, week of Oct 5 | U.S. web rank, September |
|---|---|---|
| Fox News | 1,600,000 | 3 |
| MS NOW | 902,000 | — |
| CNN | 577,000 | 4 |
| New York Times | — | 2 |
Cable from Nielsen via TVNewser, week of Oct 5. Web rank from Similarweb, September. MS NOW does not appear in the Similarweb top five for the category. Do not add a cable average to a web rank.
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