30 US News Sites See Double-Digit Traffic Drops in February
March 17, 2026·about 2 hours ago·via Press Gazette

Traffic to 30 of the top 50 US news websites falls double-digits year on year in February, with ABC News suffering the steepest decline at 64% to 18.9 million visits. Newsweek follows with a 48% drop to 40.5 million, while The Independent loses 43% to 15.1 million. Month-on-month, ABC News plummets 65%, The Atlantic drops 25% to 19.7 million, and The Independent falls 22%.
