ESPN in April led monthly comScore sports rankings for multi-platform digital reach for the 14th consecutive month, reaching 75.5 million unique visitors. However, it fell 6% from its March total and has yet to return to its record-setting totals set during the most recent NFL season and last year’s FIFA World Cup. MLB was elevated significantly by the start of its ’15 season and posted a personal best total of 41.8 million uniques during the month. The rest of the category largely held form and the Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports digital alliance returned to its customary No. 2 position after falling to third in March behind Bleacher Report-Turner Sports Network. ESPN also maintained its typical category lead in consumption metrics with 75.2 minutes per user during the month, but saw that figure fall 25% from 97.9 minutes per user during March.
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RANK
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SITE |
UNIQUES (000)
|
|
1)
|
ESPN |
75,508
|
|
2)
|
Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports Network * |
57,301
|
|
3)
|
Bleacher Report-Turner Sports Network ** |
56,401
|
|
4)
|
Fox Sports Digital-Sporting News Media |
48,173
|
|
5)
|
USA Today Sports Media Group*** |
44,647
|
|
6)
|
CBS Sports^ |
44,579
|
|
7)
|
MLB |
41,831
|
|
8)
|
SB Nation |
39,644
|
|
9)
|
NFL Internet Group |
31,043
|
|
10)
|
Sports Illustrated sites# |
24,927
|
|
11)
|
MSN Sports |
14,112
|
|
12)
|
NHL Network |
13,112
|
|
13)
|
Active.com sites |
11,199
|
|
14)
|
Deadspin.com |
10,609
|
|
15)
|
HuffPost Sports |
7,931
|
NOTES: * = Includes Rivals.com, ThePostGame.com, Rotoworld and FanDuel. ** = Includes NBA.com, NCAA.com and WNBA.com. *** = Includes 81 local Gannett-owned newspaper sites, 23 Gannett-owned broadcast TV sites, USA Today High School Sports, The Big Lead and For The Win. ^ = Includes 24/7 Sports. # = Includes 120 Sports, National Football Post and the FanSided Network.
