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ESPN.com Slips From September Record, But Still Comfortably On Top Of Digital Rankings

ESPN in October slipped slightly from its record-setting performance in September, but its total of 91.8 million unique users led the sports category in comScore multiplatform digital reach rankings for the 20th consecutive month. The Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports digital alliance, meanwhile, set a company record for the second straight month and its October total of 80.9 million uniques marked the first time any entity besides ESPN surpassed the 80 million mark in any given month. ESPN led the sports category in consumption measures with an average of 99.9 minutes per user in October and 9.17 billion total minutes, down from category record totals of 109.3 minutes per user and 10.3 billion total minutes in September.

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UNIQUES (000)
1) ESPN
91,800
2) Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports Network*
80,935
3) Fox Sports Digital-Sporting News Media
60,911
4) NFL Internet Group
60,381
5) CBS Sports**
55,693
6) USA Today Sports Media Group***
52,110
7) Bleacher Report-Turner Sports Network^
50,755
8) SB Nation
45,712
9) MLB
37,348
10) Sports Illustrated sites#
27,102
11) MSN Sports
16,045
12) Deadspin.com
12,094
13) NHL Network
10,876
14) HuffPost Sports
9,053
15) Active.com sites
8,027
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TOTAL TIME SPENT (MINUTES)
1) ESPN
9.17 billion
2) Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports Network*
7.43 billion
3) Fox Sports Digital-Sporting News Media
1.13 billion
4) NFL Internet Group
3.27 billion
5) CBS Sports**
1.79 billion
6) USA Today Sports Media Group***
784 million
7) Bleacher Report-Turner Sports Network^
1.67 billion
8) SB Nation
339 million
9) MLB
1.44 billion
10) Sports Illustrated sites#
286 million

NOTES: * = Includes Rivals.com, ThePostGame.com, Rotoworld and FanDuel. ** = Includes 247Sports.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 NBA.com, NCAA.com and WNBA.com. # = Includes 120 Sports, National Football Post and the FanSided Network.

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