Fueled in part by record consumption of March Madness Live, the Bleacher Report-Turner Sports Network entry in March ranked second in comScore’s monthly sports ratings for domestic multiplatform digital reach. The ranking is Turner’s highest since June of last year, and is up from fifth in February and seventh in January. ESPN topped the list for the 25th straight month and began to reverse a seasonal decline brought on by the end of football season. Its March numbers were up 10% in reach and 23% in consumption from February, and its 72.2 average minutes spent per visitor during the month also led the category, beating out the 67.5 minutes per visitor for the Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports Network alliance.
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RANK
|
SITE |
UNIQUES (000)
|
|
1
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ESPN |
83,231
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|
2
|
Bleacher Report-Turner Sports Network* |
60,324
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|
3
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CBS Sports** |
54,349
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|
4
|
Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports Network*** |
52,255
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|
5
|
Fox Sports Digital-Sporting News Media |
49,675
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|
6
|
USA Today Sports Media Group^ |
48,704
|
|
7
|
SB Nation |
44,920
|
|
8
|
NFL Internet Group |
32,623
|
|
9
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Sports Illustrated sites# |
26,668
|
|
10
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MLB |
23,981
|
|
11
|
MSN Sports |
15,177
|
|
12
|
NHL Network |
11,217
|
|
13
|
Active.com sites |
9,651
|
|
14
|
Deadspin.com |
9,497
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|
15
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Complex Sports |
6,659
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RANK
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SITE |
TOTAL TIME SPENT (MINUTES)
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1
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ESPN |
6.01 billion
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|
2
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Bleacher Report-Turner Sports Network* |
2.28 billion
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|
3
|
CBS Sports** |
1.30 billion
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|
4
|
Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports Network*** |
3.52 billion
|
|
5
|
Fox Sports Digital-Sporting News Media |
749 million
|
|
6
|
USA Today Sports Media Group^ |
475 million
|
|
7
|
SB Nation |
342 million
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|
8
|
NFL Internet Group |
721 million
|
|
9
|
Sports Illustrated sites# |
290 million
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|
10
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MLB |
702 million
|
|
|
|
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NOTES: * = NBA.com, NCAA.com and WNBA.com. ** = Includes 247Sports.com *** = Includes Rivals.com, ThePostGame.com, Rotoworld and FanDuel. ^ = 81 local Gannett-owned newspaper sites, 23 Gannett-owned broadcast TV sites, USA Today High School Sports, The Big Lead and For The Win. # = 120 Sports, National Football Post, and The FanSided Network.
