ESPN led the comScore multiplatform digital rankings in reach for June, the 28th consecutive month it has topped the chart, with a total of 83.3 million unique visitors. ESPN grew its total from May by nearly 6 million despite heading into the slower summer months. It also extended its lead over its closest rival, the Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports Network digital alliance, to more than 27 million uniques. It also topped all entrants in average time spent per visitor with a figure of 74 minutes, growing its lead slightly over second-place MLB, which posted a figure of 69.1 minutes during June. MLB did record the most popular mobile application during the month, in terms of time spent, with MLB.com At Bat generating 1.2 billion minutes of consumption.
| RANK |
SITE |
UNIQUES (000) |
| 1) |
ESPN |
83,299 |
| 2) |
Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports Network* |
56,126 |
| 3) |
Bleacher Report-Turner Sports Network** |
49,847 |
| 4) |
Fox Sports Digital - Sporting News Media |
48,627 |
| 5) |
USA Today Sports Media Group*** |
43,255 |
| 6) |
CBS Sports^ |
42,032 |
| 7) |
SB Nation |
39,875 |
| 8) |
MLB |
38,689 |
| 9) |
Sports Illustrated sites# |
28,493 |
| 10) |
NFL Internet Group |
22,879 |
| 11) |
MSN Sports |
15,326 |
| 12) |
Active.com sites |
11,873 |
| 13) |
NHL Network |
10,227 |
| 14) |
Deadspin.com |
8,535 |
| 15) |
World Wresting Entertainment |
6,548 |
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| RANK |
SITE |
TOTAL TIME SPENT (MINUTES) |
| 1) |
ESPN |
6.16 billion |
| 2) |
Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports Network* |
2.80 billion |
| 3) |
Bleacher Report-Turner Sports Network** |
1.40 billion |
| 4) |
Fox Sports Digital-Sporting News Media |
762 million |
| 5) |
USA Today Sports Media Group*** |
401 million |
| 6) |
CBS Sports^ |
862 million |
| 7) |
SB Nation |
280 million |
| 8) |
MLB |
2.67 billion |
| 9) |
Sports Illustrated sites# |
271 million |
| 10) |
NFL Internet Group |
408 million |
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NOTES: * = Includes Rivals.com, The Vertical, ThePostGame.com, Rotoworld and FanDuel. ** = NBA.com, NCAA.com and WNBA.com. *** = 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 247Sports.com # = 120 Sports, National Football Post, and The FanSided Network.
