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Digital Sports Media Audience Shows June Growth From '18

The digital sports media category in June saw a rise in both total unique visitors and average minutes per visitor compared to '18, according to monthly Comscore rankings of multiplatform digital reach. The sports category had 185.4 million unique visitors during the month, up 2.1% from 181.6 million last June. Meanwhile, the average consumption during the month for sports content was 97.4 minutes per visitor, up slightly from 97.3 minutes last June. ESPN once again led the sports category during June with a reach total of 85.6 million unique visitors, up from 73.3 million in '18.

RANK
SITE
UNIQUES (000)
1
ESPN
85,617
2
CBS Sports*
54,777
3
Yahoo Sports-NBC Sports Network**
51,720
4
USA Today Sports Media Group^
48,137
5
Bleacher Report-Turner Sports Network***
44,400
6
MLB
33,855
7
Sports Illustrated sites
31,160
8
SB Nation
28,007
9
Minute Media#
27,261
10
NFL Internet Group
27,207

NOTES: * = Includes 247Sports.com, MaxPreps and Scout Media. ** = Includes Rivals.com, The PostGame.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 90min, 12UP, DBLTap and The Spun.

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