Posted on 10/31/2020 1:57:52 PM PDT by RandFan
The Drudge Report posted a 45 percent decline in web traffic in September as the site alienated its core readers by turning against President Trump ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
The data — derived from comScore, which tracks the industry — were released in a report by TheRighting, a website that analyzes traffic to right-leaning websites. TheRighting told The Post that the Drudge Report had 1,291,000 unique visitors in September, according to data supplied by comScore, down from 2,340,000 in the same month a year ago.
September’s eye-popping decline marks the ninth month in a row that the political news aggregation website run by reclusive founder Matt Drudge has seen traffic fall, TheRighting said.
The plunge comes at a time when demand for political news has been soaring on both sides of the aisle leading up to a highly charged presidential election. And experts say it’s directly tied to the Drudge Report’s sudden and unexpected switch earlier this year from a conservative-leaning news outlet to one that’s decidedly anti-Trump.
“It’s catastrophic what has happened to his web traffic,” said Matt Lysiak, author of “The Drudge Revolution.” “He’s on a fast track to irrelevance.”
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Bias makes you look under every rock to find your evidence.
I relied on Drudge a lot during the 2000 election. Now I try to avoid it at all costs
Oh thanks. i did a search but missed it. How embarrassing!
There are rumors he is selling up for $100 MILLION.
Makes things a bit clearer.
Didn’t Drudge sell his stake in the website, meaning “Drudge” is in name only? Much like the Rasmussen polling site no longer has Rasmussen.
Never trust a homosexual, they are mentally ill.
I never visit that website anymore.
Damn, that’s real bad in a presidential election year. If Drudge is going to keep ranting against Trump for four more years, or shilling for Joe Biden, who’s going to keep going there?
Don’t search for excuses. Pile on. Grab an ice pick.
And it only took most of those people four years or so to figure that out!!!!
No wonder this nation is in such trouble.
Yes, but with the number of visits in the tank, I don’t think the website will sell for that much. And since liberalism is a mental disorder, Drudge may not even know what is causing the decline.
This was from a few weeks ago:
Drudge Report Is Worth Over $100 Million
https://247wallst.com/media/2020/10/06/drudge-report-is-worth-over-100-million/
Post also claims he is trying to sell a stake...
I think he has really messed it up by turning against Trump.
He is going to look stupid when Trump wins.
See my post #14
I hope the democratic party bought it because as a commercial venture it it now worthless.
According to that link he’s making a million a month!
(WAS making..)
Note to self: Keep avoiding Drudge Report website.
Just flush the Drudge Report down the toilet and be done with it.
I don’t think it was the content that turned.
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