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.
Septembers 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 its directly tied to the Drudge Reports sudden and unexpected switch earlier this year from a conservative-leaning news outlet to one thats decidedly anti-Trump.
Its catastrophic what has happened to his web traffic, said Matt Lysiak, author of The Drudge Revolution. Hes on a fast track to irrelevance.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Yes it was.
Funny thing is, if he sold a while back, the buyers got ripped off once they changed the format. On the other hand, if hes looking to sell now, he missed his peak and will get pennies on the dollar.
Either way, its hilarious what being a butthead can do to a man...
He made his mark in life by posting the Clinton/Lewinsky story when no one else would. It’s as if George Washington went commie.
Same here, years ago Drudge was my home page, not a click from me in a year or more!
Dont go to Drudge anymore. Hes a loser!
Drudge was one of my sites, so was LGF, but not anymore. Both sites are crap...
Anyone still viewing Drudge is an absolute idiot.
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