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There are two lists. FreeRepublic is #13 on the second.
List #2
Based on Total Visits in November reported at SimilarWeb:
1 Drudge Report (157.06M)
2 Breitbart (82.75M)*
3 Zero Hedge (50.56M)
4 The Daily Caller (25.33M)
5 The Daily Wire (23.23M)
6 Conservative Tribune (18.74M)*
7 Gateway Pundit (17.04M)
8 The Blaze (16.32M)
9 Newsmax (14.79M)
10 The Week (14.17M)
11 Washington Examiner (14.09M)
12 PJ Media (12.59M)
13 Townhall (10.38M)
14 National Review (9.25M)
15 WorldNet Daily (WND) (9.22M)
16 Independent Journal Review (IJR) (8.17M)*
17 Twitchy (5.85M)
18 Free Republic (5.84M)
19 HotAir (5.69M)
20 The Federalist (5.61M)*
21 American Thinker (5.17M)
22 Reason (4.7M)
23 The Washington Free Beacon (4.47M)
24 Lucianne (4.45M)
25 Newsbusters (4.29M)
26 RedState (3.85M)*
27 The Conservative Treehouse (3.76M)
28 The Federalist Papers (3.64M)
29 The Weekly Standard (3.21M)
30 The Western Journal (3.03M)
31 CNS News (2.86M)
32 Weasel Zippers (2.72M)
33 Powerline Blog (2.57M)*
34 Jihad Watch (2.36)
35 BizPac Review (2.34M)
36 The Daily Signal (2.26M)
37 Bearing Arms (2.07M)
38 The College Fix (1.86M)
39 FrontPage Mag (1.66M)
40 The Right Scoop (1.37M)
41 The Spectator (1.2M)
42 Judicial Watch (1.18M)
43 Conservative Review (1.11M)*
44 Campus Reform (1.05M)
45 Cato (1.04M)
46 American Enterprise Institute (AEI) (930.1K)
47 Legal Insurrection (909.5K)
48 OneNewsNow (594.1K)
49 The Resurgent (371.5K)
50 Young Cons (249K)*