August 23rd, 2016

CNNMONEY POSTS MASSIVE GROWTH; PASSES BLOOMBERG, WALL STREET JOURNAL

SECOND BEST MONTH ON RECORD FOR MULTIPLATFORM AND MOBILE UNIQUE VISITORS, MINUTES & VIDEO

CNNMoney posted massive growth in July 2016, ranking in the Top 5 of business and financial online news destinations. CNNMoney grew in multiplatform unique visitors on both desktop and mobile devices ahead of competitors like Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal. In video, CNNMoney posted its second best month on record with a whopping 42 million video starts.

27 MILLION MULTIPLATFORM UNIQUE VISITORS
Up +15% from the prior month, and +13% from the prior year, CNNMoney ranks fifth among news competitors with 27 million multiplatform unique visitors in July 2016, a second-best all-time record.26.8 mm: CNNMoney
26.7 mm: Wall Street Journal
25.0 mm: Bloomberg
15.3 mm: AOL-HuffPost Money & Finance
14.3 mm: MSN Money

Source: comScore MultiPlatform Media Metrix, July 2015 – July 2016. Based on a custom set of top financial news properties. Records go back to Aug ’13.

16 MILLION MOBILE UNIQUE VISITORS
Up 20% from the prior month, CNNMoney posted 16 million mobile unique visitors ranking fifth. July was its second-best month on record, ahead of Bloomberg.com, CNBC.com and more.

16 mm: CNNMoney
13 mm: CNBC.com
12 mm: Bloomberg.com
10 mm: AOL-HuffPost Money & Finance

Source: comScore Mobile Metrix, July 2015 – July 2016. Records go back to Aug ’13.

106 MILLION MULTIPLATFORM VISITS
Again topping Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Forbes and other competitors, CNNMoney posted 106 million multiplatform visits last month. The visits – up 24% YOY – earned CNNMoney third place among competitors, a second-best all-time record.

106 mm: CNNMoney
94 mm: Forbes.com
90 mm: BusinessInsider.com
74 mm: CNBC.com
72 mm: Wall Street Journal

Source: comScore MultiPlatform Media Metrix, July 2015 – July 2016. Based on a custom set of top financial news properties. Records go back to Aug ’13.

558 MILLION MULTIPLATFORM MINUTES
Ranking third for the month of July, CNNMoney reached its second best month on record for multiplatform minutes ahead of Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes, and Business Insider. Users spent a total of 558 million minutes consuming CNNMoney content across platforms – up 31% over the same month last year.

558 mm: CNNMoney
543 mm: Bloomberg
443 mm: MSN Money
258 mm: Wall Street Journal
239 mm: Forbes.com
184 mm: BusinessInsider.com

Source: comScore MultiPlatform Media Metrix, July 2015 – July 2016. Based on a custom list of Financial category competitors. Records go back to Aug ’13. 

42 MILLION VIDEO STARTS
With 42 million video starts for the month, CNNMoney outperformed Wall Street Journal, Business Insider and others to rank fourth on its list of competitors. Up +45% year over year, July was CNNMoney’s second best month on record.

42 mm: CNNMoney
11 mm: BusinessInsider.com
10 mm: Wall Street Journal Online
7 mm: MSN Money
5 mm: AOL-HuffPost Money & Finance

Source: comScore Video Metrix, July 2015 – July 2016. Records go back to Aug ’13.