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CNBC, International Biz Times see greatest increase in visitors in past year

March 15, 2017

Posted by Chris Roush

cnbc dot comThe websites of CNBC and the International Business Times recorded the biggest gains in unique visitors in the past year, according to comScore data.

CNBC had 40.4 million unique visitors in January, a 49.5 percent increase in the past year from the 27.1 million unique visitors in January 2016. It’s the No. 5 business and financial news website.

The International Business Times had 40.2 million unique visitors in January, up 48.9 percent from the 27 million unique visitors it had in January 2016. It’s the No. 6 website.

Yahoo Finance remains the top business and financial news website, with 71.1 million unique visitors in January, down 9.9 percent from the 78.9 million unique visitors it had in the same month a year ago.

Business Insider is No. 2 with 58 million unique visitors. That’s up 19.2 percent in the past year. Forbes is No. 3 with 52.6 million unique visitors, up 16.6 percent.

Among the top 10 websites, only CNN Money and AOL Money & Finance saw decreases in the past year in addition to Yahoo Finance.

CNNMoney, the No. 8 website, had 27.5 million unique visitors in January, down 17 percent from 33.1 million unique visitors in January 2016.

AOL Money & Finance, the No 9 website, had 19.7 million unique visitors, down 4.1 percent from the 20.5 million unique visitors in January 2016.

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