Election Day 2004 Traffic To News, Politics Websites

Where did Web-savvy political junkies head to keep up with Election Day news back in 2004?
According to Nielsen Online, CNN’s website drew more than 3.3 million unique visitors surfing the Web from home on November 4, 2004.
Meanwhile, MSNBC’s and Yahoo! News’ websites attracted unique audiences of more than 2.7 million and 2.6 million at home, respectively.
Selected News & Political Websites |
Election Day 2004: Unique Audience (Home Only, in 000s) |
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ABCNEWS Digital | 519 |
AOL Elections | 1,996 |
AOL News | 992 |
Associated Press | 1,035 |
CBS MarketWatch Network | 365 |
CBS News | 628 |
CNN | 3,305 |
drudgereport.com | 697 |
Electoral-vote.com | 453 |
Fox News | 1,179 |
Gannett Newspapers and Newspaper Division | 766 |
Google News | 472 |
Internet Broadcasting Systems Inc. | 533 |
Knight Ridder Digital | 379 |
MSN Slate | 412 |
MSNBC | 2,770 |
NYTimes.com | 680 |
Realclearpolitics.com | 338 |
Tribune Newspapers | 548 |
USATODAY.com | 438 |
washingtonpost.com | 320 |
WorldNow | 297 |
Yahoo! News | 2,626 |
Source: Nielsen Online (November 4, 2004). |
Working Americans also flocked to CNN’s, MSNBC’s, and Yahoo! News’ websites for 2004 Election Day updates from the office, according to Nielsen Online.
Selected News & Political Websites |
Election Day 2004: Unique Audience (Work Only, in 000s) |
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ABCNEWS Digital | 759 |
AOL Elections | 1,042 |
AOL News | 677 |
Associated Press | 1,286 |
CBS MarketWatch Network | 868 |
CBS News | 773 |
CNN | 5,554 |
drudgereport.com | 1,400 |
Electoral-vote.com | 843 |
Fox News | 1,743 |
Gannett Newspapers and Newspaper Division | 1,415 |
Google News | 1,108 |
Internet Broadcasting Systems Inc. | 1,017 |
Knight Ridder Digital | 885 |
MSN Slate | 801 |
MSNBC | 4,180 |
NYTimes.com | 1,295 |
Realclearpolitics.com | 742 |
Tribune Newspapers | 728 |
USATODAY.com | 919 |
washingtonpost.com | 871 |
WorldNow | 518 |
Yahoo! News | 3,408 |
Source: Nielsen Online (November 4, 2004). |
https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/article/2008/election-day-2004-traffic-to-news-politics-websites/