AS TRUMPS PROBLEMS MOUNT, BREITBARTS NUMBERS ARE CRATERING

[TNLib]

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/breitbart-traffic-numbers-are-cratering

With its former chairman Steve Bannon as White House chief strategist and plans for an ambitious international expansion, Breitbart was supposed to be on its way to becoming a media behemoth in the Trump era, one with unparalleled access and a passionate audience. “While several publishers have enjoyed an uptick in traffic due to election coverage, we are proud to have built a massive and deeply-rooted community that will remain long after the election cycle fades,” Larry Solov, Breitbart’s C.E.O., predicted back in November.

Early on, Solov’s prediction seemed to be coming true. “Breitbart News is the #45th most trafficked website in the United States, according to rankings from Amazon’s analytics company, Alexa.com,” they wrote on January 9, 2017. “With over two billion pageviews generated in 2016 and 45 million unique monthly visitors, Breitbart News has now surpassed Fox News (#47), Huffington Post (#50), Washington Post (#53), and Buzzfeed (#64) in traffic.” A month later, the site had even greater cause to celebrate. “Breitbart News is now the 29th most trafficked site in the United States, surpassing PornHub and ESPN,” they crowed. In the article, its staffers bragged that their bonkers traffic reflected the site’s cementing a permanent place in American politics. “The numbers speak for themselves,” said Solov. (Many outlets, including The Hive, experienced traffic peaks around Trump’s inauguration.)

Just a few months later, the numbers have a different story to tell. As of May 26, 2017, according to Alexa.com—the same web-ranking analytics company that Breitbart drew its numbers from in January—Fox News is the 64th most-trafficked site in the country. Huffington Post is at 60. Buzzfeed is at 50. The Washington Post, on the strength of a series of eye-popping scoops, is at 41.

Breitbart is in 281st place.

Good news!

[SunSeeker]

1. Good. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. May they crater.............FOREVER.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Maybe Milo can return and save them.

[Hekate]

4. May a sinkhole the size of Mar-a-Lago open beneath them

Needless to say, I hope a sinkhole that size opens beneath Mar-a-Lago too!

[Dopers_Greed]

5. Good riddance to Breitshart

[Honeycombe8]

6. Elvis has left the room! nt

[progressoid]

7. Too bad the rest of them aren't tanking too.

http://media.vanityfair.com/photos/59286594efcf595732adc5cc/master/w_900,c_limit/alexa-ranks-02.jpg

[rpannier]

8. Sadly they have Mercer money

It has been a moneypit for the Mercers for a few years now. It won't cost them more to keep it running, so they'll pay.
Billionaires who believe African-Americans were better off fifty years ago then they are today.