{"id":576223,"date":"2021-06-29T10:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T14:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=576223"},"modified":"2021-06-29T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T14:35:21","slug":"bidens-presidency-has-led-to-lower-traffic-for-media-outlets-across-the-political-spectrum-data-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-presidency-has-led-to-lower-traffic-for-media-outlets-across-the-political-spectrum-data-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Presidency Has Led To Lower Traffic For Media Outlets Across The Political Spectrum, Data Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-presidency-has-led-to-lower-traffic-for-media-outlets-across-the-political-spectrum-data-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=576223&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Media outlets across the political spectrum have suffered lower traffic since President Joe Biden took office, new data shows.<\/p>\n<p>The data, compiled via Comscore and first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/partisan-media-biden-trump-26f54a8b-d4e2-4319-a185-bd5f55ac661f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> by Axios, divides news outlets into \u201cfar left,\u201d \u201cleft-leaning,\u201d \u201cmainstream,\u201d \u201cright-leaning\u201d and \u201cfar right,\u201d and shows all five declining from former President Donald Trump\u2019s final months in office to the first months of Biden\u2019s presidency. It shows that \u201cfar right\u201d outlets like Newsmax and The Federalist suffered the most, with their aggregate traffic falling almost 44%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFar left\u201d outlets like Mother Jones and Raw Story saw a 27% drop, the data shows, while outlets classified as \u201cmainstream\u201d saw an 18% drop. This category included The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Outlets described as \u201cleaning\u201d left or right also saw declines in aggregate traffic, the data showed, with those categorized as leaning right seeing a slightly higher drop than those <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/28\/jake-tapper-lost-75-audience-since-trump-left-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leaning left<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While so-called \u201cleft-leaning\u201d outlets like Buzzfeed News, The Atlantic and Vox saw a 26% decline in user traffic, outlets categorized as \u201cright-leaning\u201d saw a 31% decline, including Fox News and the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>Outlets described as \u201cleaning\u201d left or right also saw an enormous 50% drop in readers\u2019 engagement with their stories on social media, while mainstream outlets saw a 41% drop. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/28\/america-last-public-trust-news-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: America Ranks Dead Last In Public Trust In Its News Media)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7225803\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7225803\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7225803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229245710-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229245710-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229245710-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229245710-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229245710-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229245710-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229245710-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7225803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a campaign rally in Pensacola, Florida last October. (MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite the decline, some predicted that the drop would only be temporary, especially with regard to conservative sites, with a Democrat in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI anticipate traffic levels to conservative websites will start to rise in the first half of 2022 starting in about February,\u201d Howard Polskin, who studies conservative media, told Axios. \u201cThe midterm elections will begin heating up and audiences will be seeking news and insights about the various races.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/05\/donald-trump-campaign-fox-news-decision-desk-arizona-election-results-call-arnon-mishkin-democrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Goes After Fox After It Calls Arizona For Biden)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat will help drive audience growth,\u201d he added. \u201cHowever, I would be surprised if we hit the traffic numbers we saw in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media outlets across the political spectrum have suffered lower traffic since President Joe Biden took office, new data shows.The data, compiled via Comscore and first reported by Axios, divides news &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313630,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229245710-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden\u2019s Presidency Has Led To Lower Traffic For Media Outlets Across The Political Spectrum, Data Show","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229245710-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden\u2019s Presidency Has Led To Lower Traffic For Media Outlets Across The Political Spectrum, Data Show","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}