The top 10 most visited news websites in United States by Ahrefs organic search traffic estimates. Updated monthly.
Rank | Website | Search traffic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nytimes.com | 145M | +1.4M | ||
| 2 | yahoo.com | 42M | −4.3M | ||
| 3 | ↑2 | cnn.com | 40M | +8.0M | |
| 4 | foxnews.com | 33M | −1.4M | ||
| 5 | ↓2 | usatoday.com | 30M | −9.8M | |
| 6 | bbc.com | 23M | +233K | ||
| 7 | usnews.com | 18M | −657K | ||
| 8 | ↑2 | msn.com | 16M | +362K | |
| 9 | ↓1 | cbsnews.com | 15M | −3.5M | |
| 10 | New | nypost.com | 14M | +1.1M |
Websites that changed positions within the top 10 rankings in May 2025.
Rank | Website | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | cnn.com | ↑2 | |
| 8 | msn.com | ↑2 | |
| 10 | nypost.com | ↑2 |
Rank | Website | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | usatoday.com | ↓2 | |
| 9 | cbsnews.com | ↓1 | |
| 1 | nytimes.com |
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