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# Most major news websites had year-on-year traffic drop in May
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/most-major-news-websites-had-year-on-year-traffic-drop-in-may/
- Published: 2025-07-02T22:17:13.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-02T22:17:13.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, Insights, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:55

**Only 15 out of the top-50 news websites in the US grew traffic year-on-year in May**, according to the latest data from Similarweb.

According to the Press Gazette, most of the top-ten sites “saw steep year-on-year drops with CNN down 27.9% year on year to 311.7 million visits, Fox News down 23.9% year-on-year and the New York Post down 27%.

“Celebrity news website People and the BBC were the only sites in the USA top ten to post year-on-year traffic growth.

“Publishers have complained in recent years about falling referral traffic from Google and [Facebook](https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media%5Fmetrics/facebooks-referral-traffic-for-publishers-down-50-in-12-months/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com). While some say Facebook referral traffic has returned this year, [others complain that the addition of AI-written summaries to Google search results has deeply impacted click-through rates to articles](https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/google-ai-overviews-leads-to-dramatic-reduction-in-click-throughs-for-mail-online/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).

More [here.](https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media%5Fmetrics/most-popular-websites-news-us-monthly-3/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com)