The Washington Post records more than 71 million unique digital visitors in December 2021

The Washington Post reports it had 71.6 million total digital unique visitors in December 2021, up 13% month-over-month. Of this audience, 62 million visited The Post via mobile, up 18% from the previous month.

Of note, while digital visitors increased for The Post and other media outlets, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center report, average minutes per visit for the top 50 U.S. daily newspapers, based on circulation, was a little less than two minutes in Q4 2020. This is down about 45 seconds from when Pew first began tracking this in Q4 2014.