Coronavirus Coverage Is Driving Massive Traffic to Publishers, Vendors Say

As an ever-increasing portion of the global population finds themselves confined to their homes this week, coronavirus-related coverage is driving major surges in web traffic to publishers, and not just those that specialize in hard news, multiple vendors are reporting this week. The analytics firm Parse.ly, whose referrals dashboard indicates that search engines are driving a larger portion of referral traffic so its 2,500+ member sites than at any point in the last 12 months, tells both Axios and Recode that coverage explicitly related to the coronavirus pandemic accounted for 13–15% of overall web traffic to these sites from March 6 to 12, dwarfing the activity on content related to the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Meanwhile, data from Parse.ly competitor Chartbeat indicates that coronavirus coverage is dominating on its network of publisher sites, both in terms of visits and engaged time, across not just news outlets, but technology- and entertainment-focused sites as well. And LiveIntent, an email marketing platform whose 2,500 clients include major DTC brands and several publishers such as Condé Nast and The New York Times, says it's seen a 5% increase in newsletter open rates across the board this week, with newsletters in the "arts and entertainment" and "fashion and style" categories seeing the largest relative bumps. As public interest in what has now become a global pandemic spikes, numerous publishers who have spent the past year or more pivoting to... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-03-17 18:19:10 UTC ]
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