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Top 10 Most Popular News Websites (Trusted List)

BBC is the world most popular news website. Here is the trusted and updated list of most popular news websites.

Popular News Websites

BBC Most popular news website Pic credit: bbc.co.uk

1. BBC

BBC is the UK based largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees.
BBC Alexa global rank: 58.
BBC traffic rank in UK 5.
PR: 9.
Website: bbc.co.uk.
Most popular news website.


2. CNN

CNN.com for breaking, world, business, sports, entertainment and video news.
Alexa global rank: 76.
Traffic rank in US: 16.
PR: 9.
Website: www.cnn.com.
Most popular news website.

3. The New York Times

The New York Times for breaking news, world news and multimedia.
Alexa global rank: 138.
Traffic rank in US: 35.
Website: nytimes.com.
Most popular news website.
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4. FOX News

Fox News for breaking news updates, latest news headlines, photo and news videos.
Alexa global rank: 168.
Traffic rank in US: 36.
Website: foxnews.com.
Most popular news website.

5. NBC News

NBC news for breaking news & Top stories.
Alexa global rank: 223.
Traffic rank in US: 47.
Website: nbcnews.com.
Most popular news website.

6. USA Today

USA Today for latest world and US news.
Alexa global rank: 301.
traffic rank in US: 66.
Website: usatoday.com.
Most popular news website.

7. Reuters.com

Reuters.com especially for business and financial news and also for breaking US and International news.
Alexa global rank: 351.
Traffic rank in US: 175.
Website: reuters.com.
Most popular news website.

8. Washingtonpost.com

Washingtonpost for breaking news, world, US, DC news and analysis.
Alexa Global rank: 383.
Traffic rank in US: 97.
Website: washingtonpost.com.
Most popular news website.

9. ABC News

ABC News for breaking news, latest news and top video news.
Alexa global rank: 433.
Traffic rank in US: 99.
Website: abcnews.go.com.
Most popular news website.

10. Los Angeles Times

LA times for California, national and world news.
Alexa global rank: 544.
Traffic rank in US: 199.
Website: www.latimes.com.
Most popular news website.

And Also:

Associated Press

Founded in 1846, AP has covered all the major news events of the past 165 years, providing high-quality, informed reporting.
Alexa global rank: 1,791.
Website: ap.org.

  • Disclaimer: Ranking is based on Alexa global rank. And also note that only US based websites have been covered.  BBC is UK based but equally popular among most of the nations.
  • Note: Google News, Yahoo news and The Huffington post (and similar) are considered as news aggregator, rather than seperate news agency, in this blog.
  • References: wikipedia.org.