BBC ‘has overtaken’ CNN in ComScore rankings

The BBC has overtaken CNN in ComScore’s digital rankings, reaching an audience of 75.6 million visitors a month compared with CNN’s 72.1 million, according to the UK broadcaster.

BBC visitors spend over three minutes per visits and generating close to 1.8 billion page views.

The BBC’s international TV offering, BBC World News now reaches 433 million homes worldwide, after securing additional distribution in territories including Russia, Africa, the Middle East and India, the BBC said.

Jim Egan, CEO of BBC Global News Ltd, said, “In an increasingly noisy news landscape the BBC chooses to offer facts, context and completely impartial analysis people can trust.  This has always been our commitment and we are delighted that audiences around the world value what we do.”