1.6 Million new unique visitors fuel February growth, as Newsarama, Live Science and Tom's Guide experience double-digit audience gains
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / March 19, 2020 / Future plc (LSE:FUTR), the leading US specialist technology media company, announced today that it remains the most popular source for technology news and information for the seventh consecutive month, according to comScore's US media rankings.
During February, Future PLC grew its audience by 2%, month over month, across its network of specialty sites. Future saw nearly 1.6 million more unique visitors in February compared to January, reaching 83.5 million uniques for the month.
"Our continued growth in unique readers shows that these brands are becoming even more trusted sources of news, information, and analysis, which enables Future to match advertisers directly with the audiences they want to reach," said Zillah Byng-Thorne, CEO of Future. "During this time of global turmoil, as we work to ensure the safety of our employees and our partners, we're glad to continue to serve our engaged readers, from consumers looking for product news to professionals looking for that latest information on their industries."
Sites that experienced notable growth in unique visitors in February include Newsarama, which saw nearly a 60% increase in audience, month-over-month, Live Science (25% gain) and Tom's Guide (12% gain). Guitar World, AnandTech, What Hi-Fi?, ITProPortal and Real Homes all showed audience increases greater than 25%, month over month.
About Future PLC
Future is a global platform business for specialist media with diversified revenue streams.
The Media division is high-growth with three complementary revenue streams: eCommerce, events and digital advertising including advertising within newsletters. It operates in a number of sectors including technology, games, music, home interest, hobbies and B2B and its brands include TechRadar, PC Gamer, Tom's Guide, Android Central, Homebuilding & Renovating Show, GamesRadar+, The Photography Show, Top Ten Reviews, Live Science, Guitar World, MusicRadar, Space.com and Tom's Hardware.
The Magazine division focuses on publishing specialist content, with over 75 publications and over 568 bookazines published per year, totalling global circulation of 1.1 million. The Magazine portfolio spans technology, games and entertainment, music, creative and photography, hobbies, home interest and B2B. Its titles include Classic Rock, Guitar Player, FourFourTwo, Homebuilding & Renovating, Digital Camera, Guitarist, How It Works, Total Film, What Hi-Fi? and Music Week.
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SOURCE: Future PLC