According to internal data shared with digital news site Semafor, The Washington Post Most of its daily digital traffic was lost during President Biden's time in office.
Although the outlet's website reached a peak in daily online readership at the start of the Biden administration, it had lost nearly every one of those readers by the time it was about to end.
traffic lights I mentioned Monday Mail's daily traffic last year bottomed out at a quarter of what it was at its peak in January 2021. That month, Mail had about 22.5 million daily active users. But by mid-2024, its daily users were hovering around 2.5-3. million users daily.”
This represents an approximately 87 percent drop in online readership.
The Washington Post's daily online digital readership has declined by nearly 90 percent during the Biden administration. (Eric Pradat/AFP via Getty Images)
like The New York Post reportedthe liberal outlet had 114 million readers throughout November 2020. That number fell to 54 million digital visitors by November 2024.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week how much this decline in readership was hurting the newspaper's bottom line. The newspaper lost about $100 million in subscription and advertising revenue in 2024.
The newspaper's problems have increased in recent months. In addition to this massive decline in traffic over the years, the outlet lost 250,000 paid subscribers in one fell swoop after Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos directed him not to endorse a 2024 presidential candidate.
Many prominent postal employees He resigned from the newspaper After Bezos' move.
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Longtime Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin was the latest person to resign from The Washington Post, after months of turmoil at the paper. ((Photo by: William P. Plowman/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty Images))
Robert Kagan, editor-in-chief of The Washington Post, resigned in the weeks that followed, as did reporters Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker, Michael Scherer, Tyler Page, Lee Anne Caldwell, columnist Charles Lane, and veteran editor Mattia Gould.
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Anne Tilness resigned from The Post in January after the newspaper refused to publish her cartoon depicting Bezos groveling to President-elect Donald Trump.
Prominent columnist Jennifer Rubin She also announced her resignation on Monday, telling CNN in a recent interview that The Washington Post “failed miserably at a time when we desperately need a strong, aggressive free press.”
“I cannot justify remaining at The Washington Post,” the author said in her resignation letter. “Jeff Bezos and his cronies are accommodating and enabling the most dangerous threat to American democracy — Donald Trump — at a time when a vibrant, free press is more crucial than ever to the survival of our democracy and its ability to thrive.” .
In addition to these resignations, media reported You will lay off 4 percent of the workforce across business divisions this month.
Representatives for The Washington Post did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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