Drudge Report Hits Nearly A Billion Monthly Page Views For First Time

According to Quantcast data, Drudge Report claims that it has reached nearly a billion page views over the last 31 days. This marks the first time that has happened in the website’s 17-year history.

Drudge’s front page ran an all-caps headline last night:

DRUDGE REPORT: 1 BILLION PAGE VIEWS IN PAST 31 DAYS! FIRST TIME IN SITE’S 17 YEAR HISTORY… DRAMA, DANGER, LIFE AND LOVE… IT’S ALL HAPPENING NOW…

*Quantcast counted 941 million of them…

The headline linked to a Quantcast graph for evidence:

This achievement is especially significant if you recall back in 2002 how it was big news that Drudge had achieved 1 billion page views in a year. Boil such a massive hit count down to a mere 31 days and the significance becomes more apparent.

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