The total monthly online audience of the Russia Today (RT) news service jumped to 49 million unique users, according to data released by comScore.
The study examined consumption of the online video service via PCs, mobile devices and YouTube worldwide. RT was found to be the leading non-Anglo-Saxon international TV news channels, ahead of Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, Euronews and others in terms of worldwide PC audience. The biggest share of RT’s online audience came from the USA where 9.1 million people (19%) accessed RT’s content via website, mobile apps and YouTube channel in November 2015.
RT also remains the top non-Anglo-Saxon international television news station in terms of online desktop audience, ahead of Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, Voice of America, Euronews, France 24 and Japan's NHK. comScore also found that RT's Spanish website was ahead of the Spanish versions of CNN and Deutsche Welle, while RT's Arabic website, was ahead of the rivals such as Sky News, Deutsche Welle, BBC and CNN.
These latest figures come the heels of a December 2015 survey that found Russia Today claiming undisputed YouTube news leadership, racking up three billion views and clocking three million subscribers on the platform.
RT also remains the top non-Anglo-Saxon international television news station in terms of online desktop audience, ahead of Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, Voice of America, Euronews, France 24 and Japan's NHK. comScore also found that RT's Spanish website was ahead of the Spanish versions of CNN and Deutsche Welle, while RT's Arabic website, was ahead of the rivals such as Sky News, Deutsche Welle, BBC and CNN.
These latest figures come the heels of a December 2015 survey that found Russia Today claiming undisputed YouTube news leadership, racking up three billion views and clocking three million subscribers on the platform.
