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It is appropriate to ask how popular these websites are. Because of advances and proliferation in online advertising, it is now possible to track the patterns of internet usage. Marketing research tool Quantcast estimates that Stormfront received 1 million unique American users monthly at the beginning of 2010, or 63,800 daily users. (These estimates fluctuate mildly but regularly.)

The Stormfront readers affinity toward other websites is calculated: Politics & Commentary prisonplanet.com 43.6x newswithviews.com 38.2x lewrockwell.com 33.3x ynetnews.com 33.1x Sports/Outdoors thehighroad.org 35.5x thefiringline.com 33.5x cheaperthandirt.com 15.8x impactguns.com 12.7x Regional/Local News jpost.com 30.0x spiegel.de 13.7x washingtontimes.com 12.1x NY Daily News 11.4x

A person who visits Stormfront.org is 43.6 times more likely to read the political commentary at PrisonPlanet than is the average internet user. By April 5, it was uncovered that Richard Poplawski had been consumed with a conspiracy website run by Alex Jones, owner of Prison Planet and its sister site InfoWars.

All four of these Sports/Outdoors websites are venues to either discuss and/or purchase guns and ammunition.

It is hinted that Regional/Local News sources Jerusalem Post, Der Spiegel, and The Washington Times may share a similar readership.

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Taking a look at Regional/Local News, it is noted that an online reader of The Washington Times is 50% more likely to read Der Spiegel than a reader of The Boston Globe is to read The Boston Herald. Regional/Local News The Libertarian Las Vegas Review Journal (lvrj.com) is Nevadas largest circulating newspaper.
An online reader of e Washington Times is 50% more likely to read Der Spiegel than a reader of e Boston Globe is to read e Boston Herald.

scots man.com 20,000

34x

miamiherald .com 240,000

21x

Boston Globe

boston.com 346,000 69x

19x

aljazeera.net 165,000

69x

jpost.com 149,000

33x

wsj.com 609,000

55

32

36

providence journal.com 126,000 18x

41x

bostonherald .com 190,000

39x

Christian Science

45

csmonitor.com 131,000

38x

spiegel.de 146,000

40

22

hartford courant.com 104,000

kansascity .com 158,000 24x

43x

58

42
domain name US visitors (daily) a nity: 100x washingtontimes
.com
(Data from QuantCast, March 1 2010.)

20

The a nity numbers represent how likely a given visitor is to visit another site compared to the internet average.

x
97,200

x 22 x

66x

78x

38x

29x

100x

washingtontimes .com

97,200

70 x

56x

63x

omaha.com 64,400

58x

lvrj.com 126,000

23

27x
azstar net.com 26,400

kansas.com 64,400

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The online visitors of Stormfront have a clear connections to specific Politics & Commentary sites.
lewrockwell. com lewrockwell. 12,500 com

33x 33x
stormfront.org 75,700 stormfront.org

12,500 47x

47x

38x 38x
lewrockwell. com

75,700 33x 38x

newswith views.org newswith 29,700 views.org 29,700

12,500 47x

44x 44x
newswith views.org 29,700

stormfront.org

75,700

prisonplanet .com prisonplanet 72,500 .com 72,500

Lew Rockwell is a prominent Libertarian and close associate of Ron Paul.

33x 33x 38x 38x

12,500 47x

47x

stormfront.org 75,700 stormfront.org

75,700 33x 38x

lewrockwell. com

newswith views.org newswith 29,700 views.org 29,700

117x 117x

ynetnews .com ynetnews 30,400 .com 30,400

12,500 47x

44x 44x
newswith views.org 29,700

stormfront.org

75,700

prisonplanet 117x 72,500 .com

prisonplanet .com ynetnews .com 72,500 30,400

47x 47x

47x The users of 44x websites begin to display insular tendencies when these sourcing their news. A peer sitelewrockwell. 123x rawstory.com one degree YNetNews emerges. It has prisonplanet com 65,600 .com of separation from Stormfront. lewrockwell. 123x rawstory.com 12,500 nationalreview com
72,500

33x 33x 38x 38x

12,500 47x

47x

65,600

88x 88x
ynetnews .com ynetnews 30,400 .com 30,400

stormfront.org 75,700 stormfront.org

75,700 33x 38x

lewrockwell. com

12,500 47x

newswith 117x views.org newswith 117x 29,700 rawstory.com views.org 123x 29,700 65,600

72x 72x

.com nationalreview 227,000 .com 227,000

44x 44x
newswith views.org 29,700

stormfront.org

75,700

prisonplanet .com ynetnews prisonplanet 117x 72,500 .com .com 72,500 30,400

88x 47x 47x

69x 69x nationalreview .com newsbusters 227,000 .com

72x 69x
newsbusters .com

107,000

44x
prisonplanet .com 72,500

47x

107,000

YNetNews is the online portal for Israels most circulated newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. Its readership is shared with NewsBusters and the well known National Review, which reaches a quarter million Americans daily.

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The primary audience for National Review and NewsBusters is a large but closely knit community of readership. Along with about a dozen other sites, a largely self referential news chamber emerges. The Octagon represents the core websites of this group. Few escape valves of reader affinity can be found.

e Octagon

weeklystandard .com 65,000

98x

theatlantic.com

147,000

newsbusters .com

140x

107,000

thehill.com 65,000

townhall .com 247,000

politico.com

140,000

realclearpolitics .com 286,000

nationalreview .com 227,000

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44x
foreign a airs 1,300

nytimes.com 2,200,000

21x
jewish journal 6,000 scots man.com 20,000

newyork books.com

6,000

50x 13x
thenewyorker 40,400

36x

62x

40x
vdare .com 5,700 weeklystandard .com 65,000

98x

theatlantic.com

147,000

newsbusters .com

140x

107,000

thehill.com 65,000

townhall .com 247,000

politico.com

140,000

realclearpolitics .com 286,000

nationalreview .com 227,000

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nytimes.com 2,200,000

theatlantic.com

147,000

thinkprogress .com 33,700

nationalreview .com 227,000

thenation .com 35,600

ynetnews .com 30,400

alternet .org 62,800

newswith views.com 29,700

15,700

Websites of traditional media sources produce parallel and divided readerships. The Atlantic offers passage, albeit weak, out of The Octagon. This can be attributed to the websites content or to a physical, New York City, proximity of readership. The Epoch Times was founded by practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual discipline after the government of the Peoples Republic of China banned the movement in 1999. Its readership has a strong affinity towards both: Alternet, whose stated mission is to; Inspire citizen action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, and health care issues. And, NewsWithViews which expresses it; Is NOT affiliated with any religious organizations or groups. We believe in God and our Lord Jesus Christ the Savior of mankind.

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wsj.com 609,000
weeklystandard .com 65,000

theatlantic.com

147,000

newsbusters .com

Salon.com 470,000
talkingpoints memo.com

wonkette .com 27,900

thenewyorker 40,400

107,000

thehill.com 65,000

politico.com

140,000
townhall .com 247,000
politico.com

160,000
theatlantic.com

140,000

nytimes.com 2,200,000 hu ngtonpost .com 2,000,000

147,000

realclearpolitics .com 286,000

nationalreview .com 227,000

thinkprogress .com 33,700

csmonitor .com
globalpost .com 31,300

nationalreview .com 227,000

teaparty patriots.org

6,800

177,000
Haaretz .com jpost.com

drudgereport.com 2,000,000

dailykos.com

147,000

mother jones.com

19,700 thenation .com 35,600 crooksand liars.com 56,200

77,200
ynetnews .com 30,400 BillOReilly .com 47.600

149,000

6,000 rawstory.com 65,600

jta.org

RushLimbaugh .com

6,800

139,000

11,200

democratic underground .com

190,000

fair.org

alternet .org 62,800

newswith views.com 29,700

vdare.com

5,700

2,900

amren.com

glennbeck .com

15,700 prisonplanet .com 72,500

18,600

77,200

AnnCoulter .com 71,500

democracy now.org 35,100

3,200
a cio .org indymedia .org

lewrockwell. com

17,200

12,500

17,000

MichelleMalkin .com

18,200
common dreams.com wsws .org

stormfront.org

93,000

75,700
infowars.com

7,300

17,900

159,000

Rense.com 258,000

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politico.com

140,000 wsj.com 609,000

nytimes.com 2,200,000
villagevoice .com 37,500 globalpost .com 31,300

foreign a airs.com

1,300

dailybeast .com

realclearpolitics .com 286,000

107,000
discover thenetworks

161,000
vanityfair .com 24,000

townhall .com 247,000

teaparty patriots.org

6,000

6,800

talkingpoints memo.com

Salon.com 470,000

160,000

mediaite .com 32,400 thehill.com 65,000 thenewyorker 40,400

nationalreview .com 227,000

AnnCoulter .com 71,500

BillOReilly .com 47.600

mediamatters .com 64,600

hu ngtonpost .com 2,000,000

crooksand liars.com 56,200

theatlantic.com

american thinker.com 71,900

RushLimbaugh .com

139,000

147,000
npr.org

glennbeck .com

Redstate.com 53,300

77,200 drudgereport.com 2,000,000

dailykos.com

147,000
.com 40,400
mother jones.com

wonkette .com 27,900

186,000
upi.com

78,200 105,000
breitbart .com

cqpolitics

13,100

MichelleMalkin .com

93,000

thinkprogress .com 33,700

120,000
csmonitor .com

19,700

177,000
democratic underground .com

moveon .org

11,200

190,000

thenation .com 35,600

newyork books.com

scotsman com

6,000

20,100

aljazeera.net

169,000
RollingStone 64,800
democracy now.org 35,100

ynetnews .com 30,400

onenewsnow .com 53,000

amren.com

jta.org

vdare.com

18,600

6,800

5,700

Haaretz .com

77,200

wnd.com 918,000

thestar
alternet .org 62,800
ontheissues 6,100

lewrockwell. com

fair .org

rawstory.com 65,600

106,000

12,500 newswith views.com 29,700 trutv.org 48,200

2,900
seiu .org common dreams.com

3,200
wsws .org

7,300

truthdig

13,700

theepoch times.com

Ritholtz.com 7,000

15,700 prisonplanet .com 72,500

constitution .org

17,900

truthout .org indymedia .org

9,300

18,200

globeandmail

17,000

139,000
infowars.com

159,000 159,000

forbidden knowledge

conspiracy archive

1,600

4,200 rumormill news.com 24,800

Rense.com 258,000

stormfront.org

75,700

The wars of occupation go on.

.com 37,500 globalpost .com 31,300

dailybeast .com

286,000
weekly standard 65,000

161,000
vanityfair .com 24,000

townhall .com 247,000

s
mediaite .com 32,400 thehill.com 65,000 thenewyorker 40,400 crooksand liars.com 56,200 american thinker.com 71,900

nationalreview .com 227,000

post

theatlantic.com

147,000
npr.org

00

dailykos.com

147,000
.com 40,400
mother jones.com

wonkette .com 27,900

186,000
upi.com

drudgerep 2,000

thinkprogress .com 33,700

105,000

breitbart .com

120,000

19,700

The Medium
democratic underground .com

csmonitor .com

177,000

190,000

thenation .com 35,600

newyork books.com

scotsman com

6,000

20,100

aljazeera.net

169,000
RollingStone 64,800
democracy now.org 35,100

ynetnews .com 30,400

onenewsnow .com 53,000

thestar
alternet .org 62,800
ontheissues 6,100

lewrockwell. com

fair .org

rawstory.com 65,600

106,000

12,500 newswith views.com 29,700 trutv.org 48,200

2,900
common dreams.com

7,300

truthdig

13,700

theepoch times.com

Ritholtz.com 7,000

15,700 prisonplanet .com 72,500

constitut .org

sws rg indymedia .org

900

truthout .org

9,300

18,200

globeandmail

17,000

139,000
infowars.com

159,000 159,000

forbidden knowledge

conspiracy archive

1,600

4,200 rumormill news.com 24,800

Rense.com 258,000