Mumbai: Firstpost has achieved yet another milestone, setting a new benchmark in reporting. The website has grossed highest single day uniques of 1.77 million and 4.1 million page views on November 9 and 10, two of the biggest news days of the year. The news website live streamed the US elections, as well as provided minute by minute live video coverage, online polls, social media trends and dynamic updates all throughout Election Day.
On their way to the new milestone, Firstpost broke their own previous record of hitting a high of 1.45 million uniques and 3.4 million page views during the Rio Olympics on August 19. On the two consecutive days of the US elections, Firstpost crossed 40,000 concurrents which is a featthatk never been achieved before.
The reporting went uninterrupted live for 8 hours and about 3 per cent of the viewers came from different parts of the US, mainly NY and California.
Talking about scaling new heights, BV Rao, Editor, Firstpost said, “For a keenly awaited world event like the US Elections, we first zeroed in on what we wanted to achieve as a digital platform which prides itself on its reporting. We then began to work backwards and tick marked everything that we needed to do in order to make it a success. I am proud of the way the team has delivered. It’s a new benchmark we’ve set for ourselves; one that gives us the motivation to dream bigger. We thank the readers for choosing us as their digital news partner on one of the most important days of this year.”
