Pages Per Session · Media (Content publishers, News)
Media (Content publishers, News) Pages Per Session
The 2024 percentile distribution for Pages Per Session in the media (content publishers, news) vertical, sourced from Contentsquare DXB 2024.
Below the median? The 3-step fix
Anything under 1.8 is bottom-half for pages per session in Media (Content publishers, News). Top quartile starts at 3. These are the three changes with the best published evidence behind them at this funnel stage.
- Benefit Headlines · +3–15% typical liftWriting headlines and subheads that describe outcomes for the user rather than features of the product.
- Testimonials Above the Fold · +3–12% typical liftPlacing specific, credible customer quotes or success stories in the first viewport rather than the bottom of the page.
- Friction Reduction · +5–20% typical liftSystematically removing steps, fields, clicks, and cognitive load from conversion paths.
Lift ranges are the published figures on each pattern page, with the study they come from. Deeper walk-through: What is a good conversion rate?.
Where does your rate sit?
Source: Contentsquare DXB 2024 · 2024
Notes
Contentsquare DXB 2024. Media sites have low pages/session because most sessions are single-article reads from search. Recommendation widgets (Outbrain, Taboola, or native related-articles) drive second-page views. Newsletter-referred traffic sees 2.5-4 pages/session.
Source
Source data published 2024 ·
Curated by Paulo de Vries, operator of ConversionBench. Every benchmark links to its primary source.