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No. 1 ESPN Digital Captures More Than Half of the Entire U.S. Sports Category Audience in September for its Best Month Ever

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109.3 Million Monthly Unique Visitors in September, +22% YOY and More Than 25 Million Users Larger than No. 2

ESPN App and ESPN Fantasy App Recorded All-Time Highs in Monthly Uniques and Minutes

ESPN Digital Ranked No. 1 Across Every Key Metric and Demographic

(ESPN.com) ESPN Digital reached an all-time high 109.3 million unique visitors (up +22% YOY) and 10.2 billion minutes of usage (up +10%) in September, capturing more than half of the entire U.S. sports category audience for the month. It also topped the no. 2 sports category property by more than 25 million users and logged its 10th straight record-setting monthly reach.

Additionally, the ESPN App and ESPN Fantasy App recorded all-time highs in monthly uniques (25.4 million and 10.7 million, respectively) and minutes (each with 2.8 billion). In fact, the ESPN App reached more users in September than any sports app has ever reached.*

ESPN Digital also ranked as the No. 1 U.S. digital sports property across every key metric, as well as all key demographics, fueled by audience expansion among younger and female fans. This includes persons 13-24 (+64% YOY), all females (+25%), and men 13-24 (+52%).

Source: ESPN Research & Insights analysis of Comscore data including Comscore Media Metrix© Multi-Platform, Desktop 2+ and Total Mobile 13+, September 2019, and Comscore Mobile Metrix© Mobile App Only, All Applications, Total Mobile 13+, September 2019, U.S.

* Based on ESPN’s analysis of sports apps found within Comscore All Applications category.

Man United Tops List of Racism-Related Arrests

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Source: Statista

The Press Association has released data under a Freedom of Information Request which shows the number of football fans arrested by police where racism was a factor. In the four seasons from 2014-2015 to 2017-2018, Manchester United supporters were involved in the most arrests where racism was an aggravating factor – 27. Championship clubs Leeds United and Millwall came joint-second with 15 arrests each while Leicester had 14 and Chelsea had 13.

The figures show that there were 75 arrests at football matches in the 2017-18 season where racism was a factor. Manchester United cited the club’s large attendance figures for the arrests, stating that the percentage of supporters who were involved was miniscule. England and Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has been one of the loudest voices against racism in the game and was allegedly targeted during a match against Chelsea last season. In April, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that there was insufficient evidence that the words were racially aggravated.