REPORT: PlayBuzz Tops Publishers on Facebook in Shares for November

Quiz site PlayBuzz continued its surge in Facebook shares, vaulting to the top of NewsWhip’s ranking of publishers for November, and marking the first time since NewsWhip began compiling its rankings in August 2013 that neither The Huffington Post nor BuzzFeed occupied first place.

NewsWhipNovember2014MostShared650Quiz site PlayBuzz continued its surge in Facebook shares, vaulting to the top of NewsWhip’s ranking of publishers for November, and marking the first time since NewsWhip began compiling its rankings in August 2013 that neither The Huffington Post nor BuzzFeed occupied first place.

NewsWhip also noted strong performances by conservative politics sites in the U.S., writing in a blog post:

Right-wing political site Independent Journal Review is back in the top 10 after a short absence. The Conservative Tribune, Tea Party News Network and Western Journalism also make appearances in the top rankings, confirming that politics was hotly debated on Facebook last month.

Many of these sites had stories in the most-shared list, bringing up their monthly totals.

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