{"id":864789,"date":"2026-06-26T14:52:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=864789"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:04:14","slug":"from-zero-to-1-million-in-one-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/864789\/from-zero-to-1-million-in-one-month\/","title":{"rendered":"From zero to 1 million in one month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Newsday<\/strong><\/a> became the fastest-growing news publication in South Africa by reaching 1 million readers within one month after its relaunch in June 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newsday offers South Africans the latest political, financial, and economic news, with a sprinkle of sport and general reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to read Newsday<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The publication takes a strong centrist stance and uses data-driven reporting. This has proved popular among South African readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first month, Newsday attracted 1.1 million readers and served 2.5 million pages to these readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has grown its newsletter subscriber base to 80,000 and has built a strong community of registered users and commentators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newsday\u2019s engagement rate, time spent on the site, and the newsletter open rate are well above industry standards, which illustrates its strong community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to read Newsday<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The graphic below provides an overview of Newsday\u2019s performance and demographics in June 2026, the month after its relaunch.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Readership-Newsday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1346\" height=\"1892\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Readership-Newsday.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-864792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Readership-Newsday.jpg 1346w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Readership-Newsday-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Readership-Newsday-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Readership-Newsday-768x1080.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Readership-Newsday-1093x1536.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1346px) 100vw, 1346px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsday offers South Africans the latest political, financial, and economic news, with a sprinkle of sport and general reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":864791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[23338],"class_list":["post-864789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-newsday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864789"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":864796,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864789\/revisions\/864796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}