A record election night for AP

With more elections customers than ever before, AP delivered data, live video, outstanding photos and engaging interactives to audiences worldwide to tell the story of the 2024 U.S. election.   

AP’s elections results, considered the gold standard for trusted information on election night, were used by 30% more elections customers than the 2020 presidential election.  

APNews.com received a record 87 million page views on Election Day and broke that record the next day with 92 million page views. In all, AP News received nearly 232 million page views between Nov. 4-6, the most ever for AP during a three-day period. 

Additional highlights underscoring the wide reach of AP journalism include: 

• AP photographer Evan Vucci’s photo of President-elect Donald Trump addressing his supporters in the early hours of Nov. 6 (above) was used by AP customers on virtually every continent and seen around the world.  
• AP’s election night livestream hit a record 13 million views, more than doubling AP’s previous high-water mark. Viewership peaked at 250,000 concurrent viewers and the broadcast became the No. 2 trending video on YouTube across all topics. 
• AP’s election results map interactive, used by thousands of news outlets in the U.S. and globally, received nearly 25 million page views. State-specific maps for battleground states Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin each received between 1.5 and 4 million page views.  
• AP’s Election Day live blog, which ran Nov. 5 and 6, received 67 million page views and is the most-viewed piece of content ever on AP News. 

See AP’s coverage of the 2024 election. 

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