Here are the Top 20 Online Current Events & Global News Destinations for August 2004 from Nielsen//NetRatings:
| Brand or Channel | Unique Audience (000) | Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss) |
| All Current Events & Global News | 74,549 | 1:19:09 |
| CNN | 22,898 | 0:43:00 |
| Yahoo! News | 22,003 | 0:31:59 |
| MSNBC | 21,771 | 0:23:17 |
| AOL News & Weather | 11,689 | 0:55:27 |
| Gannett Newspapers | 11,608 | 0:14:42 |
| IBS | 10,754 | 0:15:59 |
| Knight Ridder Digital | 9,661 | 0:12:24 |
| NYTimes.com | 8,549 | 0:38:19 |
| Tribune Newspapers | 8,252 | 0:17:36 |
| ABCNEWS Digital | 8,130 | 0:13:43 |
| USATODAY.com | 8,060 | 0:15:59 |
| Associated Press | 6,294 | 0:07:51 |
| Hearst Newspapers Digital | 5,863 | 0:17:57 |
| Google News | 5,815 | 0:11:18 |
| WorldNow | 5,295 | 0:10:23 |
| Fox News | 5,172 | 0:50:31 |
| washingtonpost.com | 5,170 | 0:28:57 |
| CBS News | 4,818 | 0:08:17 |
| Advance Internet | 4,614 | 0:10:10 |
| McClatchy Newspapers | 4,288 | 0:18:37 |
