YEN.com.gh Emerges As 15th Topmost Publisher On Facebook In The World, 4th In Africa & 1st In Ghana

YEN.com.gh Emerges As 15th Topmost Publisher On Facebook In The World, 4th In Africa & 1st In Ghana

  • YEN.com.gh has found a place in the latest ranking of the topmost publishers on Facebook around the world
  • The popular news website picked the 15th position, coming ahead of Washington Post, Guardian, and other notable websites
  • The 15th position put YEN.com.gh as number one in Ghana, third in West Africa, and fourth in Africa

YEN.com.gh, Ghana's leading social and entertainment news website, has emerged as one of the topmost publishers on Facebook across the world.

In the latest rankings released by Newswhip, YEN.com.gh claimed the number 15 spot rubbing shoulders with some of the world's leading websites.

YEN.com.gh gathered a whopping 8.1 million engagements with 2,346 articles in the month of August to come ahead of some notable names like Washington Post, Guardian, Manchester Evening News, and Goal.com.

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YEN has been named as the 15th topmost publisher on Facebook in the world Photo source: Newswhip
Source: UGC

No 1 publisher in Ghana and No 4

By the 15th position globally, YEN.com.gh automatically becomes the number one website in Ghana regarding Facebook engagements. In fact, no other Ghanaian website made it into the top 25.

For the African continent, YEN.com.gh placed fourth behind Legit.ng, Tuko.co.ke, and Yabaleftonline.

YEN's sister websites make the top 10

The top 10 on the list had three African representatives, Legit.ng, Tuko.co.ke, and Yabaleftonline. Legit, YEN.com.gh's sister website in Nigeria, came second behind Dailymail UK while Tuko.co.ke, another sister website from Kenya, came fourth behind Mirror UK. Yabaleftonline took the ninth position.

The Sun UK, CNN, Metro UK, Fox News, and NBC News completed the top 10.

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YEN.com.gh placed 15th in the latest world ranking of top publishers on Facebook Photo source: Newswhip.com
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YEN's exploits

YEN.com.gh is a partner of Legit, a media holding operating in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana, with projects like Legit.ng, TUKO.co.ke, Briefly News and Sportsbrief.com.

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Established barely seven years, YEN.com.gh has grown to become one of Ghana's leading websites with over 2.3 million followers across social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter).

The growth has been propelled by the focus and interesting entertainment news and the ability to tell compelling human interest from ordinary Ghanaians while also dishing out relevant political, social, and sports news.

In 2021, the 2019 NCA Website of the Year received almost 90 million pageviews on the stories that were published, an equally impressive feat.

Join YEN's winning team

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh has vacancies for prospective journalists/social media managers who want to join our talented and hardworking team.

Currently, there are three vacancies, a community manager and two editors, one for entertainment and the other for human interest. (Please click on the job title to apply).

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Source: YEN.com.gh

Authors:
Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah avatar

Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah (HOD Entertainment) Jeffrey is the Head of the Entertainment Desk and a graduate of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) with over 10 years of experience in journalism. He started as a reporter with Ghana News Agency (GNA). He joined Primnewsghana.com in 2016 as an editor. He moved to YEN.com.gh in 2017 as an editor and has risen to his current position. You can contact him via e-mail: j.owusu-mensah@yen.com.gh