Here are the top 20 Most Popular News websites as derived from Alexa Global Traffic Rank and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete website and Quantcast website.
1Yahoo News

Alexa Rank: 5
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 175 million+
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California, U.S.
Website: news.yahoo.com
2Google News

Alexa Rank: 1
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 150 million+
Headquarters: California, U.S.
Website: news.google.com
3The Huffington Post

Alexa Rank: 129
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 110 million+
Headquarters: New York, U.S.
Website: www.huffingtonpost.com
4CNN

Alexa Rank: 81
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 95 million+
Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Website: edition.cnn.com
5New York Times

Alexa Rank: 104
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 70 million+
Headquarters: New York, U.S.
Website: www.nytimes.com
6Fox News

Alexa Rank: 193
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 65 million+
Headquarters: New York, U.S.
Website: www.foxnews.com
7NBC News

Alexa Rank: 489
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 63 million+
Headquarters: New York, U.S.
Website: nbcnews.com
8Mail Online

Alexa Rank: 118
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 53 million+
Headquarters: London, U.K.
Website: www.dailymail.co.uk
9The Guardian

Alexa Rank: 149
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 42 million+
Headquarters: London, U.K.
Website: www.theguardian.com
10The Wall Street Journal

Alexa Rank: 357
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 40 million+
Headquarters: New York, U.S.
Website: www.wsj.com
Top 20 Most Popular News Websites
11ABC News

Alexa Rank: 647
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 36 million+
Headquarters: New York, U.S.
Website: abcnews.go.com
12BBC News

Alexa Rank: 90
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 35 million+
Headquarters: London, U.K.
Website: bbc.co.uk/news
13USA Today

Alexa Rank: 318
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 34 million+
Headquarters: Virginia, U.S.
Website: usatoday.com
14Los Angeles Times

Alexa Rank: 628
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: 33 million+
Headquarters: California, U.S.
Website: www.latimes.com
15Times of India

Alexa Rank: 107
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: N/A
Headquarters: Mumbai, India.
Website: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
16Reuters

Alexa Rank: 373
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: N/A
Headquarters: London, U.K.
Website: www.reuters.com
17CBS News

Alexa Rank: 673
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: N/A
Headquarters: New York, U.S.
Website: cbsnews.com
18CNBC

Alexa Rank: 734
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors:
Headquarters: New Jersey, U.S.
Website: cnbc.com
19New York Post

Alexa Rank: 749
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: N/A
Headquarters: New York, U.S.
Website: nypost.com
20US News

Alexa Rank: 1,117
Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors: N/A
Headquarters: Washington, U.S.
Website: usnews.com