The Independent online has seen a good level of growth for December 2012 according to the latest data from ABC.
With a 13.8% increase on the previous month, the website bagged an extra 117,590 unique daily browsers, bringing its total up to 970,899.
| Site | Dec 12 Daily Average Unique Browsers | Nov 12 Daily Average Unique Browsers | Change | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MailOnline | 7,038,933 | 7,109,203 | -70,270 | -1.0 |
| guardian.co.uk | 3,681,821 | 3,961,166 | -279,345 | -7.1 |
| Telegraph | 2,810,393 | 2,978,782 | -168,389 | -5.7 |
| The Sun | 1,562,470 | 1,560,518 | 1,952 | 0.1 |
| The Independent | 970,899 | 853,309 | 117,590 | 13.8 |
| Mirror Group Digital | 859,318 | 797,155 | 62,163 | 7.8 |
Source: ABC
The Mirror online saw reasonable growth of 7.8% but still remains bottom of the pile with an average 797,155 unique daily browsers.
Meanwhile, other competing sites saw some moderate declines. The Guardian was down -7.1% on November (-279,345) while the Telegraph was down -5.7% (168,389).
The Sun and the Mail online meanwhile saw little change – +0.1% and -1%, respectively.
The Mail still leads overall, however, with a huge 7 million+ daily unique browsers, followed by the guardian.co.uk at 3.68 million and the Telegraph with 2.8 million.
