Although most titles still boast extremely healthy circulations, not one title witnessed any growth – in part, perhaps, due to the absence of Christmas TV viewing.
In a market of declines and only marginal gains, Hearst’s Esquire has recorded a boost in circulation of more than 10% in the first half of 2016.
The majority of online news sites saw huge spikes in traffic in the month of Brexit and UEFA Euro 2016.
The impact of voting to leave the EU might have seen share prices fall for some publishers, but newspaper sales certainly received a boost – at least in the short-term.
After going online-only, the Independent recorded a healthy increase in traffic back in April, but just one month on it looks like the title is in trouble already.
The Daily Telegraph and the Guardian record small declines, while the rest of the quality daily market maintains its growth for the third consecutive month – plus more from the London and Sunday markets.
Since moving entirely online, The Independent has attracted more than 200,000 extra unique browsers – taking the total daily figure to almost 3.3 million.
A host of solid month on month growth figures should be turning heads, with the Times, i newspaper and the Observer leading the charge.
A total of 46,533,000 people accessed the internet throughout the month.
The Sun recorded an impressive 10.2% increase in its web traffic in March, equating to an extra 208,000 visitors a day.
