Amid a sea of declines, Cosmopolitan has recorded a set of standout figures for the July – December period.

Northern & Shell has reason to celebrate this period, with OK! magazine sales up by almost 38%.

Despite many recognisable online brands seeing a fall in activity, the UK’s total online audience remained solid in December.

There was little circulation change to daily, Sunday and free titles during December.

A -9.9% decline over the month cost Mail Online almost 1.5 million daily browsers.

The Times was up 3.4% last month, boosting its circulation by more than 13,000 copies – coupled with a 4.7% year-on-year increase to mark it out in an otherwise struggling market.

The UK’s online population enjoyed some growth in October with desktop-only users seeing a minute 0.8% rise, according to data recently released by online analytical company comScore.

The National Readership Survey has launched its sixth set of mobile and tablet estimates of newsbrand audience readership, alongside its quarterly print and desktop PC results.

The latest NRS results for the October 2014 – September 2015 period reveal that magazines are still best loved in their printed form, with just three of the measured titles dominated by mobile readership.

Sun+, which is set to scrap its paywall at the end of this month, also performed well, with online visits up 16% compared with September to a little under 1.3 million.