The UK’s online population weighed in at 42.4 million users for the month of March, according to data released by online measurement company Nielsen.

The latest ABC digital figures for March 2013 show a general decline for most newsbrands, with the Independent the only platform to see any positive growth – though only very slight.

The latest ABC National Newspaper figures for March show that, despite the continued year on year declines in print sales, the daily titles experienced a month of growth for around half of titles, and only slight declines elsewhere.

According to data recently released by digital measurement company Nielsen, the UK’s online audience is at its lowest level for almost a year.

Despite harsh weather sweeping across the country people turned away from the Internet following the post-Christmas slump.

The latest ABC digital figures, released today, show a few dips amongst some more moderate levels of growth for newspaper websites in February.

With more than 20 million readers, The Daily Mail shows its dominance as a newsbrand in the latest NRS PADD report combining both print and online platforms.

Twitter is fast becoming an effective medium between brands and consumers, with the latest UK Brandwatch study revealing that every minute over 12,000 tweets mention brands.

After the frenzy of activity that comes with every festive period, January saw the UK’s online population settle back into a normal routine, with the overall number of users falling slightly.

The latest ABC newspaper figures show that the national daily market was down in February, -2.9% period on period, with only the ‘i’ experiencing any growth at all – up 1.4% on January and up 12.8% year on year.

The latest ABC results for the July – December 2012 period have revealed that both the regional media groups and print titles are down, with few seeing any growth at all – but online is looking healthy.