The UK’s online population has grown by 1.4 million people in the last year, according to the latest data released by media research and insight company Kantar Media. The second quarter of 2011 saw the online population grow by nearly 4% year on year, totalling 38.4 million users.

The UK’s national newspaper websites saw usage figures increase during August, with almost all audited sites recording a rise, with the exception of Mirror Group Digital.

63% of the UK population accessed the internet in August, a month when the UK’s online activities hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Among the general civil unrest across the country, news stories highlighted the methods used by rioters to organise themselves and the wider role social media played played.

The daily national newspaper market saw circulation figures drop off in August after a positive July. Overall the market is down -0.2% PoP and -5.6% YoY. Five titles in the daily market managed to post small PoP rises.

The latest ABC release for the regional newspaper market is very illuminating – not for the continued percentage declines in newspapers sold, which continues unabated, but for the online usage stats.

Today’s ABC release paints a fairly poor picture for the regional newspaper market, with all but one newspaper group in our analysis posting percentage declines in the January to June period.

The latest NRS figures for July 2010 to June 2011 reflects another poor 12 months for the national newspaper market – with just one title seeing its readership increase over the year.

The UK’s national newspaper websites enjoyed a boost in usage in July, with almost all audited sites recording an increase – a positive change from last month, which saw just one site post a rise.

Today’s ABC release for January to June 2011 shows a fairly poor set of results, with only a few sectors managing to buck the trend. To get a real picture, Manning Gottlieb, Mediacom, MPG Media Contacts, John Ayling and Carat give their views…

Customer magazines ASDA and Morrisons are holding up the Cookery & Kitchen sector, which remained static year on year.ASDA magazine leads the market with a total distribution figure of almost 2 million copies – up 33,173 copies YoY.And in fourth place, Morrisons Magazine saw its total increase YoY by over 107,000 copies to 1.1 million.… Continue reading ABC Consumer Jan-Jun 2011: Cookery & Kitchen