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.
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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.
Trinity Mirror lost almost 630,000 average daily browsers.
The UK’s desktop-using online populations remained steady at just under 45.8 million people in January 2016.
Just three out of the 13 recorded newspaper brands currently have more readers in print than any other medium – with the decision to close the Independent’s print operations earlier this month looking to be a justifiable move.
All online news sites recorded a surge in web traffic in January, with Richard Desmond’s dailystar.co.uk seeing its audience increase by more than half.
Despite many recognisable online brands seeing a fall in activity, the UK’s total online audience remained solid in December.
A -9.9% decline over the month cost Mail Online almost 1.5 million daily browsers.
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.