Nielsen//Net Ratings has named the top 30 U.S. newspaper Web sites based on site traffic in June, with The New York Times coming out on top, and The Boston Globe bumping The Wall Street Journal to sixth place, from fifth in May.

USA Today took the second spot, and the Boston Herald rounded out the list as number 30.

Below is the list of the top 30 newspaper Web sites for June, according to Nielsen//Net Ratings:

Brand or channel, Unique audience (000), time per person (hh:mm:ss)

NYTimes.com: 12,535 – 0:27:34

USATODAY.com: 8,592 – 0:12:45

washingtonpost.com: 8,181 – 0:18:34

LA Times: 5,097 – 0:10:24

Boston.com: 4,254 – 0:18:47

Wall Street Journal Online: 4,240 – 0:15:57

SFGate.com/San Francisco Chronicle: 3,953 – 0:12:18

The Houston Chronicle: 3,859 – 0:16:00

Chicago Tribune: 3,118 – 0:18:38

New York Post: 3,057 – 0:07:14

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 2,840 – 0:21:12

Ottaway Newspapers: 2,124 – 0:04:41

Chicago Sun-Times: 1,997 – 0:07:20

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 1,859 – 0:06:01

Daily News Online Edition: 1,821 – 0:05:34

Azcentral.com: 1,770 – 0:26:28

DallasNews.com: The Dallas Morning News – 1,761 -- 0:04:55

Newsday: 1,751 – 0:03:46

Sun-Sentinel: 1,611 – 0:11:27

International Herald Tribune: 1,597 – 0:02:12

Philly.com: 1,547 – 0:07:24

NJ.com: 1,535 – 0:07:25

The Detroit News: 1,424 – 0:11:39

The Washington Times: 1,407 – 0:04:08

Orlando Sentinel: 1,400 – 0:06:52

The Seattle Times: 1,354 – 0:11:33

Rocky Mountain News: 1,300 – 0:04:10

Village Voice Media: 1,294 – 0:04:16

Detroit Free Press: 1,243 – 0:07:58

Boston Herald: 1,233 – 0:07:36

Source: Editor and Publisher