The Guardian is the top online newspaper in the United Kingdom, with 23.1 million unique users in August, a 12 percent increase from the previous month, according to ABCe data, BizReport reported Friday.

The Telegraph took the second online newspaper spot in terms of users, with 22 million unique users, a growth of 125 percent from the same period last year. The Times Online saw 20.1 percent growth from July to August this year, reaching 19.6 million uniques.

MailOnline unique users were at 17.4 million, a decrease of 6.6 percent for the site, which includes content from both the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, according to Biz Report.

The increase in unique users during August is largely due to the war in Georgia, Beijing Olympics and problems in the financial market's credit sector, NewMediaAge reported.

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