Times of India Online world's most visited newspaper Web site

Posted by Simon Day on July 14, 2009 at 12:00 PM

According to most recent comScore statistics, The Times Of India Online is the most visited newspaper Web site in the world, Asia Media reported Sunday.

The report from the research firm shows timesofindia.com has 159 million page views for May, ahead of the sun.co.uk, with 142 million; nytimes.com, at 124 million page views; the dailymail.co.uk with 73 million visitors for May; and the washingtonpost.com at 61 million.

Managing director at Times of India, Vineet Jain said: "The news makes us happy, but there is much more to come. At present, Internet penetration in India is only 5 percent and it's growing at about 30 percent a year. As newer technologies are introduced and we further empower our readers, in the coming years we'll see an exponential growth in our online readership. TOI will become a far bigger player on the global stage."

These results leave The Times of India as the worlds largest selling English-language print newspaper and the most popular online paper.

Sixty-five percent of TOI Online's readers were recorded from outside India.