UK's online newspaper traffic hit record high in May
All five national newspaper sites in the UK had a month-to-month traffic rise in May, mostly due to the election coverage, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Media Guardian reported.
The overall traffic hit a record high at 131.8 million, paidContent reported.
Graphic: ABCe
The most visited site went to Mail Online, up 1 percent compared to the previous month, to 2.39 million average daily browsers and 42.37 million monthly browsers. It was on the top for the fifth month, according to ABC.
The Daily Mail & General Trust's Web sites increased 9.4 percent month-on-month to 2.01 million average daily browsers, while Telegraph.co.uk came next with about 1.6 million average daily browsers, up 4 percent compared to the figures in April, Press Gazette reported.
Mirror Group Digital gained most month-on-month, up nearly 14 percent to exceed 502,000 average daily browsers, Media Guardian reported.
Independent.co.uk was up 9 percent to 481,954 average daily browsers.
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