The Sun was the fastest growing online news brand in July, according to ABC figures, boosting the number of daily average unique browsers on its website to 5.06m – up 96 per cent year-on-year.

Mail Online, the UK’s most-visited news website, grew online readership by 1 per cent year-on-year to 15.03m.

This is more than double nearest rival The Independent, despite the online-only title increasing the number of daily average unique browsers by 54 per cent year-on-year to 6.14m.

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The Guardian is not currently audited by ABC.

Metro’s online readership also rose, climbing by 67 per cent year-on-year to 2.42m.

Among the regional daily websites, the Coventry Telegraph was the biggest climber. Its daily average unique browsers were up 70 per cent year-on-year to 108,731.

The Birmingham Mail was up 52 per cent year-on-year to 404,988.

Publication Total circulation July 2017 % change year-on-year % change month-on-month MailOnline 15,027,746 1.01 -2.46 The Independent 6,140,183 53.73 -0.27 Mirror Online 5,236,761 -0.72 -7.18 The Sun 5,060,122 95.81 -4.2 Metro 2,423,735 67.05 -9.44 express.co.uk 2,262,239 28.37 8.16 dailystar.co.uk 965,174 3.01 6.07 Manchester Evening News 956,752 16.3 -2.79 Evening Standard 845,288 39.3 -14.99 Liverpool Echo 743,349 14 4.34 Wales Online 443,455 16.3 3.21 Birmingham Mail 404,988 51.74 -1.12 Chronicle Live 312,834 15.71 5.14 Bristol Post 166,126 21.33 Hull Daily Mail 132,135 -1.3 GazetteLive 131,308 13.49 4.32 Daily Post (Wales) 125,115 46.9 -4.2 Nottingham Post 121,155 4.93 Coventry Telegraph 108,731 70.37 25.96 Plymouth Herald 102,311 -11.32 Derby Telegraph 97,395 4.89 Leicester Mercury 95,739 7.96 Stoke Sentinel 92,751 -3.5 Huddersfield Daily Examiner 84,019 41.36 -1.75 Get Surrey 78,721 48.06 -3.95 Cambridge News 67,304 -23.45 Get Reading 57,317 9.28 6.06 Grimsby Telegraph 43,600 -8.36 Visiter.co.uk 18,217 71.34 6.91