increased its unique user total by about 1m from August, or 4.7%, and also improved its UK user total by 11% to 9.8m, according to the latest ABCe figures.
held on to second place with a 4% monthly rise to 22.9m users. The site also managed to boost its UK users figure up by 14% to 7.2m.
reached new heights of 20.3m unique users, up 3.2% month on month, which strengthened its lead over the Mail Online. The Times UK user total also hit a record 6.8m, up by 10% from August.
MailOnline, which includes the and sites, attracted 17.9m total unique users, up 2.55% month on month. Its UK user total increased, rising by 8.6% to 5.8m.
The Sun, which includes the as well as and , posted a decline in total unique users, which fell by 1.3% to 15.8m.
However its UK user total rose by about 13% to 6.2m
reported the largest monthly rise, climbing 20.6% to 8m unique users. It does not report to ABCe how many UK users it has.
Mirror Group, spanning , and , suffered a monthly decrease in overall users, falling 6% to 5.3m.
Its UK user total also fell month-on-month, down 2.8% to 3.07m, which equates to roughly 58% of its total audience.