
Traffic to Mirror Group Digital, which includes mirror.co.uk and 3am.co.uk, fell 15.34% to 606,268 in September, the only national newspaper website to suffer a double digit fall on the previous month.
But Mirror Group Network still remains a minnow compared to rival national newspaper websites.
Mail Online remained top dog in September, reporting 4,063,480 average daily users in the month, a fall of 7.74% on August.
Second placed Guardian.co.uk, published by Guardian News & Media, reported an average daily user number of 2,918,571 in September, down 4.59%.
Telegraph.co.uk fell back 7.25% to 1,994,145 on the previous month.
The Independent-owned Independent.co.uk, which plans to revamp its website this week, reported an average daily user number of 606,268, a fall of 15.34% on the previous month.
Year-on-year comparisons proved more positive reading for national newspapers.
Guardian.co.uk was up 44.78% on the year, Mail Online up 44.12%, Independent.co.uk up 21.99%, Mirror Group Digital up 11.58%, and Telegraph.co.uk up 18.65%.
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League Tables
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MailOnline | 4,063,480 | -7.74 | 52.17 | 44,426,898 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
guardian.co.uk | 2,918,571 | -4.59 | 43.17 | 32,116,211 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Telegraph | 1,994,145 | -7.25 | 19.43 | 24,453,752 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mirror Group | 606,268 | -15.34 | 15.28 | 5,329,118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Independent | 658,113 | -0.99 | 18.88 | 9,061,414 |