shot up 24.7% month on month from 21.9m in January, helped by stories such as the , the baby-faced boy who was thought to have fathered a child at the age of 13.
Its UK users also increased from 8.17m to 8.28m.
held onto second place with a 1.02% month-on-month increase in unique users to 26.17m. The Telegraph's UK users also increased, up from 8.7m in January to 9.23m in February.
slipped to third place after its unique users fell 15.03% to 25.3m in February, down from a record 29.8m in January. The site's UK users also fell month on month, from 11.27m in January to 10.22m.
experienced a 3.97% month-on-month fall in uniques, dropping to 21.99m in February. Its UK users also fell, dropping from 8.3m to 7.72m.
MailOnline, which includes the and sites, also suffered a small decline in unique users, which fell 4.53% to 21.84m.
The site's UK users fell to 6.88m, down from 7.28m in January.
saw its unique users fall 8.48% to 9.37m during the month, while its UK users fell from 4.4m to 3.99m.
Mirror Group, spanning , and , had a positive month, jumping 5.12% to 6.99m. Its UK users fell from 3.69m in January to 3.64m in February.
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