In February's ABCe figures, the News International-owned site achieved 27.3 million unique users, up almost 25 per cent on January and two million more than guardian.co.uk. Guardian.co.uk was also overtaken by Telegraph.co.uk, which, along with Mirror Group Digital, were the only other sites to post month-on-month increases in unique users.
The Week: Media news - Sun tops newspaper sites
Sun Online has overtaken guardian.co.uk as the most popular newspaper website in the country.