The website for the London Evening Standard saw a monthly increase in web traffic of 33 per cent in May, following two months of decline, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulation figures.
The website recorded 3.3 million monthly unique browsers for the month compared to 2.5 million in April. In March the Standard saw a month-on-month decrease in monthly traffic of 21.79 per cent, the same month it relaunched its website, followed by another fall of 11.27 per cent in April to 2.52 million.
In a release, Independent Print Limited said the figures represent "continued investment in the digital development of the brand".
Managing director for digital at the Independent Zach Leonard added: "The record monthly traffic for May illustrates the sustained digital growth of the Independent and London Evening Standard across both web and especially mobile."
The Independent also announced today the planned launched of "an enhanced mobile website", which will go live "in coming weeks".
Today's ABC figures show that Mirror Group Digital saw the second biggest increase in monthly browsers of 16.6 per cent, taking it to almost 16 million. This was followed by the Telegraph website which recorded a rise of 11.28 per cent.
The biggest increase in daily traffic was also recorded by the Evening Standard website, with a 36 per cent rise.
The Guardian.co.uk saw the biggest decline in daily traffic, of 12.16 per cent.
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