The site attracted 29,373,379 unique users - a month-on-month rise of 19.2 per cent (4,735,996) - to beat the Guardian, with 28,966,942, into second place.
An increase in monthly unique user figures was posted by Telegraph.co.uk, Times Online, Guardian.co.uk, Mail Online, Mirror Group Digital and the sun. Only the Independent's website recorded a drop (down 2.31 per cent) from May's figures.
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The full figures for the six audited titles and Mirror Group's websites are listed below. The percentage in brackets indicates the month-on-month change compared with May's ABCe report:
Telegraph.co.uk
Unique users: 27,175,233 (+7.64 per cent); +37.86 per cent year-on-year
Guardian.co.uk
Unique users: 28,966,942 (+6.52 per cent); +41.30 per cent year-on-year
Mail Online
Unique users: 29,373,379 (+19.22 per cent); +83.41 per cent year-on-year
Times Online
Unique users: 21,216,797 (+3.97 per cent); +29.61 per cent year-on-year
TheSun.co.uk
Unique users: 25,062,845 (+9.22 per cent); +61.59 per cent year-on-year
Independent.co.uk
Unique users: 9,352,369 (-2.31 per cent); +29.61 per cent year-on-year
Mirror Group
Unique users: 9,442,900 (+8.62 per cent); +74.02 per cent year-on-year
ABCe figures since January:
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