ABC News websites have bumped Fairfax Media’s SMH.com.au out of the second spot of the Nielsen Digital Ratings (Monthly) rankings after growing its audience by 8% in June, month-on-month.
The ABC posted a June audience of 5.003m, up from 4.635m in May, while the SMH saw its audience drop by 4%, below the 5m mark, to 4,911m.
News Corp’s News.com.au retained its number one position with a June audience of 5.463m, down 1% from its May audience of 5.494m.
Daily Mail Australia held on to its fourth spot, growing its audience by 2% from May to June to 3.230m.
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Yahoo7 news’ websites grew its audience by 6%, pushing The Guardian out of the top five rankings, with an audience of 3.079m.
The Guardian posted a June audience of 3.043m, down from its May audience of 3.091m.
The BBC climbed from 10th place to seventh after growing its audience 14% from 2.543m in May to 2.888m in June.
Ninemsn News websites saw its audience drop 10% in June to 2.753m, down from May’s audience of 3.074m.
News Corp’s The Daily Telegraph claimed ninth spot – after not making the top 10 in May, with an audience increase of 7% to 2.520m, while the Herald Sun rounded out the top 10 – despite an audience decline of 9% from 2.769 in May to 2.519 in June.
Falling out of the top 10 in June was Fairfax Media’s The Age, which saw its audience drop by 6% from May to June from 2.638m to 2.475m.
Buzzfeed’s audience dropped 3% from 2.038m in May to 1.987m in June.
The Huffington Post also reported a decline in audience – down 10% from May to June – from 2.099m to 1.897m.
Mamamia also posted an audience decline from May to June, down 18%, from 1.348m to 1.1m.
News Corp’s The Australian also saw its audience drop by 17% – from 1.909m in May to 1.584m in June.
The outlook was more positive for The Courier Mail, which saw its audience grow by 4% from May to June, from 1.493m to 1.556m.
The New Daily’s audience dropped 3% from 869,000 to 844,000.