Fairfax Media’s SMH.com.au climbs back above 4m in January as News.com.au holds top spot in news rankings

Miranda Ward

February 23, 2017 1:00

Fairfax Media’s The Sydney Morning Herald has seen its audience stabilise after dropping below 4m unique users in December, posting a unique audience of 4.028m in January.

The site held onto its fourth place, growing by 10% from 3.648m in December but was still beaten by News Corp’s News.com.au which retained its top position, Nine.com.au and ABC News websites.

News.com.au posted a January audience of 5.352m, up 2% from its December audience of 5.256m while Nine.com.au saw its audience grow by 4% from 4.268m in December to 4.421m in January.

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.