US: More than 80% of top 30 online newspapers report rise in June uniques

Nielsen Online has reported that more than 80% of online newspapers in the top 30 recorded increases in the number of unique visitors for the month of June, compared to the same month a year ago.

There were some exceptions, including the Houston Chronicle -- which fell 44% in June -- and Ottaway Newspapers, falling 30%, however,  the majority enjoyed significant increases. New York's Daily News Online jumped 109% year-over-year in June to 3.8 million uniques. Newsday increased uniques by 73% to 3.0 million visitors, and monthly uniques at Village Voice Media was up 70% to 2.2 million.

Below is the list of the top 30 newspaper Web sites provided by Nielsen. The percent change compares June 2008 uniques with June 2007 uniques.

NYTimes.com -- 17,650 -- 41%
USATODAY.com -- 9,626 -- 12%
Washingtonpost.com -- 9,062 -- 11%
Wall Street Journal Online -- 6,441 -- 52%
L.A. Times -- 6,190 -- 21%

Boston.com -- 5,226 -- 23%
Chicago Tribune -- 4,920 -- 58%
New York Post -- 4,617 -- 51%
Daily News Online Edition --- 3,803 -- 109%
SFGate.com/San Francisco Chronicle -- 3,621 -- (-8%)

Newsday -- 3,031 -- 73%
Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- 2,733 -- (-4%)
Chicago Sun-Times -- 2,669 -- 34%
International Herald Tribune -- 2,454 -- 54%
The Politico -- 2,437 -- 43%

Village Voice Media -- 2,217 -- 70%
DallasNews.com - The Dallas Morning News -- 2,213 -- 26%
The Houston Chronicle -- 2,158 -- (-44%)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer -- 1,925 -- 4%
The Seattle Times -- 1,924 -- 42%

Star Tribune -- 1,844 -- 55%
MercuryNews.com -- 1,669 -- 48%
Azcentral.com -- 1,621 -- (-8%)
tampabay.com -- 1,579 -- 16%
MLive.com -- 1,578 -- 80%

The San Diego Union-Tribune -- 1,554 -- 51%
NJ.com -- 1,539 -- 0%
Ottaway Newspapers -- 1,485 -- (-30%)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- 1,450 -- 33%
KansasCity.com -- 1,447 -- 33%

Source: Editor & Publisher