NineMSN takes top Australian news website spot as Daily Telegraph beaten by Courier Mail

Nine Entertainment Network owned news website NineMSN has regained the number one online news website crown from rival smh.com.au, bucking the trend of a traditional fall in numbers during the holiday period.

According to the Nielsen Online Ratings for December NineMSN’s audience had a small increase from 2.885m to 2.887m in December, as the number of unique visitors fell away from the Sydney Morning Herald’s site and News Corp Australia’s News.com.au.

The Mail Online, which has just started to post some local content ahead of a full launch this year in Australia, held on to tenth spot, although it dropped from 1.316m readers in November to 1.132m for December.

However, The Guardian remains outside the top ten, in 12th spot behind the Daily Telegraph (1.093m) with 1.074m readers.