Average monthly unique browsers to Newsquest's network of 158 local media sites between January and June 2010 grew by 25.6 per cent year-on-year to 6,472,972 for the period. The ABCe's report showed a 13.1 per cent increase in average monthly uniques from the last six-month audit up to December 2009.

"These excellent numbers reflect the biggest ever monthly average year-on-year growth in the five years we’ve been publishing audited audience figures," says Roger Green, managing director of Newsquest Digital Media, in a press release.

According to the group, the number of repeat visitors to the network has increased by more than 17 per cent when compared with the same period in 2009. The average daily unique browsers to the network rose to 365,659 - a 21.7 per cent increase when compared with the same period in 2009.

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