Neiman J Lab lists 15 top newspaper websites

Nieiman Journalism Lab editors have ranked the top 15 by average monthly unique visitors, according to Nielsen Online, which is the source of all our data (via Editor & Publisher’s monthly reports). Here’s the list:

1. The New York Times 19,503,667 average monthly uniques Increase of 33% from 2007
Peak month: 21,340,000 uniques in March [Eliot Spitzer]

2. USA Today 10,845,000 average monthly uniques Increase of 12% from 2007 Peak month: 12,314,000 uniques in January

3. The Washington Post 10,260,167 average monthly uniques Increase of 19% from 2007 Peak month: 12,956,000 uniques in September

4. The Los Angeles Times 7,886,250 average monthly uniques Increase of 54% from 2007 Peak month: 11,136,000 uniques in November

5. The Wall Street Journal 7,169,333 average monthly uniques Increase of 60% from 2007 Peak month: 9,047,000 uniques in September [Lehman Bros.]

6. The Boston Globe 5,211,083 average monthly uniques Increase of 22% from 2007 Peak month: 8,610,000 uniques in September [Red Sox]

7. New York Post 4,335,583 average monthly uniques Increase of 30% from 2007 Peak month: 5,000,000 uniques in October

8. Chicago Tribune 4,271,833 average monthly uniques Increase of 34% from 2007 Peak month: 5,235,000 uniques in December [Blagojevich]

9. New York Daily News 4,226,083 average monthly uniques Increase of 68% from 2007 Peak month: 5,888,000 uniques in November

10. San Francisco Chronicle 4,158,000 average monthly uniques Increase of 10% from 2007 Peak month: 5,129,000 uniques in September

11. Newsday 3,163,000 average monthly uniques Increase of 7% from 2007 Peak month: 3,911,000 uniques in February

12. Politico 3,113,000 average monthly uniques Increase of 132% from 2007 Peak month: 4,565,000 uniques in October

13. Chicago Sun-Times 2,884,417 average monthly uniques Increase of 26% from 2007 Peak month: 3,982,000 uniques in October

14. The Houston Chronicle 2,808,750 average monthly uniques Decrease of 10% from 2007 Peak month: 3,414,000 uniques in May

15. The Dallas Morning News 2,647,500 average monthly uniques Increase of 52% from 2007
Peak month: 3,777,000 uniques in September