The Oxford Mail (3.7 million minutes) also saw the highest month-on-month growth of total minutes spent in August at 27.5% to 3.7 million. Overall 30 out of the top 50 news websites saw growth in minutes spent with them in July, with 22 up year on year. May 2025Two-thirds of the 50 biggest news websites in the UK saw audience growth in May, according to the latest Ipsos iris data. Eight out of the ten biggest websites saw the minutes spent with their content decline between January 2024 and 2025. Of the ten sites, the biggest month-on-month growth in minutes spent was at Express sister title the Mirror, up 16% to 236.2 million minutes.