The Sun has overtaken the Mirror to become the third most popular national newspaper website in the UK as measured by ABC.

The move comes just under two years since The Sun scrapped its online paywall and began again pursuing a free online content strategy.

The Sun website was the second fastest growing in August, behind Metro, up 81.3 per cent to 5.4m unique browers per day. This compares with Mirror Online’s 5.1m total (down 2.9 per cent year on year).