New figures released for Guardian Local, which launched a site for Leeds in February, followed by Edinburgh and Cardiff shortly after, suggest that monthly unique browsers and monthly page impressions have increased across all three sites since May.
Guardian Cardiff has shown the largest growth in monthly unique browsers from 24,160 in May to 29,911 in September - a 23.8 per cent rise. Guardian Edinburgh posted a 17 per cent rise in monthly uniques between May and September to 42,811, according to the figures from Adobe SiteCatalyst.
The network's Leeds site also saw a slight rise in monthly unique browsers to 33,188 - a 1.56 per cent rise on May's figure. Page impressions across all three sites have risen since May, but the graph below from the Guardian shows a dip in page impressions for the Cardiff and Leeds sights from August to September.
The sites are also trialling hyperlocal advertising technology Addiply and feature tools and widgets from third-party sites including mySociety.org.
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