Independent.co.uk's monthly web traffic has grown 20.47% globally month on month to a unique user ABCe of 19.3m in August, up from 16m in July. Meanwhile, Standard.co.uk's monthly web traffic is also up 0.42% to a high of 3.8m in August. Standard.co.uk's ABCe headline figure for UK monthly unique users was up to 2.5m for the period 1 August to 31st August, up 5.44% on July's figure of 2.41m. The popularity of the site soared during the Olympics, further highlighting the London Evening Standard's success as the official paper of London 2012.