The Daily Mail overtakes The New York Times as the most visited online newspaper The Daily Mail is today trumpeting that it has overtaken The New York Times as the world s most visited online newspaper according to December 2011 figures released by comScore Mail BBC Guardian coverage This is quite a feat for a UK newspaper up against the big American newspapers although stories like this one which curiously fail to mention that the Mail published hoax allegations about Philip Mould s private life that were subsequently removed from its website show why caution is needed when using it as a source Archived discussion