The Australian's newspaper readership surged over the three months to   January, outpacing the country's other major mastheads.
The Australian, published by News Corporation, grew its newspaper readership by 6.1 per cent to 472,000 in   January, compared to 445,000 in   October, according to Enhanced Media Metrics Australia (EMMA). 
The Weekend Australian's newspaper readership was up by 3.3 per cent at 599,000. In terms of total audience, incorporating online, tablet and mobile, The Australian's readership was down by 1.3 per cent over the three months to 2.98 million, although the figure was up by 5.3 per cent on a monthly basis.
The news comes after The Australian recorded a sector-leading 2.5 per cent gain in total paid sales to 168,678 for the three months ended   December, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Fairfax Media's The Australian Financial Review saw readership gains of 5.5 per cent to 325,000 for the three months, while its weekend edition was up by 6.5 per cent to 132,000.
Its total readership was up by 3.5 per cent to 1.53 million for the three months, and up by 4.9 per cent on a monthly basis.
News Corp's The Daily Telegraph recorded a 1.6 per cent gain in newspaper readership over the three months to 1 million, while Saturday's Telegraph was up by 0.4 per cent to 797,000.
Total readership for the Telegraph grew by 3.5 per cent to 4.16 million over the three months and by 4.4 per cent for the month.
  January is usually a quiet month but newspapers recorded strong growth compared to   December on a total audience basis.
In Victoria, Fairfax's The Age saw total readership gains of 6.9 per cent to 3.22 million, while News Corp's Herald Sun was up by 0.2 per cent to 3.89 million.
Total readership at Seven West Media's The West Australian surged by 10.9 per cent 1.78 million.Across its print and digital brands, News Corp reaches 14.9 million people aged 14 and over each month, up by 1.4 per cent.