BirminghamLive audience grows after winning major national awards
BirminghamLive has rounded off a month to remember by reporting rising audience numbers.
No fewer than 8.4 million people visited our website in a month, according to latest Ipsos Iris data - which means more than one in six adults in the UK enjoyed our stories.
Industry-respected data showed BirminghamLive was again one of the three biggest regional news brands in the UK. This comes amid celebrations over a raft of award wins.
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News like strking binmen holding the city to ransom fed into the month-on-month rise BirminghamLive saw in February.
Of course, that remained news well into March. It also came as our journalism was recognised as industry-leading in a national awards ceremony.
BirminghamLive won two of the eight team honours at the 2025 Regional Press Awards.
Editor Graeme Brown said: "It is always pleasing when the data shows we are serving our audience well.
"Our aim is to grow and to inform and delight the people of the people of the West Midlands and this latest Ipsos Iris data shows we are succeeding."
BirminghamLive, and print sister title the Birmingham Mail, won in the communities category for the third time in five years at the Regional Press Awards.
Judges praised the focus and care given to local communities, including through our Brummie Muslims and UKSikhs brands.
BirminghamLive was also awarded for the top digital initiative for its Child Poverty Emergency campaign, calling for seismic change to address soaring levels which have left nearly half of the city's children in poverty.
The initiative included coding a special "letter to your MP" tool enabling people to raise the issue and a chatbot supported by AI.
BirminghamLive was also highly commended in the biggest category of the night - large title of the year.
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