MUMBAI: Online tracking companies Nielsen NetRatings and Media Metrix have declared CNN.com as the leading news and information site for the month of August.

A study by Media Metrix reveals that more than 21 million unique users visited CNN.com during August, thus showing continued growth since the beginning of the year, says an official release. CNN.com attracts most users from home and work, it adds.

The two tracking systems further state that since September last year, CNN.com has outperformed all online news competition during 11 of 12 months.

The reach of CNN, a division of Turner Broadcasting System Inc. extends to 15 cable and satellite television networks, three private place-based networks, two radio networks, wireless devices around the world, 12 Web sites, including CNN.com, the first major news and information web site, and CNN Newsource, an extensively syndicated news service