1 7 ▁that ▁the ▁website ▁had ▁broken ▁its ▁code ▁by ▁publishing ▁an ▁in ac cur ate ▁head line , ▁not ▁making ▁sufficient ▁efforts ▁to ▁check ▁the ▁facts , ▁and ▁failing ▁to ▁correct ▁the ▁in ac cur acy ▁with ▁due ▁prom in ence . ▁ ▁Read ership ▁During ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁The ▁Can ary ▁achieved ▁over ▁ 7 . 5 ▁million ▁page ▁views , ▁ranking ▁ 9 7 th ▁in ▁read ership ▁among ▁British ▁media ▁organis ations , ▁slightly ▁higher ▁than ▁The ▁Spect ator ▁and ▁The ▁Econom ist . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁publish ers , ▁Can ary ▁Media , ▁rose ▁ 4 7 ▁sp ots ▁from ▁ 1 2 6 th ▁in ▁June ▁to ▁ 7 9 th ▁in ▁July ▁among ▁the ▁top ▁UK ▁publish ers . ▁By ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁the ▁site ▁had ▁fallen ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 0 ▁with ▁under ▁ 6 ▁million ▁views . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁its ▁site ▁traffic ▁comes ▁from ▁Facebook . ▁ ▁A ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁study ▁by ▁the ▁Re ut ers ▁Institute ▁for ▁the ▁Study ▁of ▁Journal ism ▁found ▁The ▁Can ary ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁by ▁ 2 % ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁news ▁audience , ▁compared ▁with ▁The ▁Times ▁website ▁on ▁ 5 % ▁or ▁The ▁Guardian ▁on ▁ 1 5 %. ▁Its ▁readers ▁were ▁more ▁left - wing ▁than ▁readers ▁of ▁all ▁but ▁one ▁other ▁publication ▁in ▁the ▁survey . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Paul ▁St aines ▁The ▁London ▁Econom ic ▁ ▁References ▁