Our online numbers have been consistently growing, and last month we welcomed 800,238 unique users to the site, with all of this traffic being organic and not paid for. This represents an enormous 1.9 million page views, 1.3 million sessions and an average time on page of over 2 minutes.

Readers of The Portugal News come from all around the world, with a growing number coming from the USA, which now outstrips the traditional market of the UK. In May alone, 102,511 users came to The Portugal News online from the United States, while 101,766 came from the UK.

While the majority of our online readers come from Portugal (32.65 percent), we have seen huge growth since launching The Portugal News in Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Russian, Romanian, Chinese, Turkish and Hindi.

We now have over 50,000 users coming from the Netherlands each month, over 30,000 from Germany and an impressive 21,000 a month coming from Sweden alone.

News in Portuguese

We remain dedicated to bringing all the news from Portugal to our readers in English in the printed edition, and in many other languages online, however to even further improve our service to readers, we have now also launched the Portuguese version of our online site.

Updated daily with informative, interesting and many exclusive articles, this new service is not only for residents in Portugal, but instead is for everyone looking to read about Portugal in Portuguese from around the world. Whether you are a native speaker, looking to brush up on language skills or are looking to learn Portuguese, this news service is for you.

Our professional journalists find key stories from across mainland Portugal, the Azores and Madeira and share these seven days a week with readers.

Spreading the word

You can access all the news from Portugal in the language of your choice by visiting www.theportugalnews.com , alternatively, sign up to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and now also on YouTube where you can keep up with our daily bulletins.

You can also sign up for our newsletter with highlights from the hundreds of weekly articles published each week, or can download The Portugal News app from Android or iOS.

However you choose to follow the news, we are here to bring it directly to you, wherever you are in the world.