Internet media leadership in Lithuania is evaluated based on the average daily audience. In August, 15min surpassed „Delfi“ by more than 13,000 users per day in this metric: 15min was read daily by 455,244 people, while „delfi.lt“ had 441,259. Following in the rankings are „tv3.lt“ (387,561), „lrytas.lt“ (300,213), and „lrt.lt“ (254,920). Throughout August, 15min outperformed its competitor „Delfi“ in readership for 24 out of 31 days.
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This is a historic breakthrough in the entire history of „Gemius Audience“ measurements.
Reader trust is also reflected in broader statistics. In 2026, the portal’s total audience each month consists of more than 1.27 million unique users, who spend on average 1 hour and 12 minutes here. 15min is the fastest growing in visit frequency (14.4%) among all major commercial portals – this shows that readers return to 15min to seek information more often and consciously.
The most cited news portal in Lithuania
15min publishes news most promptly and receives the greatest response in other national media outlets. According to the media monitoring company „Mediaskopas“’s August data, 15min is the most frequently cited news portal in Lithuania.
“When important events happen, the 15min editorial team focuses and is the first to be at the center of events, the first to interview key people – whether it’s a storm, a scandal of child exploitation in the Church, or changes in Lithuanian basketball. Thanks to the team for their dedication and to the readers for their trust. It is a responsibility,” says 15min editor-in-chief Vaidotas Beniušis.
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These „Mediaskopas“ data confirm that the professional team of 15min journalists publishes most of the important Lithuanian and foreign news first.
The portal 15min belongs to the Lithuanian capital media group „15min group“, which also owns the news agency BNS, radio stations M1, M1 PLIUS, „Lietus“, M1 DANCE, „Laluna“, as well as the magazines „Žmonės“, „Ji“, „Legendos“ and the home cinema platform „ŽMONĖS Cinema“.
According to the annual reach results study of the largest Lithuanian media groups conducted by „Fifty5Blue“ (formerly „Kantar“), „15min group“ is the only one that has grown both its daily and monthly audience. According to the latest data from November 2025 to January 2026, „15min group“ reaches as many as 1.1 million daily (50.9% of the entire media audience), and 1.8 million monthly (82.7% of the entire media audience).
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