It's official: The Register is the UK's No.1 UK IT Media website. Q4 2002 figures from industry monitors Hitwise confirm that the Runaway Reg lassoed the lion's share of UK readers in this category between October and December 2002.

Hitwise monitors the daily Internet usage of more than 7.6 million UK internet users to provide website rankings in over 150 industry categories. Their figures prove what legions of loyal El Reg readers already know; but after this brief fanfare of trumpets, rest assured that there will be no resting on laurels at Vulture Central. Our commitment is to continue to deliver the best IT news and analysis on the Web. Remember, you read it here first. ®