Over 20,500 people have clicked on an advisers' contact details on the Money Advice Service’s online retirement adviser directory – more than doubling since October.

The service, launched last April, had recorded 9,196 click-throughs up until October. But the latest figures, running to December, show this has risen significantly.

The directory was created in response to the radical reforms to pensions and includes over 6,200 advisers from around 3,400 firms. 

Over 54,800 unique users have used the tool since its launch - up from 37,000 recorded three months ago – the MAS said.

The organisation also reported general statistics about its website visits today.

There were over 12.8 million unique contacts to the Money Advice Service website between April and December 2015.

Over 11.6 million actions were taken to improve finances as a result of using the Money Advice Service between April and December and 91% of survey respondents said they would revisit the Money Advice Service.

The MAS said that demand for online support had reached “a record high” with nearly 5.9 million contacts in the three months to 31 December.

Caroline Rookes, chief executive of the Money Advice Service, said: “For me, the real test of our success is in how many people make changes to their lifestyle and I’m thrilled to see that over 8 million of the people who came to us for help took a positive action to budget and live within their means. We are helping more people than ever whilst maintaining the quality of our service.”