Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Press Gazette: Top U.S. papers lose 20% of weekday print circulation

The top 25 biggest U.S. newspapers have lost 20% of their weekday print circulation since COVID-19 started, according to Press Gazette, which did an analysis of Alliance for Audited Media data.

In the first quarter of 2019, the 25 newspapers had a combined circulation of 4.7 million. A year later, the figure had dropped by 11% to 4.2 million, says Press Gazette. The most recent figures for these titles show a combined circulation of 3.4 million, a drop of 20% in a year.

See more here.

TitleQ1 2019Q1 2020Q4 2020/Q1 2021Lost since Covid-19 (after Q1 2020)
Wall Street Journal1,005,410994,600786,599208,000 (21%)
New York Times465,959410,562362,76348,000 (12%)
USA Today580,518486,579183,270303,000 (62%)
Washington Post231,169206,824180,15927,000 (13%)
Los Angeles Times226,444196,588164,84532,000 (16%)
New York Post191,495162,478149,61413,000 (8%)
Tampa Bay Times**148,593137,590137,803No change**
Chicago Tribune160,542130,357118,57212,000 (9%)
Newsday (Long Island)*139,275123,905118,3796,000 (5%)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)137,180123,881114,6979,000 (7%)
Seattle Times***119,034107,88296,41311,000 (11%)
Honolulu Star-Advertiser*110,149107,07093,58713,000 (13%)
Arizona Republic125,074103,26482,86120,000 (20%)
Houston Chronicle100,91086,33478,1128,000 (10%)
Boston Globe98,97684,83477,6797,000 (8%)
Philadelphia Inquirer103,21987,98176,79711,000 (13%)
Dallas Morning News94,21080,90472,9098,000 (10%)
San Francisco Chronicle93,03081,64768,17413,000 (17%)
Daily News (New York)121,75096,84867,98329,000 (30%)
Buffalo News87,22275,78365,61110,000 (13%)
Denver Post88,63873,15462,43111,000 (15%)
Chicago Sun-Times84,37974,97761,82513,000 (18%)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel75,18463,78455,2918,000 (13%)
St Louis Post-Dispatch74,22662,40454,5128,000 (13%)
Star-Ledger (New Jersey)76,77362,74553,06910,000 (15%)
Total4,739,3594,222,9753,383,955839,000 (20%)
* The latest figures for Newsday and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser are for the six months to September 2020 rather than Q4 2020/ Q1 2021 ** The Tampa Bay Times switched from a daily to Sunday and Wednesday newspaper in Q2 2020 *** The Seattle Times does not report an average weekday circulation figure to the AAM. We have used its average Wednesday circulation instead.
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