Most popular newspapers in the UK: Latest print ABC circulations

Behind that, the Each day Star (136,909) and Each day Document (54,379) had been each down by 14%.

The smallest annual circulation decline was on the i, down 7% to 128,110.

The Telegraph, which not publishes its whole circulation (see beneath), has revealed it had a median weekly subscription variety of 1,035,710 in December, made up of 117,586 in print, 688,012 in digital, and 230,112 throughout Telegraph Wine Cellar, Telegraph Puzzles and Chelsea Journal Firm.

The Mail titles additionally report their digital version readership numbers: the Each day Mail’s digital version had a median circulation of 86,744 in December (up 2% month-on-month and 5% year-on-year) whereas the Mail on Sunday was on 87,910 (up 1% and three% respectively).

Nationwide newspaper circulations in December 2023 (ABC) with month-to-month and yearly modifications – this web page shall be up to date month-to-month:

The column for bulks refers to copies that are circulated without cost at venues comparable to airports and accommodations.

The above figures don’t embody the Solar, Instances and Telegraph titles which have all chosen to maintain their ABC circulations non-public for the reason that begin of 2020. The Guardian and Observer joined them in September 2021.

The final ABC figures now we have for these titles are as follows:

• The Solar: 1,210,915 (March 2020)
• The Solar on Sunday: 1,013,777 (March 2020)
• The Sunday Instances: 647,622 (March 2020)
• The Instances: 365,880 (March 2020)
• Each day Telegraph: 317,817 (December 2019)
• Sunday Telegraph: 248,288 (December 2019)
• The Observer: 136,656 (July 2021)
• The Guardian: 105,134 (July 2021)

We have estimated what present print circulations for non-ABC nationwide newspaper titles may be now right here, assuming decline in keeping with the business common.

2022 in focus

These charts present UK nationwide newspaper circulation over the 12 months to March 2023.

2000-present

Now we have additionally charted the longer-term change in ABC circulation over the previous 20 years throughout the UK press.

These charts present the extent of the print decline from The Solar reaching 3.76m in 2000 and the Solar on Sunday’s launch in February 2012 with a short-lived 3.21m earlier than dropping to only above 2m.

In the meantime, although the Each day Mirror and Each day Mail as soon as had been aggressive in print attain at round 2.3m-2.4m in 2000, the Mail now has a circulation thrice the scale of its former rival.

The Sunday tabloids all noticed a spike in 2011 after the closure of the Information of the World however few retained the readers – the Sunday Individuals and Sunday Mirror did finest at doing so, however largely misplaced them when the Solar on Sunday launched.

Proceed studying for earlier months’ protection of the UK’s hottest newspapers:

November 2023

The i used to be the one UK nationwide newspaper to keep away from month-on-month print circulation decline in November.

The DMGT-owned newspaper stayed regular, rising 0.1% in comparison with October to a median circulation of 128,566.

The i additionally noticed the second-smallest year-on-year drop of seven.4%, behind solely the Monetary Instances which fell by simply 0.3% to 110,220.

[Read more: As digital subs overtake print at i, editor Oliver Duff explains why future is bright for title]

The FT’s newsstand gross sales (12,822) and paid subscriptions (9,373) had been each down however the newspaper elevated its bulk copies given away at places like airports and accommodations (32,001) and international distribution (56,024).

Free London newspaper Metropolis AM additionally stayed regular each month-on-month and year-on-year, with a median distribution of 67,940.

The largest month-on-month declines had been on the Sunday Publish (down 2.7% to 38,160), the Sunday Mirror (down 1.9% to 182,978), the Sunday Mail (down 1.9% to 52,104) and the FT (down 1.7%).

The largest annual drops had been on the Sunday Individuals (down 20.3% to 61,570), the Sunday Publish (down 18.1%) and Each day Star Sunday (down 17.4% to 76,868).

October 2023

The Monetary Instances noticed the smallest change in its print circulation in October, based on the newest month-to-month evaluation of UK nationwide newspapers.

The enterprise newspaper grew by 0.4% month-on-month and declined by 0.3% in October to a median every day circulation of 112,139.

This included a slight improve (2% month-on-month and 6% year-on-year) in bulk copies distributed without cost at places like airports and accommodations. These made up 29% of the FT’s circulation in October.

The i, the place bulks make up 1% of its circulation, had the following smallest annual decline in October of 8% to 128,494.

No different paid-for UK nationwide newspapers that proceed to publicly report their circulation figures nonetheless distribute bulk newspapers.

The largest year-on-year circulation declines amongst paid-for titles had been at Attain tabloids with a 22% drop on the Sunday Individuals to 62,143 and a 19% fall on the Each day Star Sunday to 78,051.

Free title the Night Customary noticed the largest drop general, with its distribution down 27% in comparison with October 2022 to 293,663. That is the primary time its distribution has gone beneath 300,000 since October 2009 when it grew to become a free newspaper.

September 2023

Many UK nationwide newspapers reported steeper-than-usual annual print circulation declines in September because of comparisons with the earlier 12 months when the dying of The Queen appeared to result in an uptick in gross sales.

The Each day Mail and Mail on Sunday each noticed their circulation fall by 17% year-on-year in September – up from a median decline of largely someplace between 10% and 13% every month within the 12 months up to now.

The largest year-on-year decline amongst paid-for nationals was on the Sunday Individuals (down 24% to 62,712) adopted by sister Attain title Each day Star Sunday (down 22% to 79,198).

In the meantime the i, additionally owned by Mail writer DMG Media, noticed its common circulation fall beneath 130,000 in September to 129,133. Its earliest accessible ABC figures for January 2011, three months after its launch, present it was then on 133,472.

The Monetary Instances was the one newspaper to keep away from a month-on-month circulation decline, rising by 7% to 111,738. It additionally reported the smallest drop in comparison with September final 12 months, down 2%.

August 2023

Annual declines in print nationwide newspaper circulations throughout the board continued in August.

The largest year-on-year drops had been on the Each day Star Sunday (down 22.4% to 80,124) and the Sunday Individuals (down 21.8% to 64,605).

The smallest annual decline was on the Monetary Instances, down 1% to 104,423 – of which 30,616 had been bulk copies given away at places like airports and accommodations.

London enterprise newspaper Metropolis AM did improve its free distribution by three-quarters in comparison with final summer time, with a median of 64,729 copies distributed every Monday to Thursday in its first month of possession by on-line retailer THG. It fell by 4% month-on-month.

The Each day Document was marginally the one paid-for title to not see a month-on-month drop in circulation. All others fell by as much as 2% in comparison with July.

July 2023

Each nationwide newspaper noticed a year-on-year print circulation decline in July, based on the newest ABC figures.

The smallest annual decline was on the Monetary Instances, which fell by 1% to 106,038. The largest drop was on the Sunday Individuals, with the Attain tabloid falling by 22% to 65,460, adopted by sister title the Each day Star Sunday down 20% to 80,847.

Free London newspaper the Night Customary noticed the largest drop to its distribution general, down 24% to 302,602. Fellow free London title, Metropolis AM, did see development, rising its distribution by 81%, in comparison with a dip final summer time, to 67,600.

The FT did, nonetheless, have the largest month-on-month decline of 4%. Three titles grew their circulations by a fraction of a p.c in comparison with June: the Mail on Sunday, the i and Metropolis AM.

June 2023

The Sunday Mirror’s print newspaper circulation fell beneath 200,000 for the primary time in June.

In January 2000, the earliest information accessible on the ABC web site, the Sunday Mirror had a print circulation of two million. By January 2020, simply earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic started, the paper was on 367,244.

Additionally in June, the Sunday Individuals, sister title to the Sunday Mirror, noticed its gross sales transfer beneath the free distribution of London enterprise newspaper Metropolis AM.

Metropolis AM fell by 15% year-on-year to 67,602, staying regular month-on-month in comparison with Could, whereas the Sunday Individuals fell by 21% and 6% respectively to 66,950.

The smallest year-on-year declines had been on the i and the Monetary Instances, which each noticed their circulations fall by 5% to 130,945 and 111,014 respectively.

The largest declines had been of the Night Customary’s free distribution (down 29% year-on-year to 308,874) and the Sunday Individuals.

Month-on-month, the FT’s circulation was up 1% in comparison with Could whereas Metro and Metropolis AM each saved their free distributions regular. The largest drops had been on the Sunday Specific and Mail on Sunday, each down 9% to 145,543 and 637,437 respectively.

Could 2023

The Sunday Specific rose above the Each day Star’s print circulation in Could as a number of Sunday newspapers noticed a month-on-month enhance, possible on account of memento protection of King Charles III’s coronation.

Charles and Camilla formally grew to become King and Queen on Saturday 6 Could, with many Sunday titles producing memento editions with additional pages and wraparound entrance covers on the next day.

The Queen’s dying and funeral in September equally led to a lift in viewers each in print and on-line.

In Could, the Mail on Sunday grew by 7% month-on-month, the Sunday Specific was up 6%, the Sunday Mirror by 3%, the Sunday Individuals by 2%, and the Each day Star Sunday by 1%. All continued to fall on a year-on-year foundation, nonetheless, though by a decrease proportion fee than the month-to-month stories regularly present.

On the Mail on Sunday, paid single copies grew by 7% to 622,360 and subscriptions rose by 8% to 75,585. Nevertheless on the Sunday Specific the enhance primarily got here from newsstand gross sales, which had been up by 6% to 150,909, whereas subscriptions, on which the title depends much less, had been up by only one% to 9,182.

The enhance on the Sunday Specific took it above the Each day Star’s circulation for the primary time since January 2021 and Could 2020, each anomalous months. Earlier than Could 2020, the every day title had been larger in our rating since December 2011.

April 2023

Print circulation decline continued throughout the board on the UK’s nationwide newspapers in April.

The largest drop amongst paid-for nationals was on the Sunday Individuals, down 22% to 69,990. London’s free Night Customary, nonetheless, noticed a higher fall of 31% to 311,216.

The smallest decline was on the FT, which dropped 2% year-on-year to a median month-to-month circulation of 109,637. It’s the solely ABC-audited newspaper to distribute a major variety of bulk free copies at places comparable to airports and accommodations as a part of its circulation, however these fell by 9% so the smaller decline can’t be attributed to that portion of its circulation.

The one newspapers to develop by 1% between March and April had been the Each day Mirror and the free Metropolis AM. The largest month-on-month drop was of three% on the Sunday Individuals.

March 2023

The i reported the smallest annual print circulation decline among the many UK’s nationwide newspapers in March, based on the newest ABC figures.

The i’s circulation was down 7% in March in comparison with a 12 months earlier than, reaching 131,825. It was the one annual lower underneath 10%.

The largest decline was on the Night Customary, the place its free distribution was down by 31% year-on-year to 310,236.

The largest paid-for drop was on the Sunday Individuals, down by 21% to 72,091 – the one newspaper with an annual decline of greater than a fifth in March.

Each newspaper publicly audited by ABC noticed their circulation between February and March change by a slim margin of between -2% (Each day Star Sunday, Sunday Individuals, Sunday Publish) and 1% (Monetary Instances, Each day Star).

The best circulation paid-for print newspaper stays the Each day Mail, on 777,586 (down 11% year-on-year and 1% month-on-month). Metro, distributed without cost in 50 UK cities, was on 952,424 (down 11% and 0.4% respectively).

February 2023

The Night Customary has dropped its distribution by nearly a 3rd in a 12 months.

The newspaper reported a median distribution of 311,485 for February, that means it’s nearing its circulation from earlier than it went free – its remaining ABC report as a paid-for newspaper was 256,229 in September 2009.

December was the one month since then that it has been decrease, on 310,933, than February’s whole. Pre-Covid in February 2020 it was distributing a median of 787,447 copies per day.

The largest print circulation decline of the UK’s paid-for nationwide newspapers in February was Attain tabloid the Sunday Individuals, which fell by 23% to 73,875. Attain instructed workers in January the Individuals would start to share most content material with the Sunday Mirror, which itself was down 18% to gross sales of 209,197.

Fellow Attain title the Each day Specific was the one different title apart from the Individuals to fall by greater than a fifth, happening by 21% to 173,372.

The smallest annual declines had been on the i, which was down 8% to 132,222, and the Monetary Instances, down 9% to 108,562.

Nevertheless the FT reported the largest month-on-month drop of 5%.

Metro and Metropolis AM each saved their free distributions regular in comparison with January, and whereas the Each day Star Sunday was the one paid-for newspaper to see no month-on-month decline the Each day Star and Sunday Mail every fell by lower than 1%.

January 2023

The Each day Mail’s print circulation fell beneath 800,000 for the primary time in January, based on the newest ABC information.

The newspaper reported a median circulation of 797,704, a dip of 12% year-on-year or 2% month-on-month. The Solar, historically its rival for the highest of the desk, is among the many newspapers that not make their print circulations public.

In March 2020, the final time it printed its ABC whole, The Solar was on a circulation of 1,210,915 versus 1,132,908 for the Mail. The Mail then overtook The Solar for the primary time in 42 years in Could that 12 months with a circulation of 980,000 and continues to be the UK’s finest promoting every day.

The one newspaper to report development in January in comparison with the identical month final 12 months was the Monetary Instances, up by 1% to 114,685, though it additionally noticed the largest month-on-month decline of 11% because of a lower in non-UK circulation, bulk copies distributed in places comparable to airports and accommodations, and newsstand gross sales.

The largest year-on-year decline was on the free Night Customary, which lowered its distribution by 30% to 314,285, adopted by the paid-for Attain tabloid Sunday Individuals, down 23% to 75,521.

The Each day Star Sunday, Each day Specific, Sunday Publish, Sunday Mirror, Sunday Mail and Sunday Specific all noticed their circulations decline year-on-year by 20%. Nevertheless all besides the Each day Star Sunday and Each day Specific stayed regular or grew month-on-month. All are owned by Attain, besides the Sunday Publish which is owned by DC Thomson.

The largest month-on-month development was at Metropolis AM, which stopped placing out newspapers on Fridays in January because of low commuter numbers on that day. Editor Andy Silvester mentioned on the time that distribution on Mondays to Thursdays had nearly reached pre-pandemic ranges.

December 2022

Free newspapers Night Customary and Metropolis AM suffered the largest drops of their print distribution in December in comparison with the earlier 12 months.

The titles gave the impression to be distributing fewer copies as publishers undergo rising paper and power prices amid continued modifications to working patterns that see fewer commuters on Mondays and Fridays particularly. Subsequent to those figures, in January Metropolis AM has dropped its Friday print version – however its editor Andy Silvester mentioned the paper was “thriving” on the opposite 4 days of the working week.

The Night Customary’s distribution in December was down by 30% year-on-year to 310,933 – its lowest since earlier than it went free in October 2009.

In the meantime Metropolis AM was down 25% to 58,664 and likewise noticed the largest month-on-month decline, down 14% from November.

Fellow free newspaper Metro additionally dropped its print distribution, however by a a lot lesser margin: in December it was down 6% year-on-year and 1% month-on-month to 965,960.

Among the many paid-for newspapers whose circulations are printed by ABC, a number of Sunday titles printed by Attain all misplaced greater than a fifth of their circulations year-on-year: the Sunday Individuals was down 24% to 74,601, the Each day Star Sunday was down 23% to 88,434, the Sunday Mirror was down 21% to 208,794 and the Sunday Specific was additionally down 21% to 153,377. DC Thomson’s Sunday Publish in Scotland was additionally down 22% to 44,038.

These 5 titles, plus the Sunday Mail in Scotland, additionally posted the biggest paid-for circulation declines month-on-month ranging between 6% and three% down from November.

The smallest annual decline was on the i (down 5% to 137,039) adopted by the Monetary Instances (down 8% to 128,794).

Two newspapers posted month-on-month development: the Monetary Instances (up 17%) and the Each day Mail (up 2% to 812,106 – stopping it from dropping beneath 800,000 for the primary time).

November 2022

Print decline throughout the board continued among the many UK’s nationwide newspapers in November.

The smallest drop was on the i, which noticed its print circulation decline by 3% year-on-year to 138,782.

The largest was on the free Night Customary, which dropped its distribution by 27% to 319,485. Amongst paid newspapers, it was Attain tabloid the Sunday Individuals, right down to to 77,300 – a 23% drop in comparison with November 2021.

The one newspaper to not report decline month-on-month was the Sunday Publish in Scotland, which grew by 88 copies, or 0.2%, on common.

The Each day Mail stays the largest paid-for print newspaper of those who publicly launch their ABC circulations, staying simply above 800,000. The free title Metro had a median distribution of 977,077 in November.

October 2022

No UK nationwide newspapers noticed print circulation development, whether or not year-on-year or month-on-month, in October.

The newest ABC figures present the smallest declines amongst paid-for newspapers had been on the i (down 3% year-on-year to 140,196 – the one single-figure annual decline) and the Monetary Instances (down 1% month-on-month to 112,478).

Many nationwide newspapers noticed month-on-month development in September, possible right down to urge for food for memento editions following the dying of the Queen.

The largest drops between September and October, probably indicating the newspapers with the largest enhance from the nationwide mourning interval, had been on the Each day Mail, Mail on Sunday and Each day Specific, which all fell by 8% month-on-month.

The largest annual declines had been at DC Thomson’s Sunday Publish in Scotland and Attain tabloid the Sunday Individuals, down 22% and 21% respectively.

The Each day Specific, FT, Sunday Mail and Each day Star Sunday all noticed year-on-year falls of 19%.

September 2022

A robust urge for food for print newspapers and memento editions following the dying of the Queen seems to have led to month-on-month circulation development nearly throughout the board on the UK’s nationwide newspapers.

However the uplift was not excessive sufficient for many to report annual development.

Of the eight publicly audited paid-for titles that noticed month-on-month development – the Each day Mail, Mail on Sunday, Each day Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Each day Specific, Sunday Specific, i and Monetary Instances – there was a median uplift of 4%. This development was the identical when factoring within the free distributions of Metro and the Night Customary.

Together with each newspaper in our ABC desk, excluding Metropolis AM which seems to be an anomaly with its free distribution boosted by 37% following a extreme droop, there was common month-on-month change of two%.

The largest month-on-month change was on the Monetary Instances, up by 8% to 113,992, adopted by the Mail on Sunday (749,960) and that i (147,609) which each grew by 5%.

Nevertheless, annual decline continued at each newspaper besides the Monetary Instances and the i. Though each are the one newspapers that also put bulk copies into places like airports and accommodations, making up 27% of the FT’s circulation and 4% on the i, extra of their annual development was right down to newsstand gross sales than this technique.

The i used to be the truth is at its highest degree since December 2020, when it had a circulation of 148,927.

The largest annual declines had been on the Sunday Individuals (down 20% to 82,275) and Sunday Publish (down 19% to 48,938).

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August 2022

The Monetary Instances noticed marginal year-on-year development in circulation in August, with each different newspaper persevering with to say no.

The FT had a circulation of 105,748 in August in comparison with 105,213 the 12 months earlier than. Its newsstand gross sales and non-UK circulation grew though paid subscriptions and bulks (copies distributed without cost at places comparable to airports and accommodations) had been down.

Month-on-month, the one newspapers to see development had been the Each day Star Sunday, up 2% to 103,200 and the Scottish title Each day Document which was up by 1% to 69,316. Each are owned by Attain.

The Night Customary additionally upped its free distribution, though by lower than 1%. Its print readership in July was its lowest since earlier than it went free in October 2009, with August the second lowest. Its year-on-year decline of 19% was one of many largest in our desk.

Fellow London free title Metropolis AM can also be at its lowest distribution (36,640) since its 2005 launch. Its print version was paused for 18 months throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Attain-owned Sunday Individuals’s circulation was down probably the most, by 22% to 82,597, with DC Thomson’s Sunday Publish down by 20% to 48,943.

July 2022

Each publicly audited UK nationwide newspaper recorded a year-on-year decline in circulation in July.

Even the Monetary Instances, which has seen year-on-year development each month since July 2021, was down by just a few hundred copies in comparison with the 12 months earlier than. This was the smallest annual decline among the many audited newspapers.

The Metro distributed lower than a million copies for the primary time since Could 2021, when it trumpeted making it again over that milestone following the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The largest year-on-year decline was a drop of twenty-two% on the Sunday Individuals.

Month-on-month, nonetheless, there was development of two% on the i largely right down to a rise in paid subscriptions.

The largest decline from June to July was at Metropolis AM, the place free distribution greater than halved to 37,369.

June 2022

Each publicly ABC audited UK nationwide newspaper noticed circulation decline from Could to June excluding the i which noticed development of 0.2%.

In comparison with June 2021, the Monetary Instances was the one paid-for newspaper to report development, of 8% to 116,498.

Because the Covid-19 lockdowns ended the FT’s circulation will increase have largely been put right down to the return of the distribution of free bulk copies at places like airports and accommodations. However in June a 17% year-on-year improve in bulk copies to 35,094 was additionally accompanied by 9% development in paid newsstand gross sales to fifteen,612 (alongside a 4% decline in subscriptions to 9,076).

The smallest (4%) annual decline was on the i, which had a circulation of 137,964 and is the one different paid-for newspaper to nonetheless be shored up with free bulk copies – though they solely account for 4% of its present whole.

The largest month-on-month decline was on the Sunday Mail in Scotland (down 5% to 66,469) whereas the largest annual drop was on the Sunday Individuals (down 23% to 85,212). Each are owned by Attain.

The free Metro was the one nationwide newspaper apart from the FT to develop year-on-year (by 3%) because it has upped its distribution this 12 months in comparison with the Covid-hit 2020 and 2021.

Could 2022

The Metro and Monetary Instances had been the one nationwide newspapers to develop their print readerships from final Could to this 12 months.

Metro had a median free distribution of 1,074,594 in Could, staying regular month-on-month however rising by 17% since final 12 months because of placing out extra copies as individuals have returned to workplaces and public transport for the reason that remaining Covid-19 lockdown.

The one paid-for newspapers to develop their circulations month-on-month in Could had been the Monetary Instances, up 4% to 116,747 as development in subscriptions, non-UK gross sales and bulk copies distributed in places like airports and accommodations offset a drop in newsstand gross sales, and the Sunday Mail in Scotland, up 0.2% to 69,923. The Sunday Mail did, nonetheless, fall by 17% year-on-year.

The FT was the one paid-for paper to develop its circulation in comparison with Could 2021, largely as a result of it has elevated its distribution of bulk copies post-Covid from 25,361 final 12 months to 34,661.

London’s free enterprise newspaper Metropolis AM has additionally continued its post-Covid development, reaching its highest distribution degree since returning in September from an 18-month hiatus.

Editor Andy Silvester instructed Press Gazette’s Way forward for Media Defined podcast this month that the paper’s return to pre-pandemic ranges “most likely proves a whole lot of sceptics incorrect”. In Could Metropolis AM’s common free distribution was 82,455, down 4% on February 2020 however up 1% month-on-month.

The largest month-on-month declines had been on the Each day Mirror and Each day Star, each down 4%, whereas the largest annual drop was on the Sunday Individuals, down 24%. All three are Attain titles.

April 2022

The Each day Mail and Each day Mirror each marginally grew their print circulations in April in comparison with March, bucking the business’s ordinary downward pattern.

The Each day Mail was up 1% month-on-month to 879,102 whereas the Each day Mirror additionally grew by 1% to 327,341.

Nevertheless each fell by 11% in comparison with April 2021 and each figures had been nonetheless their second-lowest respectively since ABC auditing started.

The Each day Mail’s digital version had a readership of 76,315 in April.

Free newspapers Metro, Night Customary and Metropolis AM all additionally noticed month-on-month development, rising their print distributions.

After an 18-month Covid-enforced hiatus, free enterprise newspaper Metropolis AM returned to print in September and has now upped its distribution for 3 months in a row. It’s now at 81,713, its highest since February 2020 when it was on 85,738.

Metro stays the most-distributed newspaper within the UK, placing out 1,074,889 copies without cost in April.

The Solar, Instances, Telegraph and Guardian titles not publish their ABC print circulations, having opted to take them non-public and concentrate on different metrics – for instance, on-line subscriptions for The Telegraph and Instances.

The Monetary Instances noticed an 8% decline month-on-month to 112,344 however grew by 12% on April final 12 months, making it the one paid-for newspaper to develop year-on-year. That is largely as a result of it’s placing out extra bulks – free copies in places comparable to airports and accommodations – than it did for a lot of the Covid-19 pandemic (now 33,849 in comparison with 22,487 final 12 months) whereas it has additionally roughly tripled subscriptions in a 12 months (to 9,776).

March 2022

The Mail on Sunday underneath editor David Dillon had a circulation of 748,965 in March.

Much like its opponents, the newspaper’s circulation has been in regular decline over a number of years. In March, it fell by 14% year-on-year and a pair of% in comparison with the month earlier than. It’s down a fifth from 952,914 two years earlier in March 2020, earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

The Mail on Sunday is at the moment within the centre of a sexism row round a narrative reporting that Deputy Labour Chief Angela Rayner had been accused of crossing and uncrossing within the Home of Commons to distract Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Dillon refused to fulfill Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, saying journalists ought to “not take instruction from officers of the Home of Commons, nonetheless august they could be”.

The Mail on Sunday’s circulation stays behind the Each day Mail on 875,125 however a great distance forward of its subsequent ABC-audited paid competitor, the Each day Mirror on 325,271.

The Solar, Instances, Telegraph and Guardian titles all not publish their ABC-audited circulations.

The Monetary Instances was as soon as once more the one paid-for newspaper to see year-on-year development, because of placing out extra bulk copies in places like airports and accommodations than in March 2021. It was up 21% on the identical time final 12 months, to 121,490 – of which a 3rd (40,958) had been bulks.

Nevertheless its circulation was larger in October to December final 12 months, and its final pre-pandemic determine was 146,373 in March 2020. At the moment a few fifth had been bulk copies.

Metropolis AM’s free distribution rose above 80,000 for the primary time because it resumed printing in September after an 18-month Covid-enforced hiatus. It distributed a median of 80,440 copies in March in comparison with 85,738 in February 2020.

The Metro stays the most-distributed newspaper within the UK, placing out 1,073,993 copies without cost in March.

February 2022

The Each day Mail’s print circulation has fallen beneath 900,000 for the primary time in additional than 100 years.

In February the newspaper bought a median of 896,455 copies every day – or 767,021 on weekdays and 1,449,049 on Saturdays – following a month-on-month drop of 1% and year-on-year decline of seven%.

The Each day Mail launched in 1896 with gross sales of 397,215. Inside its first few years it surpassed a million and, regardless of a quick drop in 1915 in a row with the Authorities over troops’ munition provides, remained above that mark till the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sister title Mail on Sunday had a median circulation of 767,756 in February, down 2% month-on-month and 10% year-on-year.

The Solar, for a few years the Each day Mail’s closest ABC rival, not publishes its circulation – however the Mail overtook the red-top for the primary time in 42 years in 2020.

Essentially the most-circulated nationwide newspaper stays the free Metro, with a distribution of 1,066,327 that was up in comparison with each the month and 12 months prior.

Against this, fellow free newspaper the Night Customary was down 9% year-on-year to 448,043.

The largest annual declines had been at Attain’s Sunday Individuals (95,637, down 20%) and Each day Star Sunday (107,478, down 19%).

January 2022

The Each day Mail was the one paid-for nationwide newspaper to develop its circulation from December to January.

It reported 1% development month-on-month, whereas its year-on-year decline of 5% to 909,201 was the smallest among the many paid-for newspapers that do not use bulk copies.

The Monetary Instances grew by 17% year-on-year to 113,817 whereas the i grew by 1% to 142,598. Excluding bulk copies given away without cost at places comparable to airports and accommodations, the FT grew by 3% to 79,446 and the i stayed regular on 137,483.

The largest year-on-year decline was at Attain’s Each day Star Sunday, which fell by 19% to 110,133. Month-on-month, the largest decline was on the FT, which dropped by 18%.

Metro stayed regular between December and January however reported a 72% year-on-year leap. It constructed again its free distribution, which was massively scaled again within the early pandemic, and crossed the 1m mark as soon as once more in Could final 12 months.

December 2021

The Each day Star’s circulation has fallen beneath 200,000 for the primary time in its 43-year historical past.

The tabloid had a median every day readership of 197,998 in December, based on the newest ABC figures, following a 2% month-on-month drop and a 14% decline since a 12 months earlier.

The figures present persevering with print readership decline because the lowest the Star’s circulation had gone throughout the first Covid-19 lockdown was 219,275 in April 2020.

It follows Attain stablemate Sunday Individuals’s circulation falling beneath 100,000 in November.

In December the Each day Star Sunday and Sunday Individuals noticed the largest annual circulation drops of 20% and 19% respectively.

The one paid-for newspaper to develop year-on-year was the Monetary Instances, which has upped the variety of bulk copies given away without cost since final 12 months. Nevertheless it nonetheless fell 2% month-on-month with bulk copies, newsstand gross sales and subscriptions all down in December.

The one newspaper to see month-on-month development was Metropolis AM, which returned to print in September and in December was distributing a median of 78,418 copies every day in comparison with 85,738 in February 2020.

November 2021

The primary ABC figures for London freesheet Metropolis AM because it returned to print in September present distribution is down 9% since February 2020.

In the meantime, in November the Sunday Individuals’s circulation dropped by 21% to 99,915 – the primary time since ABC data started in 2000 that its common circulation was beneath 100,000, even throughout the earlier Covid-19 lockdowns.

Metropolis AM distributed a median of 77,959 copies every weekday between 8 and 28 November, in comparison with 85,738 in February 2020.

Chief government Jens Torpe instructed Press Gazette in September he hoped to succeed in pre-pandemic ranges of distribution inside a few month of relaunching.

In response to the newspaper’s ABC certificates it has massively boosted its variety of distribution factors from 913 in February 2020 to three,632. The enterprise paper struck a deal to be present in all WeWork’s London places and new workplaces, and went additional out into the commuter belt to compensate for altering journey patterns as many Metropolis staff caught with versatile working.

Common pagination has gone from 28 in February 2020 to 26, with editorial content material up from 70% to 72%.

Nationally-published free newspaper Metro, which continued distributing all through the pandemic for teams like key staff who saved travelling, stays 25% down on its February 2020 distribution degree with 1.05m. It re-crossed the 1m mark in Could and is the most-read newspaper within the UK.

The Night Customary, which like Metropolis AM is simply distributed in London, is 44% down on its February 2020 degree with a distribution of 439,445 – however chief government Charles Yardley instructed Press Gazette this was a “snug quantity that’s working properly”. It additionally saved publishing all through the pandemic, however experimented with free dwelling supply for the primary time.

The one newspapers to file year-on-year development in November had been Metro and the Monetary Instances, which each grew by 37%. The FT’s newsstand gross sales had been down by 1 / 4 however subscriptions and bulk copies distributed without cost had been each up.

October 2021

The FT has grown its circulation by a 3rd prior to now 12 months, and by 1 / 4 between September and October, largely by placing out extra free bulk copies.

The newspaper reported a circulation of 138,446 in October, which incorporates 55,222 bulk copies distributed without cost in locations like airports and accommodations which have greater than doubled since October 2020.

The FT’s newsstand gross sales have decreased by 29% from 20,357 to 14,490 in a 12 months though paid subscriptions grew 191% from 3,697 to 10,764. The FT additionally stories gross sales in different international locations of 57,970 inside its whole.

It’s the FT’s highest circulation for the reason that first three weeks of March 2020, when it was on 146,373, whereas the pattern at most paid-for newspapers has been decline all through 2021. (The i, which is up since January, is the one different nationwide to place out bulks).

In the meantime Metro has settled its free distribution on 1.05m which is up 35% in comparison with October 2020 when some staff had begun to return to work however at a slower tempo than anticipated.

Its free rival in London, the Night Customary, is down 10% in comparison with final 12 months on 457,542.

The Saturday version of the Each day Mail stays the most-read newspaper with a weekly circulation of 1.47m. The weekday version sells 784,439. Each the every day and Sunday editions noticed a 9% year-on-year decline.

The largest year-on-year decline was as soon as once more at The Sunday Individuals, which fell by 19% to 101,597. The Each day Star Sunday was down 18% to 118,260.

September 2021

Attain’s Sunday Individuals and Sunday Publish newspapers recorded the largest year-on-year declines in circulation in September of the publicly-audited nationwide newspapers.

Each noticed their circulations decline by 19% whereas the Sunday Mirror, Each day Star Sunday and Sunday Mail all fell by 14%. All are owned by Attain.

The Monetary Instances was the one paid-for newspaper to develop its circulation year-on-year, by 7% to a complete of 111,898. Nevertheless its free bulk copies, distributed in places comparable to airports and accommodations, elevated by 41% to 32,351. Though paid subscriptions grew by 130% to 9,102, newsstand copies had been down by 1 / 4 to fifteen,154. Some 55,291 copies are bought in different international locations.

Other than the free Metro and the FT, each different newspaper remained regular between August and September altering by between 0% and -2%.

August 2021

The i used to be the one nationwide newspaper to develop its paid circulation from July to August as subscriptions development offset declining newsstand gross sales.

The i’s print subscriptions grew from 23,199 in July to 25,223 in August. On the identical time it put out extra paid a number of copies, often known as bulks, in places comparable to airports and accommodations (rising from 4,006 to 4,620).

Its common circulation due to this fact grew from 143,486 to 144,570. Nevertheless this was nonetheless 5% down on final August.

The August ABC figures are the primary by which the Guardian and Observer are absent, having chosen to maintain their circulations non-public as Information UK and the Telegraph did final 12 months.

The Guardian’s departure from the grid comes after its circulation was overtaken by the Monetary Instances in June for the primary time since earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic.

Beforehand the audited circulation of the FT had been above that of the Guardian since 2000, the earliest accessible on-line ABC data.

The FT was once more the one paid-for title to have grown year-on-year because it distributes bulk copies that had been lacking throughout the pandemic. It grew 12% year-on-year to 105,213 in August however fell by 2% from July.

The free Metro greater than doubled its August 2020 determine following the tip of the winter lockdown and the ramping up of its distribution to succeed in individuals more and more venturing out once more. It has now distributed a median of greater than 1m copies per day for 3 months in a row.

July 2021

Placing on bulk copies has helped the FT to develop its circulation by almost 1 / 4 (24%) year-on-year whereas gross sales of The i paper have fallen by simply 1% over the identical interval, new ABC figures for July present.

The FT sells greater than 107,000 copies, of which greater than 32,000 are bulks. The i, which is now a part of the Each day Mail group, has a circulation of greater than 143,000 copies, with some 4,000 bulks.

The free Metro’s distribution was in extra of 1m in July 2021, almost tripling its print output throughout the peak of the pandemic.

All different newspapers audited by ABC reported a fall in year-on-year circulation. The Telegraph, Solar and Instances titles should not included.

The Each day Mail has the biggest paid-for circulation among the many titles audited by ABC at greater than 933,000. Its sister title the Mail on Sunday is behind on just a little over 813,000 copies.

June 2021

Attain’s nationwide Sunday titles continued to skilled the largest year-on-year circulation drops within the business in June.

The Sunday Publish dropped by 16%, Each day Star Sunday was down 15%, Scottish tabloid Sunday Mail was down 14%, the Sunday Individuals was down 13% and the Sunday Mirror by 11%. The Sunday Specific was Attain’s finest faring Sunday title, falling by 7%.

One of the best efficiency amongst paid-for newspapers was on the Monetary Instances which grew by 38% year-on-year and 5% month-on-month to 108,014.

As lockdown restrictions have eased the FT has put the variety of bulk copies which go to places like airports and accommodations again up by 751% – from 3,534 to 30,093 – placing it on an analogous degree to June 2019 when 31, 057 bulk copies had been distributed. The variety of copies it bought in different international locations was additionally up, though this was half 2019 ranges.

No different paid-for newspapers grew month-on-month, and the i used to be the one different to develop year-on-year, though this might primarily be attributed to a rise in bulk distribution much like the FT.

Nevertheless the i’s bulks stay, in contrast, far beneath 2019 ranges – 50,250 in June 2019 versus 3,699 this 12 months.

The Metro has continued placing its free distribution again up as lockdown restrictions continued to ease. It went up by 10% between Could and June and 224% in comparison with final June, topping 1m on common.

By comparability its rival in London, the free Night Customary, has determined to take care of its distribution at Covid ranges and focus on on-line development. It was distributing 492,406 copies on common in June.

Scroll down or click on right here for brand spanking new graphs charting the ups and downs of the UK nationwide press prior to now 20 years – with a highlight on how Covid-19 affected circulations prior to now 12 months.

Could 2021

The Monetary Instances and the i had been the one paid UK nationwide newspapers to develop their circulations in Could in comparison with final 12 months – regardless of the primary Covid-19 lockdown’s extreme impression on spring 2020 newsstand gross sales.

Each newspapers reported development even when their bulk copies (these distributed without cost at places comparable to airports and accommodations) are taken under consideration.

The i grew its circulation by 3% year-on-year excluding bulks to 140,721 or by 5% to 144,192 when bulks are included.

In the meantime the FT grew by 2% to 77,218, excluding bulks, in Could. Together with bulks it was up 30% to 102,579.

Each different nationwide newspaper noticed an annual decline, with the smallest on the Each day Specific, owned by Attain, which fell by 1% to 239,024.

Could continued the pattern of Attain’s Sunday titles experiencing the largest year-on-year drops, nonetheless (scroll down or click on right here to see April’s report).

Scotland’s Sunday Publish and Sunday Mail had been down 14% and 11% respectively. Nationally the Each day Star Sunday was down 12% and the Sunday Mirror and Sunday Individuals had been each down 7%.

In Could final 12 months most nationwide newspapers started to get better after their circulations had been hit exhausting by the primary 5 weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Month-on-month, the FT (2%), i (1%) and the Guardian (0%) had been the one paid-for titles to not see a dip. The largest decline from April was on the Mail on Sunday (5%).

The ABC figures additionally demonstrated the impression of loosening Covid-19 restrictions on free newspapers as Metro and the Night Customary elevated their distributions by 190% and 9% respectively in comparison with Could final 12 months.

April 2021

Attain’s 4 Sunday titles – the Each day Star Sunday, Sunday Specific, Sunday Mirror and Sunday Individuals – had been the one nationwide titles to have a decrease circulation in April than they did throughout the UK’s strictest Covid-19 lockdown one 12 months earlier.

The remainder of the UK’s nationwide newspapers are again above the circulations of their worst Covid droop, which happened amid uncertainties in regards to the future for the business because the UK was instructed to remain at dwelling initially of the pandemic.

Regardless of its 7% annual decline, the Each day Star Sunday had the largest month-on-month development of three%. Most paid-for titles had been capable of maintain their April circulations much like March, with a drop of -1% the biggest nationally and of -2% on the Sunday Mail the largest general.

The Scottish title, which can also be owned by Attain, was down year-on-year by 6% to 85,450.

Regardless of the declines at Attain’s Sunday titles, its nationwide dailies the Mirror and Specific had been up by 2% and three% respectively in comparison with April final 12 months.

The Monetary Instances grew by 13% year-on-year to 100,215 in April. Nevertheless it has upped its variety of free copies distributed at places comparable to airports and accommodations from 7,042 final April to 22,487 – excluding these, its circulation has decreased 5% to 77,728.

Against this the i, the one different paper to incorporate bulk free copies in its ABC audited circulation, was up by 7% if they’re included (143,380) and 9% if they aren’t (140,013).

This equals the Observer, which was additionally up 9% in comparison with final April to succeed in 140,894 copies every week.

The i’s DMGT stablemates the Each day Mail and Mail on Sunday had been additionally each up by 4% and 5% respectively on final 12 months. DMGT’s free title Metro has been “constructing again” its distribution, as editor Ted Younger instructed Press Gazette final week, to succeed in a median of 805,471 per day in April. It then topped 1m on 17 Could as lockdown restrictions eased.

The Night Customary additionally elevated its free distribution in comparison with final April, by 16% to 492,575. Chief government Charles Yardley has instructed Press Gazette he’s planning to maintain numbers at round half one million going ahead.

March 2021

Paid-for nationwide newspaper circulations have fallen by nearly a fifth (18%) on common since simply earlier than the primary Covid-19 lockdown.

The ultimate year-on-year comparability with pre-Covid ABC newspaper circulations exhibits the largest declines have been on the i and Monetary Instances, that are each down by a few third to 143,204 and 100,781 respectively.

They’re the one two paid-for ABC-audited titles persevering with to distribute bulk copies to public places comparable to airports. Excluding bulks, the FT’s circulation fell by 35% year-on-year and the i’s fell by 18%.

The smallest, and solely single-digit, declines had been on the Mail on Sunday and Observer which each noticed their circulation fall by 9% prior to now 12 months to 867,077 and 142,277 respectively in March 2021.

ABC’s March 2020 report spanned 2 to 22 March, stopping earlier than the primary lockdown got here into place – though many individuals started working from dwelling and curbing social gatherings from a few week earlier.

The Night Customary’s free circulation is down by 29% to 494,364 in comparison with March final 12 months. The newspaper’s chief government Charles Yardley instructed Press Gazette this month he stays dedicated to print however won’t increase the distribution again to pre-pandemic ranges.

Free rival Metro has dropped its distribution by half to 695,444. It initially dropped by 70% in April final 12 months and rose to a

The largest-selling situation of a UK nationwide newspaper stays the Each day Mail’s Saturday situation, which bought a median 1,588,164 copies every week final month in comparison with 1,699,891 in March final 12 months.

February 2021

The Observer reported the smallest drop in print circulation amongst UK nationwide newspapers in February – however this was nonetheless down by 9% on the 12 months earlier than.

The Observer, which had a median circulation of 140,920, was the one newspaper to not see a double-digit drop. The subsequent smallest decline was the Mail on Sunday, which fell by 12% to 848,526.

Sister title the Each day Mail was the one publication to see month-on-month development from January, up 1% to 964,825. It was 15% behind the 1,134,184 it had in February 2020 earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic hit the UK.

Nevertheless, the Each day Mail’s digital version grew its common circulation by 4% from 94,171 in January to 98,107.

[Read more: See latest online audience data published by Pamco here]

In February free titles Metro and Night Customary distributed 58% and 38% fewer copies respectively in comparison with the 12 months earlier than. Each are persevering with to publish for key employee commuters though most individuals stay underneath a “keep at dwelling” order, with the Customary additionally delivering to doorsteps in sure elements of London.

The largest paid-for circulation drops in February had been on the Monetary Instances (down 36%) and that i (35%), the one two ABC-audited titles persevering with to distribute bulk copies to public places comparable to airports.

Excluding bulks, the FT was down 40% and the i used to be down 18% – taking it beneath the Each day Star’s 20% decline.

January 2021

The UK’s present coronavirus lockdown has not hit nationwide newspaper circulations as exhausting as final 12 months’s strict April restrictions did, based on new figures from ABC.

Nevertheless, most titles are actually once more beneath the circulation ranges to which that they had begun to get better in Could final 12 months.

The Each day Mail’s print circulation has fallen to its lowest for the reason that peak of the Covid-19 disaster in April.

The UK’s top-selling newspaper bought a median of 960,019 copies every day in January, an 18% drop year-on-year. In April it reported a circulation of 944,981, which grew to 979,836 in Could.

The Mail overtook The Solar in Could 2020 and Press Gazette understands it has since consolidated its lead.

Digital version gross sales add an extra 77,736 to the Mail’s every day circulation determine, based on ABC – retaining it above 1m.

In March final 12 months, earlier than the primary UK lockdown, the Mail was promoting in extra of 1.1m copies per day.

Additionally beneath their Could 2020 circulations had been the Mail on Sunday, Each day Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Each day Specific, Each day Star, Sunday Specific, Each day Star on Sunday, Sunday Individuals, and the Guardian.

Solely the Observer, i and Monetary Instances had been above their Could figures from final 12 months in January.

A number of nationwide newspapers noticed larger year-on-year drops in January than the Mail: the FT’s circulation fell by 39%, the i by 35%, the Sunday Publish by 22%, the Each day Star by 21%, the Each day Specific by 19% and the Each day Mirror by 19%.

The smallest year-on-year drop was on the Observer, which noticed a decline of 8% to a circulation of 143,764.

The largest month-on-month fall from December was additionally on the FT (down by 8% to 97,067) adopted by the Each day Star Sunday, i and Guardian which had been all down by 5%.

The one title to report any development was Scottish tabloid the Sunday Mail, which was up 1% month-on-month to 88,819.

Metro and the Night Customary, which had their free commuter distribution fashions hit by the Covid-19 lockdowns, had been down 58% and 39% respectively 12 months on 12 months in January.

December 2020

The Mail on Sunday reported the smallest drop in print circulation in December – however this was nonetheless down by 9% on the 12 months earlier than.

It had a median circulation of 954,497 in December 2019, right down to 865,439 final month. It was the one newspaper to not see a double-digit year-on-year decline, with the Observer the second smallest drop (by 10% to 147,296).

The Monetary Instances noticed its print circulation fall by greater than a 3rd (35%) year-on-year to 105,358 – the largest fall among the many UK’s paid-for nationwide newspapers.

Nevertheless, the FT did develop by 1% month-on-month because it continues to get better from the preliminary Covid-19 lockdown droop widespread to every of the titles.

The Guardian noticed the largest month-on-month development of two% in December.

The largest fall from November 2020 was on the Sunday Individuals, down 5% to 120,429.

Wales went into lockdown on 20 December whereas Scotland and Northern Eire had been positioned underneath tight restrictions from Boxing Day and far of London and the south east of England entered strict Tier 4 restrictions days earlier than Christmas.

Metro and the Night Customary, which had their free commuter distribution fashions hit by the Covid-19 lockdowns, had been nonetheless 45% and 38% down respectively on the earlier 12 months’s print readership.

November 2020

A number of nationwide newsbrands managed a month on month improve in print circulation in November, with The Observer seeing the largest rise at 4%.

The Observer’s print circulation rose from 145,680 to 152,129 having remained regular within the earlier month.

The Sunday Specific, the Sunday Individuals and the Guardian additionally noticed print gross sales rise 1%, after seeing declines between September and October

The Observer noticed the smallest year-on-year decline at 5%. It was the one title to not report a double-digit year-on-year fall.

The Monetary Instances had the largest paid-for decline (36% to 104,024) adopted by the i (31% to 151,888).

Metro and the Night Customary, which had their free commuter distribution fashions hit by the Covid-19 lockdowns, had been nonetheless 46% and 40% down on the earlier 12 months’s print readership.

October 2020

The Observer was the one nationwide print newspaper model to not see a 12 months on 12 months print circulation decline in October.

The Observer’s print readership remained regular on 145,680 as each different title besides the Mail on Sunday, which fell by 9%, reported a double-digit year-on-year decline.

The Monetary Instances had the largest paid-for decline (39% to 105,592) adopted by the i (31% to 151,888).

Metro and the Night Customary, which had their free commuter distribution fashions hit by the Covid-19 lockdowns, had been nonetheless 45% and 39% down on the earlier 12 months’s print readership – though Metro managed so as to add a fifth again onto its output in October.

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