The top 25 US newspapers for Oct.-March period
The top 25 U.S. newspapers by average weekday and Sunday circulation from October through March. The percentage changes are from the year-ago period.
1. USA Today — 2,113,725 weekday (down 7.5 percent); no Sunday edition.
2. The Wall Street Journal — 2,082,189 weekday (up 0.6 percent); no Sunday edition.
3. The New York Times — 1,039,031 weekday (down 3.5 percent); 1,451,233 Sunday (down 1.7 percent).
4. Los Angeles Times — 723,181 weekday (down 6.6 percent); 1,019,388 Sunday (down 7.5 percent).
5. The Washington Post — 665,383 weekday (down 1.2 percent); 868,965 Sunday (down 2.4 percent).
6. Daily News of New York — 602,857 weekday (down 14.3 percent); 644,766 Sunday (down 8.4 percent).
7. New York Post — 558,140 weekday (down 20.5 percent); 357,168 Sunday (down 11 percent).
8. Chicago Tribune — 501,202 weekday (down 7.5 percent); 858,256 Sunday (down 4.5 percent).
9. Houston Chronicle — 425,138 weekday (down 14 percent); 583,364 Sunday (down 7.8 percent).
10. The Arizona Republic of Phoenix — 389,701 weekday (down 5.7 percent); 516,562 Sunday (up 0.2 percent).
11. The Denver Post — 371,728 weekday; 526,235 Sunday (Feb. 28-March 31 only for both figures; newspaper took over subscriptions from Rocky Mountain News when that newspaper folded with the Feb. 27 edition).
12. Newsday of Long Island, N.Y. — 368,194 weekday (down 3 percent); 426,510 Sunday (down 3.4 percent).
13. The Dallas Morning News — 331,907 weekday (down 9.9 percent); 474,923 Sunday (down 8.7 percent).
14. Star Tribune of Minneapolis — 320,076 weekday (down 0.7 percent); 497,678 Sunday (down 6.9 percent).
15. Chicago Sun-Times — 312,141 weekday (down 0.04 percent); 254,379 Sunday (up 2.8 percent).
16. San Francisco Chronicle — 312,118 weekday (down 15.7 percent); 354,752 Sunday (down 16.5 percent).
17. The Boston Globe — 302,638 weekday (down 13.7 percent); 466,665 Sunday (down 11.3 percent).
18. The Plain Dealer of Cleveland — 291,630 weekday (down 11.7 percent); 393,352 Sunday (down 8.1 percent).
19. Detroit Free Press — 290,730 weekday (down 5.9 percent); 585,022 Sunday (down 3.5 percent).
20. The Philadelphia Inquirer — 288,298 weekday (down 13.7 percent); 550,400 Sunday (down 12 percent).
21. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. — 287,082 weekday (down 16.8 percent); 404,903 Sunday (down 19.1 percent).
22. St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times — 283,093 weekday (down 10.4 percent); 413,929 Sunday (down 4.4 percent).
23. The Oregonian of Portland — 268,512 weekday (down 11.8 percent); 325,816 Sunday (down 10 percent).
24. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — 261,828 weekday (down 19.9 percent); 462,011 Sunday (down 7.1 percent).
25. The San Diego Union-Tribune — 261,253 weekday (down 9.5 percent); 330,848 Sunday (down 6.9 percent).
Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations.
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