The newspaper with the highest print circulation in the United States in the six months running to September 2023 was The Wall Street Journal, with an average weekday print circulation of 555.2 thousand. Ranking second was The New York Times, followed by The New York Post. The paper in the ranking with the highest year-over-year drop in circulation was The Denver Post with a decline of 25 percent (although Buffalo News recorded a higher drop, data does not refer to September 2022 to September 2023, see notes).
Largest daily newspapers in the United States in the six months to September 2023, by average print circulation
(in thousands)
Characteristic
Circulation in thousands
Wall Street Journal
555.2
New York Times
267.6
New York Post
131.2
Washington Post
127.7
USA Today
121.6
Los Angeles Times
105.7
Star Tribune
86.9
Newsday
83.5
Chicago Tribune
73
Seattle Times
71.7
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
71.6
Tampa Bay Times
62.6
Boston Globe
56.9
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*Most recently available date comes from six months to March 2023, not September 2023.
Most circulation data reported refers to Monday-Friday averages of newspaper titles; Wednesday circulation data was used where other circulation data was not available.
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Press Gazette. (February 19, 2024). Largest daily newspapers in the United States in the six months to September 2023, by average print circulation (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/272790/circulation-of-the-biggest-daily-newspapers-in-the-us/
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