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)
*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 December 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/272790/circulation-of-the-biggest-daily-newspapers-in-the-us/
Press Gazette. "Largest daily newspapers in the United States in the six months to September 2023, by average print circulation (in thousands)." Chart. February 19, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/272790/circulation-of-the-biggest-daily-newspapers-in-the-us/
Press Gazette. (2024). Largest daily newspapers in the United States in the six months to September 2023, by average print circulation (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/272790/circulation-of-the-biggest-daily-newspapers-in-the-us/
Press Gazette. "Largest Daily Newspapers in The United States in The Six Months to September 2023, by Average Print Circulation (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/272790/circulation-of-the-biggest-daily-newspapers-in-the-us/
Press Gazette, Largest daily newspapers in the United States in the six months to September 2023, by average print circulation (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/272790/circulation-of-the-biggest-daily-newspapers-in-the-us/ (last visited December 12, 2024)
Largest daily newspapers in the United States in the six months to September 2023, by average print circulation (in thousands) [Graph], Press Gazette, February 19, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/272790/circulation-of-the-biggest-daily-newspapers-in-the-us/
