Leading print newspapers U.S. by circulation 2023

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
Dallas Morning News	52.2
San Francisco Chronicle	50.8
Houston Chronicle	48.1
Arizona Republic	46.7
Philadelphia Inquirer	45.3
Daily News	41.5
Buffalo News*	38.4
The San Diego Union-Tribune	37.8
Plain Dealer/Plain Dealer Sunday	37
Denver Post*	36.7
Las Vegas Review Journal	35.8
The Star-Ledger	34.4

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Release date

February 2024

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United States

Survey time period

six months to September 2023

Supplementary notes

*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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