Top 50 Daily Newspapers (hotels, mall, business)

[Billiam]

Top 50 Newspapers by Circulation, 2004

Rank Newspaper Daily circ % chg Sunday circ % chg
1 USA Today* 2,220,863 3.1 2,665,815 1.9
2 Wall Street Journal 2,106,774 0.8 NA NA
3 New York Times 1,121,057 0.2 1,680,583 0.2
4 Los Angeles Times (b) 902,164 -5.6 1,292,274 -6.3
5 New York Daily News 715,052 -1.6 786,952 -2.0
6 Washington Post 707,690 -3.0 1,007,487 -1.8
7 New York Post 686,207 5.2 455,511 4.2
8 Chicago Tribune 599,528 -2.3 963,967 -3.8
9 Houston Chronicle (b) 554,783 0.3 737,580 -1.3
10 San Francisco Chronicle 480,587 -6.3 540,314 -3.7
11 Boston Globe 451,471 0.2 707,813 0.2
12 Arizona Republic (b) 413,268 -4.4 530,751 -3.1
13 Newark Star-Ledger 400,042 -2.1 608,257 -0.5
14 Atlanta Journal-Constitution 397,097 3.8 606,246 -2.5
15 Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune (b) 381,094 0.2 678,650 0.1
16 Philadelphia Inquirer 368,883 -2.0 750,780 0.1
17 Cleveland Plain Dealer (b) 354,309 -3.0 479,131 -1.3
18 Detroit Free Press 348,838 -1.1 710,036 -1.5
19 San Diego Union-Tribune (b) 339,032 -3.7 433,973 -2.9
20 Portland Oregonian 337,707 0.9 405,295 -1.0
21 St. Petersburg Times (b) 311,680 -0.9 395,973 -0.4
22 Miami Herald (b) 306,943 0.7 416,530 -0.7
23 Orange County Register (b) 303,418 0.2 371,046 0.0
24 Sacramento Bee (b) 293,705 1.3 346,742 -1.0
25 St. Louis Post-Dispatch (b) 286,310 0.1 449,845 -2.0
26 Rocky Mountain News 276,610 -4.3 750,593 -4.5
27 Denver Post 275,472 -4.6 750,593 -4.5
28 Baltimore Sun (b) 267,993 -3.2 454,045 -2.5
29 San Jose Mercury News (b) 263,067 -3.3 298,067 -1.5
30 New Orleans Times-Picayune (b) 252,799 -0.3 281,374 -0.1
31 Indianapolis Star (b) 252,021 0.9 358,261 -3.4
32 Columbus Dispatch (b) 251,045 -0.6 361,304 -1.9
33 Orlando Sentinel (b) 248,492 1.8 364,054 0.5
34 Boston Herald 240,759 -0.3 152,813 0.8
35 Milwaukee Journal Sentinal 240,581 -1.5 435,127 -0.6
36 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 238,860 -1.5 402,981 -0.7
37 San Antonio Express-News 234,901 1.6 356,680 0.1
38 South Florida Sun-Sentinal (b) 234,782 0.3 336,686 -0.7
39 Seattle Times 231,051 -0.2 462,920 -2.3
40 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 230,176 2.2 326,803 0.3
41 Charlotte Observer (b) 226,082 -0.8 278,573 -1.7
42 Detroit News 224,215 -1.4 710,036 -1.5
43 Tampa Tribune (b) 214,269 1.9 293,090 2.7
44 Louisville Courier-Journal (b) 207,665 -2.6 273,891 -2.1
45 Oklahoma City Oklahoman (b) 206,339 -0.6 288,948 -1.0
46 El Nuevo Dia (b) 205,541 2.0 253,540 6.1
47 Norfolk Virginian-Pilot (b) 200,055 -0.5 234,508 -0.3
48 Investor's Business Daily(+) 197,333 -8.6 NA NA
49 Buffalo News (b) 196,429 -5.6 282,618 -5.3
50 Omaha World-Herald 192,607 0.3 242,964 0.5
Notes: *Weekday averages include Saturday. +Figures adjusted by Advertising Age to indicate average weekday circulation. a) USA Today's Friday circulation is listed in the Sunday column. b)Detroit Free Press and Detroit News have a combined Sunday edition; c) Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post have a combined Sunday edition; d) Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer have a combined Sunday edition. The following large circulation newspapers do not appear on the list due to ABC censure: The Dallas Morning News, Chicago Sun-Times, and Newsday. The Kansas City Star did not file before press time.

Source: Crain Communications Inc. 2005

Kind of interesting, even though a little old

[Fuzz]

USA Today's circulation number is bogus -- they include all those papers that all the hotels leave outside each door every morning. Even if nobody picks up a single paper and reads it, their circulation will still be huge.

EDIT: Surprising how far the gap is between the WSJ and NYT.

[Minnehahapolitan]

46 El Nuevo Dia (b) 205,541 2.0 253,540 6.1
Yikes

[milquetoast]

Originally Posted by m_r2z0

Top 50 Newspapers by Circulation, 2004

Rank Newspaper Daily circ % chg Sunday circ % chg
1 USA Today* 2,220,863 3.1 2,665,815 1.9
2 Wall Street Journal 2,106,774 0.8 NA NA
3 New York Times 1,121,057 0.2 1,680,583 0.2
4 Los Angeles Times (b) 902,164 -5.6 1,292,274 -6.3
5 New York Daily News 715,052 -1.6 786,952 -2.0
6 Washington Post 707,690 -3.0 1,007,487 -1.8
7 New York Post 686,207 5.2 455,511 4.2
8 Chicago Tribune 599,528 -2.3 963,967 -3.8
9 Houston Chronicle (b) 554,783 0.3 737,580 -1.3
10 San Francisco Chronicle 480,587 -6.3 540,314 -3.7
11 Boston Globe 451,471 0.2 707,813 0.2
12 Arizona Republic (b) 413,268 -4.4 530,751 -3.1
13 Newark Star-Ledger 400,042 -2.1 608,257 -0.5
14 Atlanta Journal-Constitution 397,097 3.8 606,246 -2.5
15 Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune (b) 381,094 0.2 678,650 0.1
16 Philadelphia Inquirer 368,883 -2.0 750,780 0.1
17 Cleveland Plain Dealer (b) 354,309 -3.0 479,131 -1.3
18 Detroit Free Press 348,838 -1.1 710,036 -1.5
19 San Diego Union-Tribune (b) 339,032 -3.7 433,973 -2.9
20 Portland Oregonian 337,707 0.9 405,295 -1.0
21 St. Petersburg Times (b) 311,680 -0.9 395,973 -0.4
22 Miami Herald (b) 306,943 0.7 416,530 -0.7
23 Orange County Register (b) 303,418 0.2 371,046 0.0
24 Sacramento Bee (b) 293,705 1.3 346,742 -1.0
25 St. Louis Post-Dispatch (b) 286,310 0.1 449,845 -2.0
26 Rocky Mountain News 276,610 -4.3 750,593 -4.5
27 Denver Post 275,472 -4.6 750,593 -4.5
28 Baltimore Sun (b) 267,993 -3.2 454,045 -2.5
29 San Jose Mercury News (b) 263,067 -3.3 298,067 -1.5
30 New Orleans Times-Picayune (b) 252,799 -0.3 281,374 -0.1
31 Indianapolis Star (b) 252,021 0.9 358,261 -3.4
32 Columbus Dispatch (b) 251,045 -0.6 361,304 -1.9
33 Orlando Sentinel (b) 248,492 1.8 364,054 0.5
34 Boston Herald 240,759 -0.3 152,813 0.8
35 Milwaukee Journal Sentinal 240,581 -1.5 435,127 -0.6
36 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 238,860 -1.5 402,981 -0.7
37 San Antonio Express-News 234,901 1.6 356,680 0.1
38 South Florida Sun-Sentinal (b) 234,782 0.3 336,686 -0.7
39 Seattle Times 231,051 -0.2 462,920 -2.3
40 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 230,176 2.2 326,803 0.3
41 Charlotte Observer (b) 226,082 -0.8 278,573 -1.7
42 Detroit News 224,215 -1.4 710,036 -1.5
43 Tampa Tribune (b) 214,269 1.9 293,090 2.7
44 Louisville Courier-Journal (b) 207,665 -2.6 273,891 -2.1
45 Oklahoma City Oklahoman (b) 206,339 -0.6 288,948 -1.0
46 El Nuevo Dia (b) 205,541 2.0 253,540 6.1
47 Norfolk Virginian-Pilot (b) 200,055 -0.5 234,508 -0.3
48 Investor's Business Daily(+) 197,333 -8.6 NA NA
49 Buffalo News (b) 196,429 -5.6 282,618 -5.3
50 Omaha World-Herald 192,607 0.3 242,964 0.5
Notes: *Weekday averages include Saturday. +Figures adjusted by Advertising Age to indicate average weekday circulation. a) USA Today's Friday circulation is listed in the Sunday column. b)Detroit Free Press and Detroit News have a combined Sunday edition; c) Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post have a combined Sunday edition; d) Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer have a combined Sunday edition. The following large circulation newspapers do not appear on the list due to ABC censure: The Dallas Morning News, Chicago Sun-Times, and Newsday. The Kansas City Star did not file before press time.

Source: Crain Communications Inc. 2005

Kind of interesting, even though a little old

There ya go!

[ajf131]

I'm surprised the Plain Dealer scored higher than the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Oh well...I guess the St. Louis Post Dispatch has declined since it was bought out by different people...my mother quit there because she couldn't stand them as did many other people before they could get laid off....my mother said the new owners were the biggest ***holes she'd ever worked for.

[Steve-o]

Where's the Chicago Sun-Times?

[milquetoast]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Where's the Chicago Sun-Times?

My God! The Trib is in there!!

[M TYPE X]

Quantity of no mark of quality, which explains why USA Yesterday, Detroit Free Press, and Portland Oregonian are on there.

The "general news" section of my website bookmarks sports > 150 sites, including major dailies for Australia, Britain, Canada, and Texas. I have no idea why I would ever need to know the sites for the Erie, Gary, and Port Huron papers within ten seconds. You never know when a mall will go out of business or when a Canadian gunman will unleash all mayhem.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by milquetoast

My God! The Trib is in there!!

Another masterful post.

[940]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Where's the Chicago Sun-Times?

I see it's been lumped at the bottom along with the Dallas Morning News for ABC Censure.