List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the newspaper
s in the United Kingdom
by average circulation.
In the early nineteenth century, newspapers circulations were small. The leading newspaper at the start of the century was the Morning Post
, which sold around 4,000 copies per day, twice the sales of its nearest rival. As production methods improved, print runs increased, and newspapers were sold at lower prices. By 1828, the Morning Herald
was selling the most copies, but it was soon overtaken by The Times
.
Public house
s would typically take in one or two papers for their customers to read, and through this method, by the 1850s the newspaper of the licensed trade, the Morning Advertiser
, had the second highest circulation. Sales of The Times were around 40,000, and it had around 80% of the entire daily newspaper market, but Sunday papers were more popular, some boasting sales of more than 100,000. Later in the century, the Daily News
came to prominence, selling 150,000 copies a day in the 1870s, while by 1890, the Daily Telegraph had a circulation of 300,000. Sunday newspaper sales also grew rapidly, with Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
being the first to sell one million copies an issue.
The press was changed by the introduction of halfpenny papers. The first national halfpenny paper was the Daily Mail
, followed by the Daily Express
and the Daily Mirror, which became the first weekday paper to sell one million copies in around 1911. Circulation continued to increase, reaching a peak in the mid-1950s; sales of the News of the World
reached a peak of more than 8,000,000 in 1950. Since the 1950s, there has been a gradual decline in newspaper sales.
returns.
returns.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
by average circulation.
In the early nineteenth century, newspapers circulations were small. The leading newspaper at the start of the century was the Morning Post
Morning Post
The Morning Post, as the paper was named on its masthead, was a conservative daily newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937, when it was acquired by The Daily Telegraph.- History :...
, which sold around 4,000 copies per day, twice the sales of its nearest rival. As production methods improved, print runs increased, and newspapers were sold at lower prices. By 1828, the Morning Herald
Morning Herald
The Morning Herald was an early daily newspaper in the United Kingdom.The newspaper was founded in 1780 by the Reverend Sir Henry Bate Dudley, former editor of The Morning Post. It was initially a liberal paper aligned with the Prince of Wales, but later became aligned with the Tories...
was selling the most copies, but it was soon overtaken by The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
.
Public house
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
s would typically take in one or two papers for their customers to read, and through this method, by the 1850s the newspaper of the licensed trade, the Morning Advertiser
Morning Advertiser
Morning Advertiser is the only weekly pub trade publication in the UK. It currently has a circulation of more than 32,500 that reaches the key decision-makers in England and Wales. In March 2011, William Reed Business Media, bought The Publican from United Business Media and merged the two titles...
, had the second highest circulation. Sales of The Times were around 40,000, and it had around 80% of the entire daily newspaper market, but Sunday papers were more popular, some boasting sales of more than 100,000. Later in the century, the Daily News
Daily News (UK)
The Daily News was a national daily newspaper in the United Kingdom.The News was founded in 1846 by Charles Dickens, who also served as the newspaper's first editor. It was conceived as a radical rival to the right-wing Morning Chronicle. The paper was not at first a commercial success...
came to prominence, selling 150,000 copies a day in the 1870s, while by 1890, the Daily Telegraph had a circulation of 300,000. Sunday newspaper sales also grew rapidly, with Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
-Founding:The paper was launched by Edward Lloyd in 1842 as Lloyd's Illustrated London Newspaper, following the success of his Lloyd's Penny Weekly Miscellany. The new paper was intended as a rival for the Illustrated London News...
being the first to sell one million copies an issue.
The press was changed by the introduction of halfpenny papers. The first national halfpenny paper was the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
, followed by the Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
and the Daily Mirror, which became the first weekday paper to sell one million copies in around 1911. Circulation continued to increase, reaching a peak in the mid-1950s; sales of the News of the World
News of the World
The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations...
reached a peak of more than 8,000,000 in 1950. Since the 1950s, there has been a gradual decline in newspaper sales.
Circulation in the 2000s
Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year. Only newspapers with circulations of more than 100,000 copies per day in January 2009 are listed. Regardless of immediate source, all figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.| Title | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sun The Sun (newspaper) The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin... |
3,001,822 | 3,006,565 | 3,146,006 | 3,209,766 | 3,217,844 | 3,319,337 | 3,382,509 | 3,410,701 | 3,578,506 | 3,502,923 | 3,636,561 | 3,557,336 |
| Daily Mail Daily Mail The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982... |
2,136,568 | 2,120,347 | 2,200,398 | 2,313,908 | 2,354,028 | 2,389,011 | 2,409,121 | 2,485,210 | 2,518,544 | 2,489,264 | 2,479,768 | 2,353,915 |
| Daily Mirror | 1,194,097 | 1,218,425 | 1,366,891 | 1,512,599 | 1,621,000 | 1,727,672 | 1,748,327 | 1,919,125 | 2,071,059 | 2,164,576 | 2,149,422 | 2,270,543 |
| Daily Star | 734,311 | 779,376 | 768,534 | 722,969 | 773,637 | 820,070 | 861,825 | 901,879 | 835,343 | 706,554 | 543,807 | 502,647 |
| Daily Telegraph | 651,184 | 691,128 | 783,210 | 890,086 | 911,454 | 917,943 | 920,745 | 914,981 | 946,697 | 1,013,653 | 1,022,263 | 1,039,749 |
| Daily Express Daily Express The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers... |
639,875 | 674,640 | 736,340 | 752,699 | 771,325 | 849,001 | 949,238 | 956,649 | 983,391 | 991,560 | 979,042 | 1,050,846 |
| Evening Standard Evening Standard The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London... |
601,960 | 237,403 | 294,823 | 276,562 | 337,080 | 350,671 | 395,090 | 424,177 | 410,104 | 432,661 | 440,287 | |
| The Times The Times The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International... |
457,250 | 508,250 | 617,483 | 633,718 | 670,054 | 685,081 | 686,327 | 660,713 | 671,340 | 711,295 | 734,220 | 726,349 |
| Financial Times Financial Times The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City.... |
383,067 | 390,315 | 426,676 | 452,448 | 439,104 | 441,840 | 422,519 | 422,543 | 431,875 | 475,475 | 478,161 | 435,478 |
| Daily Record Daily Record (Scotland) The Daily Record is a Scottish tabloid newspaper based in Glasgow. It had been the best-selling daily paper in Scotland for many years with a paid circulation in August 2011 of 307,794 . It is now outsold by its arch-rival the Scottish Sun which in September 2010 had a circulation of 339,586 in... |
306,872 | 323,831 | 354,302 | 393,788 | 418,628 | 451,932 | 471,708 | 503,077 | 520,540 | 584,290 | 603,914 | 626,646 |
| The Guardian The Guardian The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format... |
279,308 | 302,285 | 358,844 | 378,394 | 384,070 | 394,913 | 376,816 | 383,157 | 409,568 | 411,386 | 410,152 | 401,560 |
| The Independent The Independent The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily... |
185,035 | 185,815 | 215,504 | 250,641 | 263,503 | 258,387 | 257,100 | 248,876 | 221,926 | 224,655 | 223,645 | 222,106 |
| i I (newspaper) i is a British newspaper published by Independent Print, owned by Alexander Lebedev, which also publishes The Independent. The newspaper, which is aimed at "readers and lapsed readers" of all ages, and commuters with limited time, costs 20 pence, and was launched on 26 October 2010.In July 2011 it... |
133,472 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Express & Star Express & Star The Express & Star is an evening newspaper based in Wolverhampton, England, published Monday to Saturday in nine different editions covering the Black Country, Birmingham and the wider West Midlands area from Tamworth to Kidderminster. It as widely perceived as being moderately right-wing... |
121,961 | 128,836 | 138,116 | 143,522 | 149,748 | 156,579 | ||||||
| Manchester Evening News Manchester Evening News The Manchester Evening News is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom. It is published every day except Sunday and is owned by Trinity Mirror plc following its sale by Guardian Media Group in early 2010. It has an average daily circulation of 90,973 copies... |
102,536 | 110,582 | 161,545 | 86,923 | 114,676 | 137,391 | 139,959 |
Circulation 1950–1999
Figures shown are average circulations for each year. Figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.| Title | 1997 | 1992 | 1987 | 1980 | 1976 | 1966 | 1961 | 1956 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sun The Sun (newspaper) The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin... |
3,877,097 | 3,570,562 | 3,993,000 | 3,741,000 | 3,708,000 | 1,238,000 | N/A | N/A |
| Daily Mirror | 2,442,078 | 2,900,000 | 3,123,000 | 3,625,000 | 3,851,000 | 5,123,000 | 4,561,000 | 4,649,696 |
| Daily Mail Daily Mail The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982... |
2,344,183 | 1,675,453 | 1,759,000 | 1,948,000 | 1,755,000 | 2,318,000 | 2,610,000 | 2,071,708 |
| Daily Express Daily Express The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers... |
1,241,336 | 1,524,786 | 1,697,000 | 2,194,000 | 2,594,000 | 3,978,000 | 4,328,000 | 4,042,334 |
| Daily Telegraph | 1,129,777 | 1,038,138 | 1,147,000 | 1,439,000 | 1,308,000 | 1,353,000 | 1,248,000 | 1,075,460 |
| The Times The Times The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International... |
821,000 | 386,258 | 442,000 | 297,000 | 310,000 | 282,000 | 253,000 | 220,716 |
| Daily Star | 729,991 | 805,793 | 1,289,000 | 1,034,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Daily Record Daily Record (Scotland) The Daily Record is a Scottish tabloid newspaper based in Glasgow. It had been the best-selling daily paper in Scotland for many years with a paid circulation in August 2011 of 307,794 . It is now outsold by its arch-rival the Scottish Sun which in September 2010 had a circulation of 339,586 in... |
703,090 | 755,026 | 732,000 | |||||
| The Guardian The Guardian The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format... |
428,010 | 429,062 | 494,000 | 377,000 | 306,000 | 281,000 | 245,000 | 163,585 |
| Financial Times Financial Times The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City.... |
326,516 | 290,204 | 280,000 | 197,000 | 174,000 | 152,000 | 132,000 | 80,518 |
| The Independent The Independent The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily... |
288,182 | 389,523 | 293,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Press and Journal Press and Journal (Scotland) The Press and Journal, often called the P&J, is a daily regional newspaper serving the northern counties of Scotland including the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness... |
105,076 | |||||||
| Glasgow Herald | 104,844 | 121,297 | ||||||
| Today Today (UK newspaper) Today was a national newspaper in the United Kingdom, which was published between 1986 and 1995.-History:Today, with the American newspaper USA Today as inspiration, launched on Tuesday, 4 March 1986, with the front page headline, "Second Spy Inside GCHQ". At 18 pence, it was a middle-market... |
N/A | 533,177 | 350,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Daily Herald | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,394,000 | 1,693,997 |
| Daily Sketch Daily Sketch The Daily Sketch was a British national tabloid newspaper, founded in Manchester in 1909 by Sir Edward Hulton.It was bought in 1920 by Lord Rothermere's Daily Mirror Newspapers but in 1925 Rothermere offloaded it to William and Gomer Berry The Daily Sketch was a British national tabloid newspaper,... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 857,000 | 981,000 | 1,123,855 |
| Daily Worker The Morning Star The Morning Star is a left wing British daily tabloid newspaper with a focus on social and trade union issues. Articles and comment columns are contributed by writers from socialist, social democratic, green and religious perspectives.... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 60,000 | |
| News Chronicle News Chronicle The News Chronicle was a British daily newspaper. It ceased publication on 17 October 1960, being absorbed into the Daily Mail. Its offices were in Bouverie Street, off Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8DP, England.-Daily Chronicle:... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,442,438 |
Circulation before 1950
Figures shown are average circulations for each year. Figures from after 1931 originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations; those from 1852 and 1838 originate from stamp dutyStamp duty
Stamp duty is a tax that is levied on documents. Historically, this included the majority of legal documents such as cheques, receipts, military commissions, marriage licences and land transactions. A physical stamp had to be attached to or impressed upon the document to denote that stamp duty...
returns.
| Title | 1947 | 1939 | 1930 | 1921 | 1863 | 1852 | 1838 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Express Daily Express The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers... |
3,855,000 | 2,546,000 | 1,693,000 | 579,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Daily Mirror | 3,702,000 | 1,571,000 | 1,071,000 | 1,003,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Daily Herald | 2,134,000 | 1,850,000 | 1,082,000 | 211,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Daily Mail Daily Mail The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982... |
2,076,000 | 1,533,000 | 1,845,000 | 1,533,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| News Chronicle News Chronicle The News Chronicle was a British daily newspaper. It ceased publication on 17 October 1960, being absorbed into the Daily Mail. Its offices were in Bouverie Street, off Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8DP, England.-Daily Chronicle:... |
1,623,000 | 1,571,000 | 1,400,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Daily Telegraph | 1,015,000 | 737,000 | 90,000 | 180,000 | 120,000 | N/A | N/A |
| Daily Sketch Daily Sketch The Daily Sketch was a British national tabloid newspaper, founded in Manchester in 1909 by Sir Edward Hulton.It was bought in 1920 by Lord Rothermere's Daily Mirror Newspapers but in 1925 Rothermere offloaded it to William and Gomer Berry The Daily Sketch was a British national tabloid newspaper,... |
772,000 | 750,000 | 1,013,000 | 835,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| The Times The Times The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International... |
268,000 | 204,000 | 187,000 | 113,000 | 40,000 | 42,384 | 11,660 |
| Manchester Guardian | 126,000 | 3,173 | |||||
| Daily Worker Daily Worker The Daily Worker was a newspaper published in New York City by the Communist Party USA, a formerly Comintern-affiliated organization. Publication began in 1924. While it generally reflected the prevailing views of the party, some attempts were made to make it appear that the paper reflected a... |
118,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Financial Times Financial Times The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City.... |
71,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
| Morning Advertiser Morning Advertiser Morning Advertiser is the only weekly pub trade publication in the UK. It currently has a circulation of more than 32,500 that reaches the key decision-makers in England and Wales. In March 2011, William Reed Business Media, bought The Publican from United Business Media and merged the two titles... |
30,000 | 20,000 | 7,124 | 5,000 | |||
| Daily Chronicle Daily Chronicle The Daily Chronicle was a British newspaper that was published from 1872 to 1930 when it merged with the Daily News to become the News Chronicle.-History:... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | 661,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Daily News Daily News (UK) The Daily News was a national daily newspaper in the United Kingdom.The News was founded in 1846 by Charles Dickens, who also served as the newspaper's first editor. It was conceived as a radical rival to the right-wing Morning Chronicle. The paper was not at first a commercial success... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | 300,000 | 5,000 | 3,938 | N/A |
| Morning Post Morning Post The Morning Post, as the paper was named on its masthead, was a conservative daily newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937, when it was acquired by The Daily Telegraph.- History :... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | 50,000 | 2,673 | 2,800 | |
| Morning Star | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20,000 | N/A | N/A |
| Morning Herald Morning Herald The Morning Herald was an early daily newspaper in the United Kingdom.The newspaper was founded in 1780 by the Reverend Sir Henry Bate Dudley, former editor of The Morning Post. It was initially a liberal paper aligned with the Prince of Wales, but later became aligned with the Tories... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,000 | 4,112 | 6,150 |
| North British Daily Advertiser | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,458 | ||
| Morning Chronicle Morning Chronicle The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London, England, and published under various owners until 1862. It was most notable for having been the first employer of Charles Dickens, and for publishing the articles by Henry Mayhew which were collected and published in book format in... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,283 | 6,630 |
| Liverpool Mercury | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,019 |
Circulation in the 2000s
Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year. Only newspapers with circulations of more than 100,000 copies in January 2009 are listed. Regardless of immediate source, all figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.| Title | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News of the World News of the World The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations... |
2,789,560 | 2,984,469 | 3,031,025 | 3,264,676 | 3,426,719 | 3,789,176 | 3,823,317 | 3,845,373 | 3,971,998 | 4,086,621 | 4,026,288 | 4,139,793 |
| The Mail on Sunday The Mail on Sunday The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011... |
1,958,083 | 2,048,008 | 2,134,809 | 2,330,366 | 2,303,472 | 2,404,511 | 2,446,465 | 2,364,156 | 2,388,416 | 2,342,860 | 2,373,007 | 2,323,720 |
| Sunday Mirror Sunday Mirror The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror. It began life in 1915 as the Sunday Pictorial and was renamed the Sunday Mirror in 1963. Trinity Mirror also owns The People... |
1,092,816 | 1,124,620 | 1,244,007 | 1,366,922 | 1,460,928 | 1,574,054 | 1,652,375 | 1,674,454 | 1,724,940 | 1,845,860 | 1,831,572 | 2,008,961 |
| The Sunday Times The Sunday Times The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times... |
1,039,371 | 1,144,929 | 1,198,984 | 1,231,374 | 1,288,421 | 1,375,153 | 1,375,982 | 1,370,051 | 1,410,539 | 1,405,430 | 1,416,080 | 1,373,900 |
| Sunday Express | 550,269 | 585,023 | 646,971 | 704,436 | 790,068 | 877,101 | 976,055 | 930,001 | 976,346 | 834,999 | 879,622 | 974,310 |
| The People The People The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper. The paper was founded on 16 October 1881.It is published by the Trinity Mirror Group.In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 806,544.... |
500,866 | 532,975 | 594,552 | 669,362 | 761,595 | 895,275 | 1,001,389 | 1,055,810 | 1,189,812 | 1,389,778 | 1,489,260 | 1,613,113 |
| The Sunday Telegraph | 496,128 | 527,742 | 602,306 | 633,639 | 659,841 | 682,739 | 692,107 | 695,522 | 751,038 | 784,069 | 796,840 | 822,931 |
| Sunday Mail Sunday Mail (Scotland) The Sunday Mail is a Scottish tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. It is the sister paper of the Daily Record and is owned by Trinity Mirror and as such has a left-wing outlook which in turn tends to guide Scottish political debate in that direction.The Sunday Mail is read by over one million... |
366,325 | 395,126 | 442,103 | 487,975 | 514,287 | 547,405 | 585,657 | 605,743 | 628,742 | 692,366 | 708,484 | 751,084 |
| Sunday Post | 317,896 | 337,398 | 366,275 | 412,037 | 437,224 | 451,530 | 481,767 | 514,181 | 547,256 | 581,218 | 612,562 | 655,634 |
| Daily Star Sunday | 316,712 | 358,814 | 359,533 | 382,288 | 378,224 | 439,067 | 459,933 | 556,743 | 510,995 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| The Observer The Observer The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,... |
314,164 | 354,565 | 427,867 | 444,951 | 444,186 | 542,075 | 446,818 | 459,804 | 465,984 | 449,806 | 440,090 | 416,460 |
| Independent on Sunday | 152,561 | 153,975 | 178,798 | 236,500 | 247,829 | 241,414 | 206,527 | 206,087 | 220,028 | 231,869 | 250,462 | 248,630 |
| Sunday Business Sunday Business Sunday Business was a national Sunday broadsheet financial newspaper published in the United Kingdom, which ran from 1996 to 2006, when it was turned into a magazine called The Business.... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 204,910 | 306,683 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Circulation in the 20th century
Figures shown are average circulations for each year. Figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.| Title | 1997 | 1987 | 1980 | 1976 | 1966 | 1961 | 1956 | 1947 | 1935 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News of the World News of the World The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations... |
4,620,415 | 5,360,000 | 4,335,000 | 5,138,000 | 6,152,000 | 6,643,000 | 7,493,463 | 7,890,000 | 3,350,000 |
| Sunday Mirror Sunday Mirror The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror. It began life in 1915 as the Sunday Pictorial and was renamed the Sunday Mirror in 1963. Trinity Mirror also owns The People... |
2,424,000 | 2,953,000 | 3,831,000 | 4,101,000 | 5,219,000 | 5,306,000 | 5,624,010 | 4,006,000 | 2,250,000 |
| The Mail on Sunday The Mail on Sunday The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011... |
2,322,423 | 1,919,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| The People The People The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper. The paper was founded on 16 October 1881.It is published by the Trinity Mirror Group.In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 806,544.... |
2,001,978 | 2,743,000 | 3,847,000 | 4,094,000 | 5,560,000 | 5,450,000 | 4,948,215 | 4,670,000 | 3,000,000 |
| The Sunday Times The Sunday Times The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times... |
1,449,113 | 1,314,000 | 1,424,000 | 1,382,000 | 1,363,000 | 967,000 | 618,540 | 568,000 | 215,000 |
| Sunday Express | 1,261,690 | 2,033,000 | 3,045,000 | 3,451,000 | 4,181,000 | 4,457,000 | 3,331,127 | 2,577,000 | 1,096,000 |
| The Sunday Telegraph | 983,253 | 693,000 | 1,017,000 | 759,000 | 650,000 | 688,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Sunday Mail Sunday Mail (Scotland) The Sunday Mail is a Scottish tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. It is the sister paper of the Daily Record and is owned by Trinity Mirror and as such has a left-wing outlook which in turn tends to guide Scottish political debate in that direction.The Sunday Mail is read by over one million... |
818,081 | 567,728 | 250,000 | ||||||
| Sunday Post | 791,100 | 312,000 | |||||||
| The Observer The Observer The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,... |
498,086 | 722,000 | 973,000 | 670,000 | 881,000 | 715,000 | 601,042 | 384,000 | 215,000 |
| Independent on Sunday | 311,321 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Scotland on Sunday Scotland on Sunday Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman... |
113,516 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Reynolds News | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 216,000 | 310,000 | 516,445 | 720,000 | 400,000 |
| Sunday Dispatch Sunday Dispatch The Sunday Dispatch was a British newspaper, published between 27 September 1801 and 1961. Until 1928, it was called the Weekly Dispatch.-History:... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,420,159 | 2,061,000 | 936,000 |
| Sunday Graphic Sunday Graphic The Sunday Graphic was an English tabloid newspaper published in Fleet Street.The newspaper was founded in 1915 as the Sunday Herald and was later renamed the Illustrated Sunday Herald. In 1927 it changed its name to the Sunday Graphic, becoming the sister paper of the Daily Graphic. In 1931 it... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,420,159 | 1,185,000 | 900,000 |
| Empire News Empire News The Empire News was a Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom.The newspaper was founded in 1884 in Manchester as The Umpire. A penny newspaper, it was the first successful provincial Sunday newspaper in England. Owned by H. S. Jennings, the Umpire was subtitled "A Sporting, Athletic, Theatrical... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2,550,308 | 2,033,177 | 1,535,000 |
| Sunday Chronicle Sunday Chronicle The Sunday Chronicle was a newspaper in the United Kingdom.The newspaper was founded in Manchester by Edward Hulton in August 1885. He was known for his sporting coverage, already publishing the Sporting Chronicle, the Daily Dispatch and the Athletic News. The paper initially cost one penny and,... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,178,000 | 830,000 |
| Sunday Referee Sunday Referee The Sunday Referee was a Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom.The paper was founded in 1877 as The Referee, primarily covering sports news... |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 215,000 |
Circulation in the 19th century
Figures shown are average circulations for each year. Figures originate from stamp dutyStamp duty
Stamp duty is a tax that is levied on documents. Historically, this included the majority of legal documents such as cheques, receipts, military commissions, marriage licences and land transactions. A physical stamp had to be attached to or impressed upon the document to denote that stamp duty...
returns.
| Title | 1863 | 1853 | 1838 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper -Founding:The paper was launched by Edward Lloyd in 1842 as Lloyd's Illustrated London Newspaper, following the success of his Lloyd's Penny Weekly Miscellany. The new paper was intended as a rival for the Illustrated London News... |
500,000 | N/A | N/A |
| Weekly Times | 200,000 | 65,420 | N/A |
| News of the World News of the World The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations... |
150,000 | 69,296 | N/A |
| Reynold's Weekly | 100,000 | 30,035 | N/A |
| Illustrated London News Illustrated London News The Illustrated London News was the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper; the first issue appeared on Saturday 14 May 1842. It was published weekly until 1971 and then increasingly less frequently until publication ceased in 2003.-History:... |
82,331 | N/A | |
| Weekly Dispatch Sunday Dispatch The Sunday Dispatch was a British newspaper, published between 27 September 1801 and 1961. Until 1928, it was called the Weekly Dispatch.-History:... |
35,420 | 51,570 | |
| Bell's Life in London Bell's Life in London Bell's Life in London, and Sporting Chronicle was a British weekly sporting paper published as a pink broadsheet between 1822 and 1886.Bell's Life was founded by Robert Bell, a London printer-publisher.... |
27,200 | 20,000 | |
| Sunday Times | 8,500 | 13,365 | |
| Weekly Chronicle | N/A | N/A | 32,327 |
| Bell's Weekly Messenger Bell's Weekly Messenger Bell's Weekly Messenger was a British Sunday newspaper that began publication on 1 May 1786, under proprietorship of John Bell. Initially a Sunday paper, from 1799 the London edition was reprinted on Monday for nationwide distribution. By 1803, it was selling 6,000 copies a week, at sixpence a copy... |
N/A | N/A | 17,274 |
Regional newspapers
Figures shown are average circulations for each year. Figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.| Title | 1980 | 1956 | 1948 | 1939 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evening News Evening News (London) Evening News, formerly known as The Evening News, was an evening newspaper published in London from 1881 to 1980, reappearing briefly in 1987. It became highly popular under the control of the Harmsworth brothers. For a long time it maintained the largest daily sale of any evening newspaper in London... (London) |
1,121,195 | 1,652,646 | 837,638 | |
| The Star The Star (London) The Star was a London evening newspaper founded in 1788.The first edition was printed on 3 May 1788 under the editorship of Peter Stuart. Founding sponsors of the new paper included publisher John Murray and William Lane of the Minerva Press... (London) |
N/A | 926,884 | 1,081,812 | 488,419 |
| Evening Standard Evening Standard The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London... (London) |
662,608 | 780,820 | 384,419 | |
| Manchester Evening News Manchester Evening News The Manchester Evening News is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom. It is published every day except Sunday and is owned by Trinity Mirror plc following its sale by Guardian Media Group in early 2010. It has an average daily circulation of 90,973 copies... |
331,000 | |||
| Liverpool Echo Liverpool Echo The Liverpool Echo is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is published Monday to Saturday, and is Liverpool's evening newspaper while its sister paper, the Liverpool Daily Post, is the morning paper... |
236,000 | |||
| Liverpool Post | N/A | 382,169 | 236,986 | |
| Bristol Evening Post Bristol Evening Post The Bristol Evening Post is a newspaper covering news in the city of Bristol, including stories from the whole of Greater Bristol, Northern Somerset and South Gloucestershire.... |
110,000 | |||
| Birmingham Mail Birmingham Mail The Birmingham Mail is a tabloid newspaper based in Birmingham, UK but distributed around Birmingham, The Black Country, Solihull, Warwickshire and parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire. The newspaper, which was re-branded from the Birmingham Evening Mail in October 2005, is one of the biggest... |
296,259 | |||
| Glasgow Evening Times | 295,515 | |||
| Yorkshire Evening Post Yorkshire Evening Post The Yorkshire Evening Post is a daily evening publication published by Yorkshire Post Newspapers Ltd in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England... |
250,877 | 185,519 | ||
| Evening Express Evening Express (Scotland) The Evening Express is a daily local newspaper serving the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. It was first published in November 1879.It was a tabloid during the 1930s to the 1950s until it resumed a broadsheet in November 1958, six days a week. By September 1989, The Saturday edition returned to a... (Aberdeen) |
114,700 | 104,322 | ||
| Yorkshire Post Yorkshire Post The Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by Yorkshire Post Newspapers, a company owned by Johnston Press... |
151,524 | 79,912 |