List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation

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Newspapers have been widely distributed in the United Kingdom for hundreds of years. Sales rose during the 1800s and continued to do so until the middle of the 20th century, when they reached their peak circulation, however since then their readership has significantly declined. Today, the UK's most highly circulating paper is the free sheet Metro whilst other popular titles include tabloids such as The Sun and Daily Mirror, middle market papers such as the Daily Mail and Daily Express and broadsheet newspapers such as The Times, The Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times and The Guardian.

History

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At the start of the 19th century, the highest-circulation newspaper in the United Kingdom 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bartleby.com/224/0405.html|title=§5. Progress of journalism in the Victorian era. IV. The Growth of Journalism. Vol. 14. The Victorian Age, Part Two. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21|website=www.bartleby.com|date=26 June 2022 }}

Pubs 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,{{clarify|date=February 2016}} the Morning Advertiser, had the second highest circulation. Sales of The Times were around 40,000,John B. Thomson, Ideology and Modern Culture and it had around 80% of the entire daily newspaper market,Robert L. Bishop, "[http://gaz.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/31/3/205 The Decline of National Newspapers in the UK]", International Communication Gazette 1983: 31, p.206 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 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 eight million in 1950.{{cite news |date=11 May 2001 |title=Sundays get a roasting |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/archive-content/sundays-get-a-roasting/ |work=Press Gazette}}

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Since the 1950s, there has been a gradual decline in newspaper sales. The availability of multimedia news platforms has accelerated this decline in the 21st century, and by the close of 2014, no UK daily or Sunday newspaper had a circulation exceeding two million."[http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/newspaper-publishers-nrs-abc-circulation-readership-digital-june-2014 UK newspaper readership falls twice as fast as circulation]", 28 August 2014{{cite news|last=Greenslade|first=Roy|date=2014-11-07|title=The Sun slips below 2m daily sale for the first time in 43 years|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/nov/07/sun-abcs|access-date=2020-09-05|issn=0261-3077}} The overall circulation of newspapers declined by 6.6% in 2014–15.http://www.mediareform.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Who_owns_the_UK_media-report_plus_appendix.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} In February 2018 The Sun's 40-year dominance at the top of the circulation charts was eclipsed by the free Metro newspaper for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-abcs-metro-climbs-above-the-suns-total-circulation-as-mirror-and-telegraph-titles-post-double-digit-drops/|title=National newspaper ABCs: Metro climbs above The Sun's total circulation as Mirror and Telegraph titles post double-digit drops|first=Charlotte|last=Tobitt|date=15 March 2018|work=Press Gazette}} In May 2020 the Audit Bureau of Circulations, which records and audits sales, stated that monthly publication of circulation figures would no longer be automatic, as publishers were concerned that they had become a "negative narrative of decline". The first newspapers to decline to publish circulation figures were The Telegraph, The Sun and The Times.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52754762|title=ABC figures: Newspapers will no longer have to publish sales|date=20 May 2020|work=BBC News}}

Daily newspapers

= 2020 to present =

Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year. Regardless of immediate source, all figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. In the 2020s, several newspapers stopped reporting circulation figures.

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!2025{{Cite web |title=Reports and Certificates |url=https://www.abc.org.uk/data/reports-and-certificates |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=www.abc.org.uk |language=en-gb}}

!2024{{Cite web |title=Reports & Certificates - ABC UK |url=https://www.abc.org.uk/data/reports-and-certificates |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=www.abc.org.uk}}

!2023{{Cite web |last=Tobitt |first=Charlotte |date=2023-02-22 |title=National press ABCs: Daily Mail dips below 800,000 for first time in January |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures-2/ |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}

! data-sort-type="number" | 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures/|access-date=23 February 2022|date=23 February 2022|first1=Charlotte |last1=Tobitt|first2=Aisha|last2=Majid|title=National press ABCs: Daily Mail top of pack while biggest drop at Daily Star Sunday|publisher=Press Gazette}}

!data-sort-type="number" | 2021{{cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/most-popular-newspapers-uk-abc-monthly-circulation-figures/|access-date=24 February 2021|date=23 February 2021|first1=Charlotte |last1=Tobitt|first2=Aisha|last2=Majid|title=National press ABCs: Impact of latest UK lockdown on circulation|publisher=Press Gazette}}

!data-sort-type="number" | 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-abc-daily-star-sunday-print-drop-first-2020-circulation-figures/|access-date=21 February 2020|date=20 February 2020|first=Freddy |last=Mayhew|title=National newspaper ABCs: Daily Star Sunday sees biggest print drop in first 2020 circulation figures|publisher=Press Gazette}}

Metro

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|953,475

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Daily Mail

|687,063

|735,857

|797,704

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Evening Standard

|N/A

|314,285

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Daily Mirror

|205,332

|240,799

|277,550

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Daily Express

|128,551

|152,699

|176,264

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Daily Star

|111,082

|132,979

|157,612

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|122,487

|126,308

|134,277

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Financial Times

|109,995

|115,118

|114,685

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City A.M.

|68,053

|N/A

|67,090

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|N/A

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Daily Record

|44,207

|52,978

|61,883

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The Guardian

|N/A

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The Sun

|N/A

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The Times

|N/A

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The Daily Telegraph

|N/A

|360,345

=2010–2019=

Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year. Regardless of immediate source, all figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

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! data-sort-type="number" | 2019Freddy Mayhew, "[https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-abcs-mail-titles-see-year-on-year-circulation-lift-as-bulk-sales-distortion-ends/ National newspaper ABCs: Mail titles see slower year-on-year circulation decline as bulk sales distortion ends]", Press Gazette, 14 February 2019

! data-sort-type="number" | 2018"[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-print-abcs-daily-star-overtakes-daily-telegraph-for-first-time-in-over-a-year/ National newspaper print ABCs: Daily Star overtakes Daily Telegraph for first time in over a year + full figures for Jan]", Press Gazette, 15 February 2018

! data-sort-type="number" | 2017"[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-newspaper-print-abcs-for-jan-2017-observer-up-year-on-year-the-sun-is-fastest-riser-month-on-month/ National newspaper print ABCs for Jan 2017: Observer up year on year, The Sun is fastest riser month on month]", Press Gazette, 16 February 2017

! data-sort-type="number" | 2016"[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-press-print-abcs-january-mirror-losing-ground-against-cut-price-star-ahead-new-launch National press print ABCs for January: Mirror losing ground against cut-price Star ahead of new launch]", Press Gazette, 18 February 2016

! data-sort-type="number" | 2015"[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/national-press-abcs-times-bucks-trend-again-32-cent-print-circulation-boost ABCs: National daily newspaper circulation January 2015]", Press Gazette, 06 February 2015

! data-sort-type="number" | 2014"[https://www.theguardian.com/media/table/2014/mar/14/abcs-national-newspapers ABCs: National daily newspaper circulation January 2014]", The Guardian, 14 February 2014

! data-sort-type="number" | 2013"[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/uk-national-newspaper-sales-relatively-strong-performances-sun-and-mirror UK national newspaper sales: Relatively strong performances from Sun and Mirror]", Press Gazette, 8 February 2013

! data-sort-type="number" | 2012"[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=48913&c=1 First official figures give The Sun Sunday 3.2m circ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310112424/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=48913&c=1|date=2012-03-10}}", Press Gazette, 9 March 2012

! data-sort-type="number" | 2011Oliver Luft, "[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=46681&c=1 ABC: i debuts with daily circulation of 133,472 in January] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405093336/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=46681&c=1|date=2012-04-05}}", Press Gazette, 11 February 2011

! data-sort-type="number" | 2010"[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=45046&c=1 ABCs: Sun back over 3m but Star is only climber]", Press Gazette, 12 February 2010Oliver Luft, "[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=45045&c=1 ABC: Telegraph drops below 700,000]", Press Gazette, 12 February 2010

Metro

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The Sun

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Daily Mail

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Evening Standard

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|{{sort|0877532|{{formatnum:877532}}}}"[http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/47203363.pdf Regional Publications Certificate of Circulation: London Evening Standard: January 2015]", Audit Bureau of Circulations

|{{sort|0805309|{{formatnum:805309}}}}"[http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/19125457.pdf Regional Publications Certificate of Circulation: London Evening Standard: January 2014]", Audit Bureau of Circulations

|{{sort|0695645|{{formatnum:695645}}}}"[http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/18504420.pdf Regional Publications Certificate of Circulation: London Evening Standard: January 2013]", Audit Bureau of Circulations

|{{sort|0699368|{{formatnum:699368}}}}"[http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17707305.pdf Regional Publications Certificate of Circulation: London Evening Standard: January 2012]", Audit Bureau of Circulations

|{{sort|0704008|{{formatnum:704008}}}}"[http://www.abc.org.uk/Certificates/17206529.pdf London Evening Standard Certificate of Circulation]", Audit Bureau of Circulations

|{{sort|0601960|{{formatnum:601960}}}}[http://www.newspapersoc.org.uk/default.aspx?page=1921 Daily Paid & Free], Newspaper Society

Daily Mirror

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The Times

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The Daily Telegraph

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Daily Star

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Daily Express

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Financial Times

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The Guardian

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Daily Record

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City A.M.

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The Independent

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=2000–2009=

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.

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!data-sort-type="number" | 2009Paul McNally, "[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=43022&c=1 January ABCs: Daily Star is lone riser after price cut]", Press Gazette, 6 February 2009Oliver Luft, "[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=44151&c=1 ABC bulks probe: National sales figures revised] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100309055455/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=44151&c=1 |date=2010-03-09 }}", Press Gazette, 14 August 2009

!data-sort-type="number" | 2008"[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=40210§ioncode=1 January ABCs: Sun sales back above three million]", Press Gazette, 8 February 2008

!data-sort-type="number" | 2007"[http://www.abce.org.uk/cgi-bin/dmr.cgi?runprog=abce/abce&o=&c=&type=subreports&pfile=Multi_Platform/Multi_Platform_Report_2008-01.pdf&menuid=abce_database|multi&breadcrumbonly= Multi Platform Monthly Report: January 2008]", Audit Bureau of Circulations

!data-sort-type="number" | 2006Dominic Ponsford, "[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=33247§ioncode=1 January ABCs: Observer up 21 per cent following relaunch to 542,000 sales]", Press Gazette, 17 February 2006

!2005

!2004"[http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/tables/0,,1149442,00.html National daily newspaper circulations: January 2004]", Media Guardian

!2003"[http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/tables/0,,893996,00.html National daily newspaper circulations: January 2003]", Media Guardian, 12 February 2003

!2002"[http://media.guardian.co.uk/circulationfigures/tables/0,,648560,00.html National daily newspaper circulations: January 2002]", Media Guardian, 11 February 2002

!data-sort-type="number" | 2001

!data-sort-type="number" | 2000

The Sun

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Daily Mail

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Daily Mirror

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The Daily Telegraph

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|{{sort|1013653|{{formatnum:1013653}}}}

|{{sort|1022263|{{formatnum:1022263}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15931081|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|1039749|{{formatnum:1039749}}}}

Daily Star

|{{sort|0768534|{{formatnum:768534}}}}

|{{sort|0722969|{{formatnum:722969}}}}

|{{sort|0773637|{{formatnum:773637}}}}

|{{sort|0820070|{{formatnum:820070}}}}

|{{sort|0861825|{{formatnum:861825}}}}

|{{sort|0901879|{{formatnum:901879}}}}

|{{sort|0835343|{{formatnum:835343}}}}

|{{sort|0706554|{{formatnum:706554}}}}

|{{sort|0543807|{{formatnum:543807}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15930310|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|0502647|{{formatnum:502647}}}}

Daily Express

|{{sort|0736340|{{formatnum:736340}}}}

|{{sort|0752699|{{formatnum:752699}}}}

|{{sort|0771325|{{formatnum:771325}}}}

|{{sort|0849001|{{formatnum:849001}}}}

|{{sort|0949238|{{formatnum:949238}}}}

|{{sort|0956649|{{formatnum:956649}}}}

|{{sort|0983391|{{formatnum:983391}}}}

|{{sort|0991560|{{formatnum:991560}}}}

|{{sort|0979042|{{formatnum:979042}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15930860|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|1050846|{{formatnum:1050846}}}}

The Times

|{{sort|0617483|{{formatnum:617483}}}}

|{{sort|0633718|{{formatnum:633718}}}}

|{{sort|0670054|{{formatnum:670054}}}}

|{{sort|0685081|{{formatnum:685081}}}}

|{{sort|0686327|{{formatnum:686327}}}}

|{{sort|0660713|{{formatnum:660713}}}}

|{{sort|0671340|{{formatnum:671340}}}}

|{{sort|0711295|{{formatnum:711295}}}}

|{{sort|0734220|{{formatnum:734220}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15931311|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|0726349|{{formatnum:726349}}}}

Financial Times

|{{sort|0426676|{{formatnum:426676}}}}

|{{sort|0452448|{{formatnum:452448}}}}

|{{sort|0439104|{{formatnum:439104}}}}

|{{sort|0441840|{{formatnum:441840}}}}

|{{sort|0422519|{{formatnum:422519}}}}

|{{sort|0422543|{{formatnum:422543}}}}

|{{sort|0431875|{{formatnum:431875}}}}

|{{sort|0475475|{{formatnum:475475}}}}

|{{sort|0478161|{{formatnum:478161}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15931201|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|0435478|{{formatnum:435478}}}}

The Guardian

|{{sort|0358844|{{formatnum:358844}}}}

|{{sort|0378394|{{formatnum:378394}}}}

|{{sort|0384070|{{formatnum:384070}}}}

|{{sort|0394913|{{formatnum:394913}}}}

|{{sort|0376816|{{formatnum:376816}}}}

|{{sort|0383157|{{formatnum:383157}}}}

|{{sort|0409568|{{formatnum:409568}}}}

|{{sort|0411386|{{formatnum:411386}}}}

|{{sort|0410152|{{formatnum:410152}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15931191|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|0401560|{{formatnum:401560}}}}

Daily Record

|{{sort|0354302|{{formatnum:354302}}}}Owen Amos, "[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=43027&c=1 January ABCs: Scotland's best performance is 9.3% fall]", Press Gazette, 6 February 2009

|{{sort|0393788|{{formatnum:393788}}}}

|{{sort|0418628|{{formatnum:418628}}}}

|{{sort|0451932|{{formatnum:451932}}}}

|{{sort|0471708|{{formatnum:471708}}}}

|{{sort|0503077|{{formatnum:503077}}}}

|{{sort|0520540|{{formatnum:520540}}}}

|{{sort|0584290|{{formatnum:584290}}}}

|{{sort|0603914|{{formatnum:603914}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15930200|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|0626646|{{formatnum:626646}}}}

Evening Standard

|{{sort|0237403|{{formatnum:237403}}}}Dominic Ponsford, "[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=43023 January ABCs: Standard losing sales at rate of 14.5%]", Press Gazette, 6 February 2009

|{{sort|0294823|{{formatnum:294823}}}}

|{{sort|0276562|{{formatnum:276562}}}}

|{{sort|0337080|{{formatnum:337080}}}}

|{{sort|0350671|{{formatnum:350671}}}}

|{{sort|0395090|{{formatnum:395090}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5|title=Home - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|0424177|{{formatnum:424177}}}}{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

|{{sort|0410104|{{formatnum:410104}}}}{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

|{{sort|0432661|{{formatnum:432661}}}}{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

|{{sort|0440287|{{formatnum:440287}}}}{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

The Independent

|{{sort|0215504|{{formatnum:215504}}}}

|{{sort|0250641|{{formatnum:250641}}}}

|{{sort|0263503|{{formatnum:263503}}}}

|{{sort|0258387|{{formatnum:258387}}}}

|{{sort|0257100|{{formatnum:257100}}}}

|{{sort|0248876|{{formatnum:248876}}}}

|{{sort|0221926|{{formatnum:221926}}}}

|{{sort|0224655|{{formatnum:224655}}}}

|{{sort|0223645|{{formatnum:223645}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&breadcrumbonly=y&p=&type=ind&id=15930970&menuid=abcdata%7Cnewspdata%7Cnationalnews2|title=Newsbrands Report - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|0222106|{{formatnum:222106}}}}

=1950–1999=

Figures shown are average circulations for each year. Figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Title

!1997John Frain, Introduction to Marketing, p.372

!1992Ivor Crewe, Brian Gosschalk, Political Communications, p.172

!1987Justin Fisher, D. T. Denver and John Benyon, Central Debates in British Politics, p.197

!1980[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073311/http://www.mmc.gov.uk/rep_pub/reports/1985/fulltext/190c02.pdf United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC], Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1985), pp.5–16

!1976

!1966

!1961

!1956Tony Shaw, Eden, Suez and the Mass Media, p.197

The Sun

|{{sort|3877097|{{formatnum:3877097}}}}

|{{sort|3570562|{{formatnum:3570562}}}}

|{{sort|3993000|{{formatnum:3993000}}}}

|{{sort|3741000|{{formatnum:3741000}}}}

|{{sort|3708000|{{formatnum:3708000}}}}

|{{sort|1238000|{{formatnum:1238000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Daily Mirror

|{{sort|2442078|{{formatnum:2442078}}}}

|{{sort|2900000|{{formatnum:2900000}}}}Crewe and Gosschalk give a figure of 3,660,756 for the Mirror and Record combined. This is an approximate figure found by subtracting the Record circulation given by Seawright and rounding to the nearest 100,000.

|{{sort|3123000|{{formatnum:3123000}}}}

|{{sort|3625000|{{formatnum:3625000}}}}

|{{sort|3851000|{{formatnum:3851000}}}}

|{{sort|5123000|{{formatnum:5123000}}}}

|{{sort|4561000|{{formatnum:4561000}}}}

|{{sort|4649696|{{formatnum:4649696}}}}

Daily Mail

|{{sort|2344183|{{formatnum:2344183}}}}

|{{sort|1675453|{{formatnum:1675453}}}}

|{{sort|1759000|{{formatnum:1759000}}}}

|{{sort|1948000|{{formatnum:1948000}}}}

|{{sort|1755000|{{formatnum:1755000}}}}

|{{sort|2318000|{{formatnum:2318000}}}}

|{{sort|2610000|{{formatnum:2610000}}}}

|{{sort|2071708|{{formatnum:2071708}}}}

Daily Express

|{{sort|1241336|{{formatnum:1241336}}}}

|{{sort|1524786|{{formatnum:1524786}}}}

|{{sort|1697000|{{formatnum:1697000}}}}

|{{sort|2194000|{{formatnum:2194000}}}}

|{{sort|2594000|{{formatnum:2594000}}}}

|{{sort|3978000|{{formatnum:3978000}}}}

|{{sort|4328000|{{formatnum:4328000}}}}

|{{sort|4042334|{{formatnum:4042334}}}}

The Daily Telegraph

|{{sort|1129777|{{formatnum:1129777}}}}

|{{sort|1038138|{{formatnum:1038138}}}}

|{{sort|1147000|{{formatnum:1147000}}}}

|{{sort|1439000|{{formatnum:1439000}}}}

|{{sort|1308000|{{formatnum:1308000}}}}

|{{sort|1353000|{{formatnum:1353000}}}}

|{{sort|1248000|{{formatnum:1248000}}}}

|{{sort|1075460|{{formatnum:1075460}}}}

The Times

|{{sort|0821000|{{formatnum:821000}}}}

|{{sort|0386258|{{formatnum:386258}}}}

|{{sort|0442000|{{formatnum:442000}}}}

|{{sort|0297000|{{formatnum:297000}}}}

|{{sort|0310000|{{formatnum:310000}}}}

|{{sort|0282000|{{formatnum:282000}}}}

|{{sort|0253000|{{formatnum:253000}}}}

|{{sort|0220716|{{formatnum:220716}}}}

Daily Star

|{{sort|0729991|{{formatnum:729991}}}}

|{{sort|0805793|{{formatnum:805793}}}}

|{{sort|1289000|{{formatnum:1289000}}}}

|{{sort|1034000|{{formatnum:1034000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Daily Record

|{{sort|0703090|{{formatnum:703090}}}}

|{{sort|0755026|{{formatnum:755026}}}}David Seawright, An Important Matter of Principle, p.183

|{{sort|0732000|{{formatnum:732000}}}}

The Guardian

|{{sort|0428010|{{formatnum:428010}}}}

|{{sort|0429062|{{formatnum:429062}}}}

|{{sort|0494000|{{formatnum:494000}}}}

|{{sort|0377000|{{formatnum:377000}}}}

|{{sort|0306000|{{formatnum:306000}}}}

|{{sort|0281000|{{formatnum:281000}}}}

|{{sort|0245000|{{formatnum:245000}}}}

|{{sort|0163585|{{formatnum:163585}}}}

Financial Times

|{{sort|0326516|{{formatnum:326516}}}}

|{{sort|0290204|{{formatnum:290204}}}}

|{{sort|0280000|{{formatnum:280000}}}}

|{{sort|0197000|{{formatnum:197000}}}}

|{{sort|0174000|{{formatnum:174000}}}}

|{{sort|0152000|{{formatnum:152000}}}}

|{{sort|0132000|{{formatnum:132000}}}}

|{{sort|0080518|{{formatnum:80518}}}}

The Independent

|{{sort|0288182|{{formatnum:288182}}}}

|{{sort|0389523|{{formatnum:389523}}}}

|{{sort|0293000|{{formatnum:293000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Today

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0533177|{{formatnum:533177}}}}

|{{sort|0350000|{{formatnum:350000}}}}Andreas H. Jucker, Social Stylistics, p.47

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Daily Herald

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|1394000|{{formatnum:1394000}}}}

|{{sort|1693997|{{formatnum:1693997}}}}

Daily Sketch

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0857000|{{formatnum:857000}}}}

|{{sort|0981000|{{formatnum:981000}}}}

|{{sort|1123855|{{formatnum:1123855}}}}

Daily Worker

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0060000|{{formatnum:60000}}}}

News Chronicle

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|1442438|{{formatnum:1442438}}}}

=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 duty returns. Those from 1910, 1921 and 1930 are the most uncertain and rely on information originating from T. B. Browne's Advertiser's ABC.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Title

!1947

!1939James Curran et al., Impacts and Influences, p.29

!1930

!1921

!1910British Political Facts 1900-1968, p.284

!1863Samuel Rhoads and Enoch Lewis, Friends' Review, p.603

!1852William Turner Coggeshall, The Newspaper Record, pp.87–89. Figures for newspapers published outside London are calculated from annual sales assuming 312 issues per year.

!1838The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, pp.195

Daily Express

|{{sort|3855000|{{formatnum:3855000}}}}

|{{sort|2546000|{{formatnum:2546000}}}}

|{{sort|1693000|{{formatnum:1693000}}}}

|{{sort|0579000|{{formatnum:579000}}}}

|{{sort|0400000|{{formatnum:400000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Daily Mirror

|{{sort|3702000|{{formatnum:3702000}}}}

|{{sort|1571000|{{formatnum:1571000}}}}

|{{sort|1071000|{{formatnum:1071000}}}}

|{{sort|1003000|{{formatnum:1003000}}}}

|{{sort|0630000|{{formatnum:630000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Daily Herald

|{{sort|2134000|{{formatnum:2134000}}}}

|{{sort|1850000|{{formatnum:1850000}}}}

|{{sort|1082000|{{formatnum:1082000}}}}

|{{sort|0211000|{{formatnum:211000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Daily Mail

|{{sort|2076000|{{formatnum:2076000}}}}

|{{sort|1533000|{{formatnum:1533000}}}}

|{{sort|1845000|{{formatnum:1845000}}}}

|{{sort|1533000|{{formatnum:1533000}}}}

|{{sort|0900000|{{formatnum:900000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

News Chronicle

|{{sort|1623000|{{formatnum:1623000}}}}

|{{sort|1571000|{{formatnum:1571000}}}}

|{{sort|1400000|{{formatnum:1400000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

The Daily Telegraph

|{{sort|1015000|{{formatnum:1015000}}}}

|{{sort|0737000|{{formatnum:737000}}}}

|{{sort|0090000|{{formatnum:90000}}}}

|{{sort|0180000|{{formatnum:180000}}}}

|{{sort|0230000|{{formatnum:230000}}}}

|{{sort|0120000|{{formatnum:120000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Daily Sketch

|{{sort|0772000|{{formatnum:772000}}}}

|{{sort|0750000|{{formatnum:750000}}}}

|{{sort|1013000|{{formatnum:1013000}}}}

|{{sort|0835000|{{formatnum:835000}}}}

|{{sort|0750000|{{formatnum:750000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

The Times

|{{sort|0268000|{{formatnum:268000}}}}

|{{sort|0204000|{{formatnum:204000}}}}

|{{sort|0187000|{{formatnum:187000}}}}

|{{sort|0113000|{{formatnum:113000}}}}

|{{sort|0045000|{{formatnum:45000}}}}

|{{sort|0040000|{{formatnum:40000}}}}

|{{sort|0042384|{{formatnum:42384}}}}

|{{sort|0011660|{{formatnum:11660}}}}

Manchester Guardian

|{{sort|0126000|{{formatnum:126000}}}}

|{{sort|051000|{{formatnum:51000}}}}

|{{sort|047000|{{formatnum:47000}}}}

|{{sort|040000|{{formatnum:40000}}}}

|{{sort|003173|{{formatnum:3173}}}}

Daily Worker

|{{sort|0118000|{{formatnum:118000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Financial Times

|{{sort|0071000|{{formatnum:71000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Morning Advertiser

|{{sort|0030000|{{formatnum:30000}}}}Viscount Camrose, British Newspapers and their Controllers

|{{sort|0020000|{{formatnum:20000}}}}

|{{sort|007124|{{formatnum:7124}}}}

|{{sort|005000|{{formatnum:5000}}}}

Daily Chronicle

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0661000|{{formatnum:661000}}}}

|{{sort|0800000|{{formatnum:800000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Daily News

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0300000|{{formatnum:300000}}}}

|{{sort|005000|{{formatnum:5000}}}}

|{{sort|003938|{{formatnum:3938}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Morning Post

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0119000|{{formatnum:119000}}}}

|{{sort|0050000|{{formatnum:50000}}}}

|{{sort|002673|{{formatnum:2673}}}}

|{{sort|002800|{{formatnum:2800}}}}

Morning Star

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0020000|{{formatnum:20000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Morning Herald

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|002000|{{formatnum:2000}}}}

|{{sort|004112|{{formatnum:4112}}}}

|{{sort|006150|{{formatnum:6150}}}}

North British Daily Advertiser

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|002458|{{formatnum:2458}}}}

Morning Chronicle

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|002283|{{formatnum:2283}}}}

|{{sort|006630|{{formatnum:6630}}}}

Sunday newspapers

= 2020 to present =

Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year. Only newspapers with circulations of more than 50,000 copies in January 2020 are listed. Regardless of immediate source, all figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. In the 2020s, several newspapers stopped reporting circulation figures.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Title

!2022

!2021

!2020

The Mail on Sunday

|{{sort|783656|{{formatnum:783656}}}}

|{{sort|853521|{{formatnum:853521}}}}

|{{sort|0967043|{{formatnum:967043}}}}

Sunday Mirror

|{{sort|265771|{{formatnum:265771}}}}

|{{sort|305444|{{formatnum:305444}}}}

|{{sort|0367244|{{formatnum:367244}}}}

Sunday Express

|{{sort|191062|{{formatnum:191062}}}}

|{{sort|213256|{{formatnum:213256}}}}

|{{sort|0252733|{{formatnum:252733}}}}

Daily Star Sunday

|{{sort|110133|{{formatnum:110133}}}}

|{{sort|136574|{{formatnum:136574}}}}

|{{sort|0162345|{{formatnum:162345}}}}

The Sunday People

|{{sort|098107|{{formatnum:98107}}}}

|{{sort|118233|{{formatnum:118233}}}}

|{{sort|0139698|{{formatnum:139698}}}}

Sunday Mail

|{{sort|074865|{{formatnum:74865}}}}

|{{sort|088819|{{formatnum:88819}}}}

|{{sort|0105451|{{formatnum:105451}}}}

Sunday Post

|{{sort|056041|{{formatnum:56041}}}}

|{{sort|067530|{{formatnum:67530}}}}

|{{sort|086953|{{formatnum:86953}}}}

The Observer

|N/A

|{{sort|143764|{{formatnum:143764}}}}

|{{sort|0156217|{{formatnum:156217}}}}

The Sun on Sunday

|N/A

|{{sort|1042193|{{formatnum:1042193}}}}

The Sunday Times

|N/A

|{{sort|0645108|{{formatnum:645108}}}}

The Sunday Telegraph

|N/A

|{{sort|0278558|{{formatnum:278558}}}}

= 2010–2019 =

Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year. Only newspapers with circulations of more than 100,000 copies in January 2010 are listed. Regardless of immediate source, all figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Title

!2019

!2018

!2017

!2016

!2015

!2014"[https://www.theguardian.com/media/table/2014/feb/14/abcs-national-newspapers ABCs: National Sunday newspaper circulation January 2014]", The Guardian, 14 February 2014

!2013

!2012{{cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode%3D1%26storycode%3D48913%26c%3D1 |title=First official figures give the Sun Sunday 3.2m circ - Press Gazette |access-date=2012-03-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310112424/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=48913&c=1 |archive-date=2012-03-10 }}

!2011

!2010

The Sun on Sunday

|{{sort|1178687|{{formatnum:1178687}}}}

|{{sort|1286859|{{formatnum:1286859}}}}

|{{sort|1375539|{{formatnum:1375539}}}}

|{{sort|1487301|{{formatnum:1487301}}}}

|{{sort|1582359|{{formatnum:1582359}}}}

|{{sort|1800830|{{formatnum:1800830}}}}

|{{sort|2010826|{{formatnum:2010826}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

The Mail on Sunday

|{{sort|1032870|{{formatnum:1032870}}}}

|{{sort|1106067|{{formatnum:1106067}}}}

|{{sort|1257984|{{formatnum:1257984}}}}

|{{sort|1388059|{{formatnum:1388059}}}}

|{{sort|1461571|{{formatnum:1461571}}}}

|{{sort|1586979|{{formatnum:1586979}}}}

|{{sort|1715707|{{formatnum:1715707}}}}

|{{sort|1882469|{{formatnum:1882469}}}}

|{{sort|1958083|{{formatnum:1958083}}}}

|{{sort|2048008|{{formatnum:2048008}}}}

The Sunday Times

|{{sort|0712291|{{formatnum:712291}}}}

|{{sort|0739845|{{formatnum:739845}}}}

|{{sort|0792324|{{formatnum:792324}}}}

|{{sort|0770370|{{formatnum:770370}}}}

|{{sort|0801623|{{formatnum:801623}}}}

|{{sort|0817642|{{formatnum:817642}}}}

|{{sort|0885612|{{formatnum:885612}}}}

|{{sort|0939395|{{formatnum:939395}}}}

|{{sort|1039371|{{formatnum:1039371}}}}

|{{sort|1144929|{{formatnum:1144929}}}}

Sunday Mirror

|{{sort|0431419|{{formatnum:431419}}}}

|{{sort|0506866|{{formatnum:506866}}}}

|{{sort|0629277|{{formatnum:629277}}}}

|{{sort|0749061|{{formatnum:749061}}}}

|{{sort|0877910|{{formatnum:877910}}}}

|{{sort|0948754|{{formatnum:948754}}}}

|{{sort|1039150|{{formatnum:1039150}}}}

|{{sort|1594293|{{formatnum:1594293}}}}

|{{sort|1092816|{{formatnum:1092816}}}}

|{{sort|1124620|{{formatnum:1124620}}}}

Sunday Express

|{{sort|0280684|{{formatnum:280684}}}}

|{{sort|0309958|{{formatnum:309958}}}}

|{{sort|0335772|{{formatnum:335772}}}}

|{{sort|0369666|{{formatnum:369666}}}}

|{{sort|0397601|{{formatnum:397601}}}}

|{{sort|0430601|{{formatnum:430601}}}}

|{{sort|0471625|{{formatnum:471625}}}}

|{{sort|0567800|{{formatnum:567800}}}}

|{{sort|0550269|{{formatnum:550269}}}}

|{{sort|0585023|{{formatnum:585023}}}}

The Sunday Telegraph

|{{sort|0278558|{{formatnum:278558}}}}

|{{sort|0298720|{{formatnum:298720}}}}

|{{sort|0359400|{{formatnum:359400}}}}

|{{sort|0355044|{{formatnum:355044}}}}

|{{sort|0381347|{{formatnum:381347}}}}

|{{sort|0429285|{{formatnum:429285}}}}

|{{sort|0435036|{{formatnum:435036}}}}

|{{sort|0461280|{{formatnum:461280}}}}

|{{sort|0527742|{{formatnum:527742}}}}

|{{sort|0602306|{{formatnum:602306}}}}

Daily Star Sunday

|{{sort|0201969|{{formatnum:201969}}}}

|{{sort|0236631|{{formatnum:236631}}}}

|{{sort|0256801|{{formatnum:256801}}}}

|{{sort|0299146|{{formatnum:299146}}}}

|{{sort|0265382|{{formatnum:265382}}}}

|{{sort|0310063|{{formatnum:310063}}}}

|{{sort|0345885|{{formatnum:345885}}}}

|{{sort|0599078|{{formatnum:599078}}}}

|{{sort|0316712|{{formatnum:316712}}}}

|{{sort|0358814|{{formatnum:358814}}}}

The Observer

|{{sort|0163694|{{formatnum:163694}}}}

|{{sort|0176795|{{formatnum:176795}}}}

|{{sort|0185752|{{formatnum:185752}}}}

|{{sort|0183210|{{formatnum:183210}}}}

|{{sort|0198368|{{formatnum:198368}}}}

|{{sort|0225474|{{formatnum:225474}}}}

|{{sort|0225194|{{formatnum:225194}}}}

|{{sort|0253022|{{formatnum:253022}}}}

|{{sort|0314164|{{formatnum:314164}}}}

|{{sort|0354565|{{formatnum:354565}}}}

The Sunday People

|{{sort|0159836|{{formatnum:159836}}}}

|{{sort|0193839|{{formatnum:193839}}}}

|{{sort|0240846|{{formatnum:240846}}}}

|{{sort|0279837|{{formatnum:279837}}}}

|{{sort|0335093|{{formatnum:335093}}}}

|{{sort|0374820|{{formatnum:374820}}}}

|{{sort|0429167|{{formatnum:429167}}}}

|{{sort|0701246|{{formatnum:701246}}}}

|{{sort|0500866|{{formatnum:500866}}}}

|{{sort|0532975|{{formatnum:532975}}}}

Sunday Mail

|{{sort|0123755|{{formatnum:123755}}}}

|{{sort|0140743|{{formatnum:140743}}}}

|{{sort|0168164|{{formatnum:168164}}}}

|{{sort|0195167|{{formatnum:195167}}}}

|{{sort|0222879|{{formatnum:222879}}}}

|{{sort|0256052|{{formatnum:256052}}}}

|{{sort|0283861|{{formatnum:283861}}}}

|{{sort|0376898|{{formatnum:376898}}}}

|{{sort|0366325|{{formatnum:366325}}}}

|{{sort|0395126|{{formatnum:395126}}}}

Sunday Post

|{{sort|0107336|{{formatnum:107336}}}}

|{{sort|0123393|{{formatnum:123393}}}}

|{{sort|0143169|{{formatnum:143169}}}}

|{{sort|0163037|{{formatnum:163037}}}}

|{{sort|0187260|{{formatnum:187260}}}}

|TBA

|{{sort|0242555|{{formatnum:242555}}}}

|{{sort|0291623|{{formatnum:291623}}}}

|{{sort|0317896|{{formatnum:317896}}}}

|{{sort|0337398|{{formatnum:337398}}}}

Independent on Sunday

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0091644|{{formatnum:91644}}}}

|{{sort|0097646|{{formatnum:97646}}}}

|{{sort|0101284|{{formatnum:101284}}}}

|{{sort|0114308|{{formatnum:114308}}}}

|{{sort|0124428|{{formatnum:124428}}}}

|{{sort|0152561|{{formatnum:152561}}}}

|{{sort|0153975|{{formatnum:153975}}}}

News of the World

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|2789560|{{formatnum:2789560}}}}

|{{sort|2984469|{{formatnum:2984469}}}}

=2000–2009=

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.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Title

!2009Owen Amos, "[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=43024&c=1 January ABCs: Sindy slumps 25% with drops all round]", Press Gazette, 6 February 2009

!2008

!2007

!2006

!2005

!2004"[http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/tables/0,,1149463,00.html National Sunday newspaper circulations: January 2004]", Media Guardian

!2003"[http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/tables/0,,894037,00.html National Sunday newspaper circulation January 2003]", Media Guardian, 12 February 2003

!2002"[http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/tables/0,,648638,00.html National newspaper circulation: Sundays: January 2002]", Media Guardian, 11 February 2002

!2001

!2000

News of the World

|{{sort|3031025|{{formatnum:3031025}}}}

|{{sort|3264676|{{formatnum:3264676}}}}

|{{sort|3426719|{{formatnum:3426719}}}}

|{{sort|3789176|{{formatnum:3789176}}}}

|{{sort|3823317|{{formatnum:3823317}}}}

|{{sort|3845373|{{formatnum:3845373}}}}

|{{sort|3971998|{{formatnum:3971998}}}}

|{{sort|4086621|{{formatnum:4086621}}}}

|{{sort|4026288|{{formatnum:4026288}}}}

|{{sort|4139793|{{formatnum:4139793}}}}

The Mail on Sunday

|{{sort|2134809|{{formatnum:2134809}}}}

|{{sort|2330366|{{formatnum:2330366}}}}

|{{sort|2303472|{{formatnum:2303472}}}}

|{{sort|2404511|{{formatnum:2404511}}}}

|{{sort|2446465|{{formatnum:2446465}}}}

|{{sort|2364156|{{formatnum:2364156}}}}

|{{sort|2388416|{{formatnum:2388416}}}}

|{{sort|2342860|{{formatnum:2342860}}}}

|{{sort|2373007|{{formatnum:2373007}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15932422|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|2323720|{{formatnum:2323720}}}}

Sunday Mirror

|{{sort|1244007|{{formatnum:1244007}}}}

|{{sort|1366922|{{formatnum:1366922}}}}

|{{sort|1460928|{{formatnum:1460928}}}}

|{{sort|1574054|{{formatnum:1574054}}}}

|{{sort|1652375|{{formatnum:1652375}}}}

|{{sort|1674454|{{formatnum:1674454}}}}

|{{sort|1724940|{{formatnum:1724940}}}}

|{{sort|1845860|{{formatnum:1845860}}}}

|{{sort|1831572|{{formatnum:1831572}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15931861|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|2008961|{{formatnum:2008961}}}}{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

The Sunday Times

|{{sort|1198984|{{formatnum:1198984}}}}

|{{sort|1231374|{{formatnum:1231374}}}}

|{{sort|1288421|{{formatnum:1288421}}}}

|{{sort|1375153|{{formatnum:1375153}}}}

|{{sort|1375982|{{formatnum:1375982}}}}

|{{sort|1370051|{{formatnum:1370051}}}}

|{{sort|1410539|{{formatnum:1410539}}}}

|{{sort|1405430|{{formatnum:1405430}}}}

|{{sort|1416080|{{formatnum:1416080}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15932972|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|1373900|{{formatnum:1373900}}}}

Sunday Express

|{{sort|0646971|{{formatnum:646971}}}}

|{{sort|0704436|{{formatnum:704436}}}}

|{{sort|0790068|{{formatnum:790068}}}}

|{{sort|0877101|{{formatnum:877101}}}}

|{{sort|0976055|{{formatnum:976055}}}}

|{{sort|0930001|{{formatnum:930001}}}}

|{{sort|0976346|{{formatnum:976346}}}}

|{{sort|0834999|{{formatnum:834999}}}}

|{{sort|0879622|{{formatnum:879622}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15932532|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|0974310|{{formatnum:974310}}}}

The Sunday Telegraph

|{{sort|0633639|{{formatnum:633639}}}}

|{{sort|0659841|{{formatnum:659841}}}}

|{{sort|0682739|{{formatnum:682739}}}}

|{{sort|0692107|{{formatnum:692107}}}}

|{{sort|0695522|{{formatnum:695522}}}}

|{{sort|0751038|{{formatnum:751038}}}}

|{{sort|0784069|{{formatnum:784069}}}}

|{{sort|0796840|{{formatnum:796840}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15932752|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|0822931|{{formatnum:822931}}}}

The People

|{{sort|0594552|{{formatnum:594552}}}}

|{{sort|0669362|{{formatnum:669362}}}}

|{{sort|0761595|{{formatnum:761595}}}}

|{{sort|0895275|{{formatnum:895275}}}}

|{{sort|1001389|{{formatnum:1001389}}}}

|{{sort|1055810|{{formatnum:1055810}}}}

|{{sort|1189812|{{formatnum:1189812}}}}

|{{sort|1389778|{{formatnum:1389778}}}}

|{{sort|1489260|{{formatnum:1489260}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15932192|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|1613113|{{formatnum:1613113}}}}

Daily Star Sunday

|{{sort|0359533|{{formatnum:359533}}}}

|{{sort|0382288|{{formatnum:382288}}}}

|{{sort|0378224|{{formatnum:378224}}}}

|{{sort|0439067|{{formatnum:439067}}}}

|{{sort|0459933|{{formatnum:459933}}}}

|{{sort|0556743|{{formatnum:556743}}}}

|{{sort|0510995|{{formatnum:510995}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Sunday Mail

|{{sort|0442103|{{formatnum:442103}}}}

|{{sort|0487975|{{formatnum:487975}}}}

|{{sort|0514287|{{formatnum:514287}}}}

|{{sort|0547405|{{formatnum:547405}}}}

|{{sort|0585657|{{formatnum:585657}}}}

|{{sort|0605743|{{formatnum:605743}}}}

|{{sort|0628742|{{formatnum:628742}}}}

|{{sort|0692366|{{formatnum:692366}}}}

|{{sort|0708484|{{formatnum:708484}}}}

|{{sort|0751084|{{formatnum:751084}}}}

The Observer

|{{sort|0427867|{{formatnum:427867}}}}

|{{sort|0444951|{{formatnum:444951}}}}

|{{sort|0444186|{{formatnum:444186}}}}

|{{sort|0542075|{{formatnum:542075}}}}

|{{sort|0446818|{{formatnum:446818}}}}

|{{sort|0459804|{{formatnum:459804}}}}

|{{sort|0465984|{{formatnum:465984}}}}

|{{sort|0449806|{{formatnum:449806}}}}

|{{sort|0440090|{{formatnum:440090}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15932862|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|0416460|{{formatnum:416460}}}}

Sunday Post

|{{sort|0366275|{{formatnum:366275}}}}

|{{sort|0412037|{{formatnum:412037}}}}

|{{sort|0437224|{{formatnum:437224}}}}

|{{sort|0451530|{{formatnum:451530}}}}[http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15941091 Sunday Post], Audit Bureau of Circulations. Note that circulation figures for the Sunday Post before October 2006 were given biannually; the figure given is that for the first half of the year in each case.

|{{sort|0481767|{{formatnum:481767}}}}

|{{sort|0514181|{{formatnum:514181}}}}

|{{sort|0547256|{{formatnum:547256}}}}

|{{sort|0581218|{{formatnum:581218}}}}

|{{sort|0612562|{{formatnum:612562}}}}

|{{sort|0655634|{{formatnum:655634}}}}

Independent on Sunday

|{{sort|0178798|{{formatnum:178798}}}}

|{{sort|0236500|{{formatnum:236500}}}}

|{{sort|0247829|{{formatnum:247829}}}}

|{{sort|0241414|{{formatnum:241414}}}}

|{{sort|0206527|{{formatnum:206527}}}}

|{{sort|0206087|{{formatnum:206087}}}}

|{{sort|0220028|{{formatnum:220028}}}}

|{{sort|0231869|{{formatnum:231869}}}}

|{{sort|0250462|{{formatnum:250462}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=nav/abchist&o=&c=1146940811370100101140082362014694&type=ind&id=15933083|title=Page not found - ABC - Audit Bureau of Circulations|website=www.abc.org.uk}}

|{{sort|0248630|{{formatnum:248630}}}}

Sunday Business

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0204910|{{formatnum:204910}}}}"[http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/tables/0,,1414518,00.html National Sunday newspaper circulation January 2005], Media Guardian

|{{sort|0306683|{{formatnum:306683}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

=20th century=

Figures shown are average circulations for each year. Figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Title

!1997

!1987

!1980

!1976

!1966

!1961

!1956

!1947

!1935The Political Quarterly 1935, pp.112–113

News of the World

|{{sort|4620415|{{formatnum:4620415}}}}

|{{sort|5360000|{{formatnum:5360000}}}}

|{{sort|4335000|{{formatnum:4335000}}}}

|{{sort|5138000|{{formatnum:5138000}}}}

|{{sort|6152000|{{formatnum:6152000}}}}

|{{sort|6643000|{{formatnum:6643000}}}}

|{{sort|7493463|{{formatnum:7493463}}}}

|{{sort|7890000|{{formatnum:7890000}}}}

|{{sort|3350000|{{formatnum:3350000}}}}

Sunday Mirror

|{{sort|2424000|{{formatnum:2424000}}}}

|{{sort|2953000|{{formatnum:2953000}}}}

|{{sort|3831000|{{formatnum:3831000}}}}

|{{sort|4101000|{{formatnum:4101000}}}}

|{{sort|5219000|{{formatnum:5219000}}}}

|{{sort|5306000|{{formatnum:5306000}}}}

|{{sort|5624010|{{formatnum:5624010}}}}

|{{sort|4006000|{{formatnum:4006000}}}}

|{{sort|2250000|{{formatnum:2250000}}}}

The Mail on Sunday

|{{sort|2322423|{{formatnum:2322423}}}}

|{{sort|1919000|{{formatnum:1919000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

The People

|{{sort|2001978|{{formatnum:2001978}}}}

|{{sort|2743000|{{formatnum:2743000}}}}

|{{sort|3847000|{{formatnum:3847000}}}}

|{{sort|4094000|{{formatnum:4094000}}}}

|{{sort|5560000|{{formatnum:5560000}}}}

|{{sort|5450000|{{formatnum:5450000}}}}

|{{sort|4948215|{{formatnum:4948215}}}}

|{{sort|4670000|{{formatnum:4670000}}}}

|{{sort|3000000|{{formatnum:3000000}}}}

The Sunday Times

|{{sort|1449113|{{formatnum:1449113}}}}

|{{sort|1314000|{{formatnum:1314000}}}}

|{{sort|1424000|{{formatnum:1424000}}}}

|{{sort|1382000|{{formatnum:1382000}}}}

|{{sort|1363000|{{formatnum:1363000}}}}

|{{sort|0967000|{{formatnum:967000}}}}

|{{sort|0618540|{{formatnum:618540}}}}

|{{sort|0568000|{{formatnum:568000}}}}

|{{sort|0215000|{{formatnum:215000}}}}

Sunday Express

|{{sort|1261690|{{formatnum:1261690}}}}

|{{sort|2033000|{{formatnum:2033000}}}}

|{{sort|3045000|{{formatnum:3045000}}}}

|{{sort|3451000|{{formatnum:3451000}}}}

|{{sort|4181000|{{formatnum:4181000}}}}

|{{sort|4457000|{{formatnum:4457000}}}}

|{{sort|3331127|{{formatnum:3331127}}}}

|{{sort|2577000|{{formatnum:2577000}}}}

|{{sort|1096000|{{formatnum:1096000}}}}

The Sunday Telegraph

|{{sort|0983253|{{formatnum:983253}}}}

|{{sort|0693000|{{formatnum:693000}}}}

|{{sort|1017000|{{formatnum:1017000}}}}

|{{sort|0759000|{{formatnum:759000}}}}

|{{sort|0650000|{{formatnum:650000}}}}

|{{sort|0688000|{{formatnum:688000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Sunday Mail

|{{sort|0818081|{{formatnum:818081}}}}D. T. Denver, Hugh Bochel, Scotland decides, p.79

|{{sort|0734617|{{formatnum:734617}}}}James G. Kellas, The Scottish Political System. Figures from 1981.

|{{sort|0567728|{{formatnum:567728}}}}

|{{sort|0250000|{{formatnum:250000}}}}

Sunday Post

|{{sort|0791100|{{formatnum:791100}}}}

|{{sort|1000000|{{formatnum:1000000}}}}

|{{sort|0312000|{{formatnum:312000}}}}

The Observer

|{{sort|0498086|{{formatnum:498086}}}}

|{{sort|0722000|{{formatnum:722000}}}}

|{{sort|0973000|{{formatnum:973000}}}}

|{{sort|0670000|{{formatnum:670000}}}}

|{{sort|0881000|{{formatnum:881000}}}}

|{{sort|0715000|{{formatnum:715000}}}}

|{{sort|0601042|{{formatnum:601042}}}}

|{{sort|0384000|{{formatnum:384000}}}}

|{{sort|0215000|{{formatnum:215000}}}}

Independent on Sunday

|{{sort|0311321|{{formatnum:311321}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Scotland on Sunday

|{{sort|0113516|{{formatnum:113516}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Reynolds News

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0216000|{{formatnum:216000}}}}

|{{sort|0310000|{{formatnum:310000}}}}

|{{sort|0516445|{{formatnum:516445}}}}

|{{sort|0720000|{{formatnum:720000}}}}

|{{sort|0400000|{{formatnum:400000}}}}

Sunday Dispatch

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|2420159|{{formatnum:2420159}}}}

|{{sort|2061000|{{formatnum:2061000}}}}

|{{sort|0936000|{{formatnum:936000}}}}

Sunday Graphic

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|2420159|{{formatnum:2420159}}}}

|{{sort|1185000|{{formatnum:1185000}}}}

|{{sort|0900000|{{formatnum:900000}}}}

Empire News

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|2550308|{{formatnum:2550308}}}}

|{{sort|2033177|{{formatnum:2033177}}}}

|{{sort|1535000|{{formatnum:1535000}}}}

Sunday Chronicle

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|1178000|{{formatnum:1178000}}}}

|{{sort|0830000|{{formatnum:830000}}}}

Sunday Referee

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0215000|{{formatnum:215000}}}}

=19th century=

Figures shown are average circulations for each year. Figures originate from stamp duty returns.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Title

!1863

!1853

!1838

Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper

|{{sort|0500000|{{formatnum:500000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Weekly Times

|{{sort|0200000|{{formatnum:200000}}}}

|{{sort|0065420|{{formatnum:65420}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

News of the World

|{{sort|0150000|{{formatnum:150000}}}}

|{{sort|0069296|{{formatnum:69296}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Reynold's Weekly

|{{sort|0100000|{{formatnum:100000}}}}

|{{sort|0030035|{{formatnum:30035}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Illustrated London News

|{{sort|0082331|{{formatnum:82331}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

Weekly Dispatch

|{{sort|0035420|{{formatnum:35420}}}}

|{{sort|0051570|{{formatnum:51570}}}}

Bell's Life in London

|{{sort|0027200|{{formatnum:27200}}}}

|{{sort|0020000|{{formatnum:20000}}}}

Sunday Times

|{{sort|008500|{{formatnum:8500}}}}

|{{sort|0013365|{{formatnum:13365}}}}

Weekly Chronicle

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0032327|{{formatnum:32327}}}}

Bell's Weekly Messenger

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0017274|{{formatnum:17274}}}}

Regional newspapers

Figures shown are average circulations for each year. Figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Title

!2020{{cite news |last1=Majid |first1=Aisha |title=ABCs: Regional daily newspapers see average print circulations decline 10% year-on-year |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/regional-abcs-daily-newspapers-see-average-circulations-decline-10-year-on-year/ |access-date=24 February 2022 |work=Press Gazette |date=23 February 2022}}

!2016Dominic Ponsford, "[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/uk-regional-dailies-lose-print-sales-by-average-of-12-5-per-cent-wigan-post-and-the-national-are-biggest-fallers/ UK regional dailies lose print sales by average of 12.5 per cent: Wigan Post and The National are biggest fallers]", Press Gazette, 23 February 2017

!2011Andrew Pugh, "[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/regional-abcs-circulation-falls-on-83-of-86-dailies/ Regional ABCs: circulation falls on 83 of 86 dailies]", Press Gazette, 31 August 2011

!2006Willings Press Guide Vol 1: UK (2007)

!1994Colin Seymour-Ure, The British Press and Broadcasting since 1945, pp.274-276

!1980

!1956

!1948[https://web.archive.org/web/20060211152849/http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/popular_newspapers_world_war_2_parts_1_to_5/ABC-Net-Sales.aspx ABC Net Sales 1939-1948]

!1945

!1939

Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

|30,330

|{{sort|0051880|{{formatnum:51880}}}}

|{{sort|0071044|{{formatnum:71044}}}}

|{{sort|0083947|{{formatnum:83947}}}}

|{{sort|0106960|{{formatnum:106960}}}}"[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-capture-of-the-tartan-hordes-1593169.html The capture of the tartan hordes]", The Independent, 24 July 1995

|{{sort|0113038|{{formatnum:113038}}}}

The Courier (Dundee)

|23,889

|{{sort|0039324|{{formatnum:39324}}}}

|{{sort|0061981|{{formatnum:61981}}}}

|{{sort|0077428|{{formatnum:77428}}}}

|{{sort|0108223|{{formatnum:108223}}}}

|{{sort|0135566|{{formatnum:135566}}}}

Manchester Evening News

|20,993

|{{sort|0046738|{{formatnum:46738}}}}

|{{sort|0090973|{{formatnum:90973}}}}

|{{sort|0118913|{{formatnum:118913}}}}

|{{sort|0214000|{{formatnum:214000}}}}

|{{sort|0331000|{{formatnum:331000}}}}

|{{sort|0250000|{{formatnum:250000}}}}

Liverpool Echo

|20,158

|{{sort|0043836|{{formatnum:43836}}}}

|{{sort|0085463|{{formatnum:85463}}}}

|{{sort|0121517|{{formatnum:121517}}}}

|{{sort|0173000|{{formatnum:173000}}}}

|{{sort|0236000|{{formatnum:236000}}}}

|{{sort|0284000|{{formatnum:284000}}}}

Express & Star (Wolverhampton)

|17,973

|{{sort|0054890|{{formatnum:54890}}}}

|{{sort|0113174|{{formatnum:113174}}}}

|{{sort|0158130|{{formatnum:158130}}}}

|{{sort|0217000|{{formatnum:217000}}}}

|{{sort|0149000|{{formatnum:149000}}}}

Eastern Daily Press (Norfolk)

|17,585

|{{sort|0034438|{{formatnum:34438}}}}

|{{sort|0042632|{{formatnum:42632}}}}

|{{sort|0068504|{{formatnum:68504}}}}

The Herald (Glasgow)

|{{sort|0028872

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|{{sort||}}N/A

|{{sort|0113342|{{formatnum:113342}}}}

|{{sort|0116161|{{formatnum:116161}}}}

|Hull Daily Mail

|11,621

|{{sort|0027054|{{formatnum:27054}}}}

|{{sort|0043523|{{formatnum:43523}}}}

|{{sort|0063486|{{formatnum:63486}}}}

|{{sort|0094000|{{formatnum:94000}}}}

|{{sort|0095000|{{formatnum:95000}}}}

|The Sentinel (Staffordshire)

|13,095

|{{sort|0026657|{{formatnum:26657}}}}

|{{sort|0050792|{{formatnum:50792}}}}

|{{sort|0069558|{{formatnum:69558}}}}

|{{sort|0099000|{{formatnum:99000}}}}

|{{sort|0072000|{{formatnum:72000}}}}

|Newcastle Chronicle

|11,992

|{{sort|0026578|{{formatnum:26578}}}}

|{{sort|0052486|{{formatnum:52486}}}}

|{{sort|0086287|{{formatnum:86287}}}}

|{{sort|0121000|{{formatnum:121000}}}}

|{{sort|0190000|{{formatnum:190000}}}}

|Shropshire Star

|12,883

|{{sort|0026332|{{formatnum:26332}}}}

|{{sort|0055606|{{formatnum:55606}}}}

|{{sort|0055529|{{formatnum:55529}}}}

|{{sort|0097000|{{formatnum:97000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|Leicester Mercury

|10,197

|{{sort|0025859|{{formatnum:25859}}}}

|{{sort|0051150|{{formatnum:51150}}}}

|{{sort|0077344|{{formatnum:77344}}}}

|{{sort|0122000|{{formatnum:122000}}}}

|{{sort|0100000|{{formatnum:100000}}}}

|Evening Express (Aberdeen)

|12,623

|{{sort|0025744|{{formatnum:25744}}}}

|{{sort|0047849|{{formatnum:47849}}}}

|{{sort|0056582|{{formatnum:56582}}}}

|{{sort|0070000|{{formatnum:70000}}}}

|{{sort|0081950|{{formatnum:81950}}}}

|{{sort|0114700|{{formatnum:114700}}}}

|{{sort|0067000|{{formatnum:67000}}}}

|{{sort|0104322|{{formatnum:104322}}}}

|Yorkshire Post

|13,284

|{{sort|0025178|{{formatnum:25178}}}}

|{{sort|0039698|{{formatnum:39698}}}}

|{{sort|0053881|{{formatnum:53881}}}}

|{{sort|0079094|{{formatnum:79094}}}}Bob Franklin, Pulling Newspapers Apart: Analysing Print Journalism, p.9. Figures for 1995.

|{{sort|0151524|{{formatnum:151524}}}}

|{{sort|0079912|{{formatnum:79912}}}}

|The Northern Echo (Darlington)

|23,971

|N/A{{sort||}}

|{{sort|0041181|{{formatnum:41181}}}}

|{{sort|0055404|{{formatnum:55404}}}}

|{{sort|0077425|{{formatnum:77425}}}}

|Glasgow Evening Times

|23,696

|N/A

|{{sort|0052400|{{formatnum:52400}}}}

|{{sort|0087399|{{formatnum:87399}}}}

|{{sort|0148000|{{formatnum:148000}}}}

|{{sort|0211229|{{formatnum:211229}}}}

|{{sort|0295515|{{formatnum:295515}}}}

|{{sort|0293000|{{formatnum:293000}}}}

|North Wales Daily Post

|{{sort|21802|}}21,802

|{{sort|N/A|}}N/A

|{{sort|0031802|{{formatnum:31802}}}}

|{{sort|0039651|{{formatnum:39651}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|South Wales Evening Post (Swansea)

|9,563

|{{sort|0021031|{{formatnum:21031}}}}

|{{sort|0040149|{{formatnum:40149}}}}

|{{sort|0056104|{{formatnum:56104}}}}

|{{sort|0070000|{{formatnum:70000}}}}

|{{sort|0047000|{{formatnum:47000}}}}

|Teesside Gazette

|9,104

|{{sort|0020973|{{formatnum:20973}}}}

|{{sort|0040546|{{formatnum:40546}}}}

|{{sort|0056384|{{formatnum:56384}}}}

|{{sort|0070000|{{formatnum:70000}}}}

|{{sort|0069000|{{formatnum:69000}}}}

|The News (Portsmouth)

|9,109

|{{sort|0019797|{{formatnum:19797}}}}

|{{sort|0041442|{{formatnum:41442}}}}

|{{sort|0065000|{{formatnum:65000}}}}

|{{sort|0080000|{{formatnum:80000}}}}

|{{sort|0081000|{{formatnum:81000}}}}

|Birmingham Mail

|8,628

|{{sort|0019200|{{formatnum:19200}}}}

|{{sort|0047217|{{formatnum:47217}}}}

|{{sort|0078178|{{formatnum:78178}}}}

|{{sort|0200000|{{formatnum:200000}}}}

|{{sort|0296259|{{formatnum:296259}}}}

|{{sort|0200000|{{formatnum:200000}}}}

|Derby Telegraph

|9,745

|{{sort|0018903|{{formatnum:18903}}}}

|{{sort|0032356|{{formatnum:32356}}}}

|{{sort|0047406|{{formatnum:47406}}}}

|{{sort|0067000|{{formatnum:67000}}}}

|{{sort|0046000|{{formatnum:46000}}}}

|Echo (Southend)

|18,373

|{{sort|N/A|}}N/A

|{{sort|0030108|{{formatnum:30108}}}}

|{{sort|0037887|{{formatnum:37887}}}}

|{{sort|0055000|{{formatnum:55000}}}}

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|Edinburgh Evening News

|{{sort|0|18,362}}

|{{sort||}}N/A

|{{sort|0039947|{{formatnum:39947}}}}

|{{sort|0059644|{{formatnum:59644}}}}

|{{sort|0092000|{{formatnum:92000}}}}

|{{sort|0113346|{{formatnum:113346}}}}

|{{sort|0129000|{{formatnum:129000}}}}

|Nottingham Post

|7,088

|{{sort|0017524|{{formatnum:17524}}}}

|{{sort|0035361|{{formatnum:35361}}}}

|{{sort|0065623|{{formatnum:65623}}}}

|{{sort|0113000|{{formatnum:113000}}}}

|{{sort|0090000|{{formatnum:90000}}}}

|Bristol Post

|6,331

|{{sort|0017381|{{formatnum:17381}}}}

|{{sort|0038344|{{formatnum:38344}}}}

|{{sort|0056220|{{formatnum:56220}}}}

|{{sort|0093000|{{formatnum:93000}}}}

|{{sort|0110000|{{formatnum:110000}}}}

|{{sort|0109000|{{formatnum:109000}}}}

|The Star (Sheffield)

|7,968

|{{sort|0016708|{{formatnum:16708}}}}

|{{sort|0037255|{{formatnum:37255}}}}

|{{sort|0064466|{{formatnum:64466}}}}

|{{sort|0105000|{{formatnum:105000}}}}

|{{sort|0156000|{{formatnum:156000}}}}

|Southern Daily Echo (Southampton)

|8,443

|{{sort|0016369|{{formatnum:16369}}}}

|{{sort|0031964|{{formatnum:31964}}}}

|{{sort|0042436|{{formatnum:42436}}}}

|{{sort|0064000|{{formatnum:64000}}}}

|{{sort|0060000|{{formatnum:60000}}}}

|The Herald (Plymouth)

|7,234

|{{sort|0016350|{{formatnum:16350}}}}

|{{sort|0029709|{{formatnum:29709}}}}

|{{sort|0040384|{{formatnum:40384}}}}

|{{sort|0058000|{{formatnum:58000}}}}

|{{sort|0062000|{{formatnum:62000}}}}

|Yorkshire Evening Post

|5,274

|{{sort|0016108|{{formatnum:16018}}}}

|{{sort|0036512|{{formatnum:36512}}}}

|{{sort|0062747|{{formatnum:62747}}}}

|{{sort|0114000|{{formatnum:114000}}}}

|{{sort|0250877|{{formatnum:250877}}}}

|{{sort|0204000|{{formatnum:204000}}}}

|{{sort|0185519|{{formatnum:185519}}}}

|Coventry Telegraph

|6,183

|{{sort|0014970|{{formatnum:14970}}}}

|{{sort|0034359|{{formatnum:34359}}}}

|{{sort|0053210|{{formatnum:53210}}}}

|{{sort|0085000|{{formatnum:85000}}}}

|{{sort|0050000|{{formatnum:50000}}}}

|South Wales Echo (Cardiff)

|7,573

|{{sort|0014917|{{formatnum:14917}}}}

|{{sort|0032754|{{formatnum:32754}}}}

|{{sort|0053780|{{formatnum:53780}}}}

|{{sort|0082000|{{formatnum:82000}}}}

|{{sort|0132000|{{formatnum:132000}}}}

|The Press (York)

|7,267

|{{sort|0014608|{{formatnum:14608}}}}

|{{sort|0025989|{{formatnum:25989}}}}

|{{sort|0036781|{{formatnum:36781}}}}

|{{sort|0050000|{{formatnum:50000}}}}

|{{sort|0044000|{{formatnum:44000}}}}

|Telegraph & Argus (Bradford)

|{{sort|0|13,951}}

|{{sort||}}N/A

|{{sort|0026766|{{formatnum:26766}}}}

|{{sort|0040440|{{formatnum:40440}}}}

|{{sort|0063000|{{formatnum:63000}}}}

|{{sort|0103000|{{formatnum:103000}}}}

|Bournemouth Daily Echo

|7,542

|{{sort|0013579|{{formatnum:13579}}}}

|{{sort|0026818|{{formatnum:26818}}}}

|{{sort|0034324|{{formatnum:34324}}}}

|{{sort|0050000|{{formatnum:50000}}}}

|{{sort|0045000|{{formatnum:45000}}}}

|Sunderland Echo

|{{sort|0|12,825}}

|{{sort||N/A}}

|{{sort|0032771|{{formatnum:32771}}}}

|{{sort|0045247|{{formatnum:45247}}}}

|{{sort|0062000|{{formatnum:62000}}}}

|{{sort|0057000|{{formatnum:57000}}}}

|The Argus (Brighton)

|7,531

|{{sort|0011079|{{formatnum:11079}}}}

|{{sort|0029949|{{formatnum:29949}}}}

|{{sort|0034287|{{formatnum:34287}}}}

|{{sort|0068000|{{formatnum:68000}}}}

|{{sort|0042000|{{formatnum:42000}}}}

|Lancashire Evening Post

|4,903

|{{sort|0010751|{{formatnum:10751}}}}

|{{sort|0023183|{{formatnum:23183}}}}

|{{sort|0036028|{{formatnum:36028}}}}

|{{sort|0068000|{{formatnum:68000}}}}

|{{sort|0088000|{{formatnum:88000}}}}

|Bolton News

||{{sort|0|9,607}}

|{{sort|N/A|}}N/A

|{{sort|0021940|{{formatnum:21940}}}}

|{{sort|0032575|{{formatnum:32575}}}}

|{{sort|0046000|{{formatnum:46000}}}}

|{{sort|0065000|{{formatnum:65000}}}}

|Evening Standard (London)

|N/A

|{{sort|0662608|{{formatnum:662608}}}}

|{{sort|0780820|{{formatnum:780820}}}}

|{{sort|0384419|{{formatnum:384419}}}}

|Liverpool Post

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0008217|{{formatnum:8217}}}}

|{{sort|0017858|{{formatnum:17858}}}}

|{{sort|0382169|{{formatnum:382169}}}}

|{{sort|0236986|{{formatnum:236986}}}}

|Evening News (London)

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|1121195|{{formatnum:1121195}}}}

|{{sort|1652646|{{formatnum:1652646}}}}

|{{sort|0837638|{{formatnum:837638}}}}

|The Star (London)

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0926884|{{formatnum:926884}}}}

|{{sort|1081812|{{formatnum:1081812}}}}

|{{sort|0488419|{{formatnum:488419}}}}

|Manchester Evening Chronicle

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0224000|{{formatnum:224000}}}}

|Glasgow Evening Citizen

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0144000|{{formatnum:144000}}}}

|Birmingham Evening Despatch

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0138000|{{formatnum:138000}}}}

|Yorkshire Evening News

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0122000|{{formatnum:122000}}}}

|Glasgow Evening News

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0099000|{{formatnum:99000}}}}

|Liverpool Evening Express

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0089000|{{formatnum:89000}}}}

|The Belfast Telegraph

|{{sort|0|N/A}}

|{{sort|0040042|{{formatnum:40042}}}}

|{{sort|0059319|{{formatnum:59319}}}}

|The Irish News

|{{sort|0027730|{{formatnum:27730}}}}

|{{sort|0035073|{{formatnum:35073}}}}

|{{sort|0043647|{{formatnum:43647}}}}

|The News Letter

|{{sort|0008958|{{formatnum:8958}}}}

|{{sort|0015475|{{formatnum:15475}}}}

|{{sort|0023492|{{formatnum:23492}}}}

References

United Kingdom

Circulation

List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation

History

Daily newspapers

= 2020 to present =

=2010–2019=

=2000–2009=

=1950–1999=

=Before 1950=

Sunday newspapers

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= 2010–2019 =

=2000–2009=

=20th century=

=19th century=

Regional newspapers

See also

References