For the 6-month period ending March 31, 2006, Newspaper Association of America says the average daily circulation for all 770 newspapers reporting for comparable periods was 45,414,979, a decrease of 2.5% (from 46,589,261) over the same period a year ago. On Sunday, the average circulation for the 610 newspapers reporting for comparable periods was 48,504,484, a decrease of 3.1% (from 50,036,312) over the same period a year ago.
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Top US newspapers |
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| Newspaper Name | Daily circulation |
Average weekday |
% of subscribers in audience |
| USA TODAY | 2,272,815 | 6,980,074 | 32.6% |
| WALL STREET JOURNAL |
2,049,786 | 5,242,129 | 39.1% |
| NY TIMES | 1,142,464 | 5,065,303 | 22.6% |
| LA TIMES | 851,832 | 2,274,021 | 37.5% |
| WASHINGTON POST |
724,242 | 1,750,865 | 41.4% |
| NY NEWS | 708,477 | 2,832,994 | 25.0% |
| NY POST | 673,379 | 2,142,143 | 31.4% |
| Chicago TRIBUNE | 579,079 | 1,638,704 | 35.3% |
| Houston CHRONICLE |
513,387 | 1,227,446 | 41.8% |
| Phoenix REPUBLIC |
438,722 | 1,022,560 | 42.9% |
| Long Island NEWSDAY |
427,771 | 1,569,373 | 27.3% |
| Newark STAR-LEDGER |
398,329 | 1,089,472 | 36.6% |
| SF CHRONICLE | 398,246 | 1,045,201 | 38.1% |
| Boston GLOBE |
397,288 | 1,026,971 | 38.7% |
| Atlanta JOURNAL CONSTITUTION |
365,011 | 1,001,120 | 36.5% |
| Minneapolis St. Paul STAR TRIBUNE |
362,964 | 990,527 | 36.6% |
| Philadelphia INQUIRER |
350,457 | 939,652 | 37.3% |
| Detroit FREE PRESS |
345,861 | 803,168 | 43.1% |
| Cleveland PLAIN DEALER |
343,163 | 845,206 | 40.6% |
| St. Petersburg TIMES |
323,031 | 688,862 | 46.9% |
| OREGONIAN | 323,017 | 772,279 | 41.8% |
| San Diego UNION-TRIBUNE |
317,217 | 766,768 | 41.4% |
| Orange County REGISTER |
299,824 | 817,790 | 36.7% |
| MIAMI HERALD | 294,172 | 687,819 | 42.8% |
| Sacramento BEE | 293,189 | 660,565 | 44.4% |
| St. Louis POST-DISPATCH |
277,842 | 725,757 | 38.3% |
| Kansas City STAR | 261,776 | 620,149 | 42.2% |
| DENVER POST | 255,452 | 469,441 | 54.4% |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS |
255,427 | 563,214 | 45.4% |
| Indianapolis STAR |
255,277 | 560,497 | 45.5% |
| SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL |
248,124 | 495,699 | 50.1% |
| San Jose MERCURY NEWS |
242,865 | 688,373 | 35.3% |
| San Antonio EXPRESS-NEWS |
238,149 | 577,003 | 41.3% |
| Tampa TRIBUNE | 236,376 | 501,569 | 47.1% |
| Baltimore SUN | 236,317 | 623,590 | 37.9% |
| Milwaukee JOURNAL SENTINEL |
235,704 | 642,418 | 36.7% |
| Columbus DISPATCH |
231,881 | 608,427 | 38.1% |
| Pittsburgh POST-GAZETTE |
230,887 | 567,631 | 40.7% |
| Orlando SENTINEL |
229,368 | 672,192 | 34.1% |
| Boston HERALD | 227,583 | 780,878 | 29.1% |
| OKLAHOMAN | 221,151 | 422,497 | 52.3% |
| Seattle TIMES | 220,734 | 565,427 | 39.0% |
| Fort Worth STAR TELEGRAM |
218,916 | 500,756 | 43.7% |
| Charlotte OBSERVER |
218,009 | 551,150 | 39.6% |
| Louisville COURIER JOURNAL |
217,814 | 512,292 | 42.5% |
| Detroit NEWS | 214,934 | 584,100 | 36.8% |
| Cincinnati ENQUIRER |
201,979 | 465,217 | 43.4% |
| St. Paul PIONEER PRESS |
191,136 | 460,000 | 41.6% |
| VIRGINIAN PILOT |
189,199 | 490,036 | 38.6% |
| Buffalo NEWS | 188,514 | 474,645 | 39.7% |
| Total | 23,353,702 | 62,651,666 | 37.3 |
| Source: NAA | |||