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    Amy Watson,

    May 10, 2024

    The newspaper with the highest print circulation in the United States in the six months running to September 2023 was The Wall Street Journal, with an average weekday print circulation of 555.2 thousand. Ranking second was The New York Times, followed by The New York Post. The paper in the ranking with the highest year-over-year drop in circulation was The Denver Post with a decline of 25 percent (although Buffalo News recorded a higher drop, data does not refer to September 2022 to September 2023, see notes).

    Largest daily newspapers in the United States in the six months to September 2023, by average print circulation (in thousands)

    CharacteristicCirculation in thousands
    Wall Street Journal555.2
    New York Times267.6
    New York Post131.2
    Washington Post127.7
    USA Today121.6
    Los Angeles Times105.7
    Star Tribune86.9
    Newsday83.5
    Chicago Tribune73
    Seattle Times71.7
    Honolulu Star-Advertiser71.6
    Tampa Bay Times62.6
    Boston Globe56.9
    Dallas Morning News52.2
    San Francisco Chronicle50.8
    Houston Chronicle48.1
    Arizona Republic46.7
    Philadelphia Inquirer45.3
    Daily News41.5
    Buffalo News*38.4
    The San Diego Union-Tribune37.8
    Plain Dealer/Plain Dealer Sunday37
    Denver Post*36.7
    Las Vegas Review Journal35.8
    The Star-Ledger34.4

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    Survey time period

    six months to September 2023

    Supplementary notes

    *Most recently available date comes from six months to March 2023, not September 2023.
    Most circulation data reported refers to Monday-Friday averages of newspaper titles; Wednesday circulation data was used where other circulation data was not available.

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