Circulation and Readership for
The Top 50 Newspapers
| Rank |
State |
City (County) |
Newspaper Name |
Total Net Paid Circulation, (M-F) 03/31/06 |
Average Weekday Readership |
1 |
DC |
WASHINGTON |
USA TODAY |
2,272,815 |
6,864,923 |
2 |
NY |
NEW YORK CITY (NEW YORK CO.) |
WALL STREET JOURNAL |
2,049,786 |
5,147,565 |
3 |
NY |
NEW YORK CITY (NEW YORK CO.) |
TIMES |
1,142,464 |
4,749,874 |
4 |
CA |
LOS ANGELES (LOS ANGELES CO.) |
TIMES |
851,832 |
2,176,204 |
5 |
DC |
WASHINGTON |
WASHINGTON POST |
724,242 |
1,716,778 |
6 |
NY |
NEW YORK CITY (NEW YORK CO.) |
NEWS |
708,477 |
2,695,132 |
7 |
NY |
NEW YORK CITY (NEW YORK CO.) |
POST |
673,379 |
2,061,324 |
8 |
IL |
CHICAGO (COOK CO.) |
TRIBUNE |
579,079 |
1,628,403 |
9 |
TX |
HOUSTON (HARRIS CO.) |
CHRONICLE |
513,387 |
1,228,322 |
10 |
AZ |
PHOENIX (MARICOPA CO.) |
REPUBLIC |
438,722 |
1,055,492 |
11 |
NY |
LONG ISLAND (MELVILLE P.O.) |
NEWSDAY |
427,771 |
1,483,717 |
12 |
NJ |
NEWARK (ESSEX CO.) |
STAR-LEDGER |
398,329 |
1,073,919 |
13 |
CA |
SAN FRANCISCO (SAN FRANCISCO CO.) |
CHRONICLE |
398,246 |
1,004,454 |
14 |
MA |
BOSTON (SUFFOLK CO.) |
GLOBE |
397,288 |
1,024,182 |
15 |
GA |
ATLANTA (FULTON CO.) |
JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION |
365,011 |
990,088 |
16 |
MN |
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL (HENNEPIN CO.) |
STAR TRIBUNE |
362,964 |
1,015,903 |
17 |
PA |
PHILADELPHIA (PHILADELPHIA CO.) |
INQUIRER |
350,457 |
912,628 |
18 |
MI |
DETROIT (WAYNE CO.) |
FREE PRESS |
345,861 |
816,325 |
19 |
OH |
CLEVELAND (CUYAHOGA CO.) |
PLAIN DEALER |
343,163 |
804,387 |
20 |
FL |
ST. PETERSBURG (PINELLAS CO.) |
TIMES |
323,031 |
727,452 |
21 |
CA |
SAN DIEGO (SAN DIEGO CO.) |
UNION-TRIBUNE |
317,217 |
759,751 |
22 |
CA |
ORANGE CO. (SANTA ANA P.O.) |
REGISTER |
299,824 |
799,839 |
23 |
FL |
MIAMI (MIAMI-DADE CO.) |
MIAMI HERALD |
294,172 |
676,931 |
24 |
CA |
SACRAMENTO (SACRAMENTO CO.) |
BEE |
293,189 |
670,400 |
25 |
MO |
ST. LOUIS (INDEPENDENT CITY) |
POST-DISPATCH |
277,842 |
707,249 |
26 |
MO |
KANSAS CITY (JACKSON CO.) |
STAR |
261,776 |
587,056 |
27 |
CO |
DENVER (DENVER CO.) |
DENVER POST |
255,452 |
454,219 |
28 |
CO |
DENVER (DENVER CO.) |
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS |
255,427 |
567,856 |
29 |
IN |
INDIANAPOLIS (MARION CO.) |
STAR |
255,277 |
556,462 |
30 |
FL |
FORT LAUDERDALE (BROWARD CO.) |
SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL |
248,124 |
682,740 |
31 |
CA |
SAN JOSE (SANTA CLARA CO.) |
MERCURY NEWS |
242,865 |
680,749 |
32 |
TX |
SAN ANTONIO (BEXAR CO.) |
EXPRESS-NEWS |
238,149 |
554,364 |
33 |
FL |
TAMPA (HILLSBOROUGH CO.) |
TRIBUNE |
236,376 |
582,255 |
34 |
MD |
BALTIMORE (INDEPENDENT CITY) |
SUN |
236,317 |
620,244 |
35 |
OH |
COLUMBUS (FRANKLIN CO.) |
DISPATCH |
231,881 |
585,850 |
36 |
PA |
PITTSBURGH (ALLEGHENY CO.) |
POST-GAZETTE |
230,887 |
557,079 |
37 |
MA |
BOSTON (SUFFOLK CO.) |
HERALD |
227,583 |
713,492 |
38 |
OK |
OKLAHOMA CITY (OKLAHOMA CO.) |
OKLAHOMAN |
221,151 |
440,121 |
39 |
WA |
SEATTLE (KING CO.) |
TIMES |
220,734 |
564,028 |
40 |
TX |
FORT WORTH (TARRANT CO.) |
STAR-TELEGRAM |
218,916 |
532,774 |
41 |
NC |
CHARLOTTE (MECKLENBURG CO.) |
OBSERVER |
218,009 |
534,303 |
42 |
KY |
LOUISVILLE (JEFFERSON CO.) |
COURIER-JOURNAL |
217,814 |
511,845 |
43 |
MI |
DETROIT (WAYNE CO.) |
NEWS |
214,934 |
552,145 |
44 |
OH |
CINCINNATI (HAMILTON CO.) |
ENQUIRER |
201,979 |
485,489 |
45 |
MN |
ST. PAUL (RAMSEY CO.) |
PIONEER PRESS |
191,136 |
485,383 |
46 |
VA |
NORFOLK-PORTSMOUTH- VIRGINIA BEACH-CHESAPEAKE (INDEPENDENT CITIES) |
VIRGINIAN-PILOT |
189,199 |
461,817 |
47 |
NE |
OMAHA (DOUGLAS CO.) |
WORLD-HERALD |
188,866 |
N.A. |
48 |
NV |
LAS VEGAS (CLARK CO.) |
REVIEW-JOURNAL |
187,881 |
469,981 |
49 |
VA |
RICHMOND (INDEPENDENT CITY) |
TIMES-DISPATCH |
186,296 |
393,408 |
50 |
CA |
RIVERSIDE CO. (RIVERSIDE P.O.) |
PRESS-ENTERPRISE |
185,053 |
N.A. |
Sources: ABC Fas-Fax for six-month period ending 3/31/06
Scarborough Research 2006 Release 1
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