Most Popular Newspaper in UK

Most Popular Newspaper in UK

Most Popular Newspaper in UK as per British newspaper circulation figures

So, which are the top, most read, most popular British Newspapers, let’s explore the circulation statics of newspapers of Britain. We should start with a little history of Newspapers circulation in Britain.

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19th & 20th Century

In the beginning of 19th century the Most Popular Newspaper in UK was Morning Post and was selling 4000 copies per day, as invention & development in printing machinery rapidly grew, the printing cost reduced thus the prices of newspapers were also dropped and came in the reach of middle and poor class.

Then around 1828 Moring herald and The Times became the most Most Popular Newspaper in UK.

Sunday Newspapers were more popular Newspaper and claimed to have 100000 copies circulation. Later in 1870, daily mail touched the 150000 copies per day mark and in year 1890 the Daily Telegraph surpassed the 300000 copies per day mark and became Most Popular Newspaper in UK.

Then in twentieth century half penny newspapers introduced in Britain and they changed the British press completely. The first half penny national newspaper was Daily mail which achieved the target of 1 Million circulation in 1911. Circulation of Newspapers in Britain continued to increase and reached its height in 1950’s when News and the world reached at the 8 million copies milestone.

Continuous downfall after 1950

After 1950s All the british newspapers saw a continuous downfall in circulation numbers. From the beginning of the 21st Century to till now, Internet & TV aggregated this condition. A 6.6 % downfall in newspapers circulation has been recorded in 2014-2015 year only.

British Daily Newspapers Circulation figures 2016

Take a look at below table which displays the 2016 figures of Circulation of British Major Dailies. The data  shown in this table is average circulations for January 2016. The Sun tops the list with 1.787 Million circulation followed by Daily Mail 1.589 Million circulation.

  • Table Showing data of British Daily Newspapers Circulation figures 2016


British Daily Newspapers Circulation figures 2016

Sr. British Newspaper Circulation Figure
1 The Sun 1787096
2 Daily Mail 1589471
3 Metro 1348033
4 Evening Standard 898407
5 Daily Mirror 809147
6 Daily Telegraph 472033
7 Daily Star 470369
8 Daily Express 408700
9 The Times 404155
10 i 271859
11 Financial Times 198237
12 Daily Record 176892
13 The Guardian 164163
14 City A.M. 97259
15 The Independent 55193
16 The New Day 40000
  • Table showing percentage % Market Share of British Newspapers


British Daily Newspapers
Percentage Market Share
2016

Sr. British Newspaper Percentage Market Share
1 The Sun 19%
2 Daily Mail 17%
3 Metro 15%
4 Evening Standard 10%
5 Daily Mirror 9%
6 Daily Telegraph 5%
7 Daily Star 5%
8 Daily Express 4%
9 The Times 4%
10 i 3%
11 Financial Times 2%
12 Daily Record 2%
13 The Guardian 2%
14 City A.M. 1%
15 The Independent 1%
16 The New Day 0-1%
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British Daily Newspapers Circulation 2016

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British Sunday Newspapers Circulation figures 2016

Now, let’s explore which is the top Sunday newspaper in Britain, below table shows the figures of Circulation of British Major Sunday Newspapers. The data shown in this table is average circulations for January 2016. The Sun on Sunday tops the list with 1.487 Million circulations followed by The Mail on Sunday 1.388 Million circulation

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British Sunday Newspapers Circulation figures 2016

Sr. British Newspaper Circulation Figure
1 The Sun on Sunday 1487301
2 The Mail on Sunday 1388059
3 The Sunday Times 770370
4 Sunday Mirror 749061
5 Sunday Express 369666
6 The Sunday Telegraph 355044
7 Daily Star Sunday 299146
8 The People 279837
9 Sunday Mail 195167
10 The Observer 183210
11 Sunday Post 163037
12 Independent on Sunday 91644

 

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British Sunday newspaper circulation figures
  • Table showing percentage % Market Share of Sunday British Newspapers


British Sunday Newspapers
Percentage Market Share
2016

Sr. British Newspaper Percentage Market Share
1 The Sun on Sunday 23%
2 The Mail on Sunday 22%
3 The Sunday Times 12%
4 Sunday Mirror 12%
5 Sunday Express 6%
6 The Sunday Telegraph 6%
7 Daily Star Sunday 5%
8 The People 4%
9 Sunday Mail 3%
10 The Observer 3%
11 Sunday Post 3%
12 Independent on Sunday 1%

Pi Charts British Sunday Newspapers Circulation 2016

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