The Yorkshire Evening Post recorded the steepest circulation decline among regional daily newspapers over the six months to the end of 2017, new ABC figures show.
The Johnston Press-owned title was down 29 per cent on the same period last year to 11,494.
Its sister title, the Yorkshire Post was down 9 per cent year-on-year to 21,817.
But Johnston press saw circulation growth with the Wigan Post, which was up 42 per cent year-on-year to 3,370, including free copies of 1,373.
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The Scotsman was also up 2 per cent year-on-year to 19,792, and Scotland on Sunday was up 1 per cent year-on-year to 16,289.
The Carlisle News and Star, which last month was sold to Newsquest as part of its takeover of publisher CN Group, was down 20 per cent year-on-year to 5,381 for its East edition and 24 per cent to 2,026 for its West edition.
Regional daily newspaper ABC figures July-Dec 2017 (print and digital edition combined):
| Publication | ABC Total | Year-on-Year % change | Free copies |
| London Evening Standard (FREE) | 867,325 | 2% | 867,325 |
| Aberdeen – Press & Journal | 48,208 | -7% | |
| Express & Star (West Midlands) | 47,669 | -14% | 9,405 |
| Manchester Evening News | 39,422 | -16% | 17,098 |
| Liverpool Echo | 38,474 | -13% | 771 |
| Belfast Telegraph | 36,403 | -9% | 7,199 |
| Dundee – The Courier | 35,813 | -9% | |
| Irish News – Morning | 34,082 | -4% | |
| Norwich – Eastern Daily Press | 28,970 | -16% | |
| The Herald | 25,869 | -10% | |
| Hull Daily Mail | 23,456 | -13% | |
| The Sentinel | 23,249 | -13% | |
| Shropshire Star | 23,110 | -14% | 818 |
| Leicester Mercury | 22,794 | -12% | 2,314 |
| Aberdeen – Evening Express | 22,736 | -12% | |
| Newcastle Chronicle | 22,401 | -16% | |
| Leeds – Yorkshire Post | 21,817 | -9% | |
| Darlington – The Northern Echo | 21,498 | -10% | |
| Glasgow – Evening Times | 20,874 | -12% | |
| Daily Post (Wales) | 19,842 | -11% | |
| The Scotsman | 19,792 | 2% | |
| Derby Telegraph | 18,106 | -4% | 2,015 |
| South Wales Evening Post | 18,029 | -14% | |
| Plymouth – Western Morning News | 17,629 | -11% | |
| Teesside Gazette | 17,557 | -17% | |
| Southend – Basildon – Canvey – Echo | 16,977 | -8% | |
| Edinburgh – Evening News | 16,660 | -9% | |
| Birmingham Mail | 16,626 | -13% | |
| Nottingham Post | 16,304 | -7% | 2,696 |
| Portsmouth – News & Sports Mail | 16,277 | -18% | |
| The Post | 15,271 | -12% | 1,197 |
| Sheffield Star | 14,716 | -12% | |
| Plymouth – The Herald | 14,681 | -10% | |
| Southampton – Southern Daily Echo | 14,491 | -12% | |
| Bristol – Western Daily Press | 14,472 | -7% | |
| Grimsby Telegraph | 14,334 | -13% | 281 |
| Ipswich – East Anglian Daily Times | 14,101 | -11% | |
| News Letter | 13,710 | -11% | |
| Wales – The Western Mail | 13,419 | -15% | |
| Cardiff – South Wales Echo | 13,394 | -12% | |
| Dundee Evening & Weekend Telegraph | 13,321 | -11% | |
| York – The Press | 13,104 | -10% | |
| Bradford – Telegraph & Argus | 12,382 | -11% | |
| Bournemouth – The Daily Echo | 12,289 | -10% | |
| Coventry Telegraph | 12,256 | -19% | |
| Leeds – Yorkshire Evening Post | 11,494 | -29% | |
| Sunderland Echo | 11,075 | -14% | |
| Cambridge News | 10,808 | -17% | 495 |
| Newcastle Journal | 10,789 | -14% | |
| The Argus Brighton | 10,581 | -5% | 1,066 |
| Huddersfield Daily Examiner | 10,418 | -16% | |
| South Wales Argus | 9,796 | -9% | 349 |
| The National | 9,746 | -6% | |
| Oxford Mail | 9,494 | -7% | |
| Dorset Echo | 9,331 | -9% | |
| Lancashire Post | 9,100 | -15% | |
| Greenock Telegraph | 8,959 | -6% | |
| Colchester – Daily Gazette | 8,859 | -9% | |
| Swindon Advertiser | 8,828 | -8% | |
| The Bolton News | 8,737 | -9% | |
| Ipswich Star | 8,620 | -15% | 2,636 |
| Lancashire Telegraph – Blackburn | 8,426 | -24% | |
| The Gazette – Blackpool | 8,187 | -14% | |
| Norwich – Evening News | 7,507 | -18% | |
| Burton Mail | 7,365 | -6% | 910 |
| Worcester News | 6,574 | -8% | |
| The Mail | 6,058 | -22% | |
| Carlisle – News and Star East | 5,381 | -20% | 24 |
| South Shields – Shields Gazette | 4,602 | -18% | 37 |
| Paisley Daily Express | 4,508 | -6% | |
| Hartlepool Mail | 4,183 | -18% | 66 |
| Wigan Post | 3,370 | 42% | 1,373 |
| Carlisle – News and Star West | 2,026 | -24% |
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