October 22, 2020updated 30 Sep 2022 9:42am

Top ten US newspaper circulations: Biggest print titles have lost 30% of sales since 2016 election

The United States’ largest newspapers have lost more than 30% of their print circulation since the last presidential election, analysis of US newspaper sales by Press Gazette shows.

The business-focused Wall Street Journal has performed better than its biggest print rivals. The News Corp-owned title is America’s largest weekday newspaper by some distance, with an average circulation just shy of 1m.

No other US newspaper has a weekday circulation of above 500,000, according to figures from the Alliance for Audited Media (AAM). USA Today (486,579) and the New York Times (410,562) take second and third places respectively for their weekday print runs.

William Turvill

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William Turvill is associate editor (interviews and investigations) for Press Gazette and is also a media correspondent for The New Statesman. Before joining the company, William was a business correspondent for The Mail on Sunday and chief reporter of City A.M. He is a former Paul Foot Award finalist, was shortlisted for writer of the year at the 2022 PPA Awards, and was a gold winner at MHP's 30 Under 30 Awards in 2018.