Newspaper print circulations fell across the board in February, new ABC figures show.
The Mirror titles continue to record the biggest year-on-year circulation declines, with the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People posting double-digit drops.
Free titles the Metro and London Evening Standard recorded the smallest year-on-year declines, falling by three per cent each.
National newsbrand circulations for February (source: ABC):
| Publication | Total circulation Feb 2019 |
Year-on-year % change | UK & ROI circulation Feb 2019 |
Bulks |
| Metro FREE | 1,426,261 | -3% | ||
| The Sun | 1,362,205 | -7% | 1,353,483 | 108,403 |
| Daily Mail | 1,186,594 | -8% | 1,162,209 | |
| The Sun on Sunday | 1,153,690 | -7% | 1,143,734 | 108,280 |
| The Mail on Sunday | 1,016,438 | -6% | 995,549 | |
| London Evening Standard FREE | 859,943 | -3% | ||
| The Sunday Times | 707,917 | -5% | 687,283 | 78,208 |
| Daily Mirror | 493,614 | -13% | 486,458 | |
| Sunday Mirror | 411,227 | -16% | 404,640 | |
| The Times | 405,558 | -6% | 397,661 | 79,660 |
| The Daily Telegraph | 345,618 | -8% | 337,549 | |
| Daily Star | 322,885 | -18% | 321,345 | |
| Daily Express | 315,142 | -12% | 310,653 | |
| Sunday Express | 272,259 | -13% | 268,217 | |
| The Sunday Telegraph | 271,872 | -9% | 266,304 | |
| i | 232,084 | -9% | 232,084 | 50,832 |
| Daily Star – Sunday | 199,091 | -16% | 197,622 | |
| Financial Times | 171,459 | -4% | 63,562 | 30,639 |
| The Observer | 161,984 | -9% | 161,984 | |
| Sunday People | 156,696 | -20% | 156,238 | |
| The Guardian | 133,497 | -11% | 133,497 | |
| Sunday Mail | 121,478 | -13% | 121,476 | |
| Daily Record | 117,943 | -11% | 117,939 | |
| Sunday Post | 104,419 | -15% | 104,308 | 538 |
| City AM FREE | 85,877 | -6% |
Picture: Reuters/Luke MacGregor
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