January 17, 2014updated 24 Jan 2014 4:54pm

December ABCs: Daily Mirror drops below a million

The Mirror has dropped below an average of one million sales for the month of December according to new ABC figures released today.

The tabloid saw its year-on-year circulation figure fall by 6.71 percent to 965,248. This was repeated at the Sunday Mirror which also fell through the one million barrier, slumping to 934,501.

Of all daily and Sunday newspapers only the i recorded a 0.4 circulation increase over December 2012 with an average of 292,488.

The Guardian’s sale remained stable, dropping by 0.56 percent to 203,069.

However, the Financial Times dropped by 17.41 percent to 236,528.

The Daily Star Sunday also decreased circulation by 16.28 percent to 302,031.

The Independent and Independent on Sunday fell by 13.85 and 12.24 percent respectively. The daily edition had an average circulation of 67,266 of which 16,528 were bulks.

Average daily and Sunday newspaper sales December 2013. Source ABCs

Newspaper	Average Circulation Dec 13	Year on Year +/- %
Daily Mirror	965,248	-6.71
Daily Record	224,411	-10.27
Daily Star	491,726	-9.03
The Sun	2,043,810	-10.27
Daily Express	502,163	-5.09
Daily Mail	1,740,960	-5.62
Daily Telegraph	540,501	-1.27
Financial Times	236,528	-17.41
The Guardian	203,069	-0.56
i	292,488	0.4
The Independent	67,266	-13.85
The Times	384,459	-2.92
Daily Star Sunday	302,031	-16.28
The Sun (Sunday)	1,669,036	-11.54
Sunday Mirror	934,501	-8.79
Sunday People	380,000	-11.30
Sunday Express	433,298	-8.46
Sunday Post	216,651	-11.83
The Mail on Sunday	1,570,614	-6.92
Independent on Sunday	102,248	-12.24
The Observer	222,352	-3.67
Sunday Telegraph	421,305	-1.59
The Sunday Times	812,515	-7.40