All paid-for regional daily newspapers in the UK saw their circulations decline in the second half of 2014, according to new ABC figures.
Birmingham Mail (down 20.5 per cent to 30,597) and the Sunderland Echo (down 16.8 per cent to 18,876) were the worst performing titles year on year.
The biggest regional newspaper audited by ABC is the free London Evening Standard, which increased its circulation by 21.9 per cent to 824,515.
On average, the other 77 paid-for dailies audited by ABC saw their circulations decline by 10.1 per cent year on year in the second half of 2014.
The best performing titles, in terms of year on year circulation change, were the Belfast Telegraph (down 3.4 per cent to 45,905), the Lancashire Telegraph (down 3.5 per cent to 12,814) and the Guernsey Press and Star (down 3.9 per cent to 13,402).
The top three biggest selling regional dailies are the Express and Star (down 13.1 per cent to 72,072), the Manchester Evening News (down 4.1 per cent to 66,521) and the Liverpool Echo (down 11.7 per cent to 61,902).
Regional daily average circulations (combined print and digital) for second half of 2014
(Brackets after newspaper names indicate circulations that are less than 90 per cent paid for)
| Newspaper | Average circulation | % change y/y | ||
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| London Evening Standard (free) |
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| Express and Star (89.3 per cent paid for) | 72,072 | -13.1 | ||
| Manchester Evening News (58 per cent paid for) | 66,521 | -4.1 | ||
| Liverpool Echo | 61,902 | -11.7 | ||
| Aberdeen – Press and Journal | 60,292 | -5.5 | ||
| Dundee Courier and Advertiser | 46,991 | -7 | ||
| Belfast Telegraph (75.8 per cent paid for) | 45,905 | -3.4 | ||
| Norwich – Eastern Daily Press | 40,713 | -9.4 | ||
| Irish News – Morning | 38,581 | -4.1 | ||
| The Herald | 37,044 | -4.9 | ||
| Newcastle Chronicle | 35,188 | -10.8 | ||
| The Sentinel | 35,112 | -10.3 | ||
| Shropshire Star | 34,665 | -12.3 | ||
| Hull Daily Mail | 33,121 | -8.1 | ||
| Aberdeen – Evening Express | 32,827 | -8.5 | ||
| Leicester Mercury | 32,225 | -10.5 | ||
| Glasgow – Evening Times | 31,376 | -12.3 | ||
| Birmingham Mail (85.6 per cent paid for) | 30,597 | -20.5 | ||
| Leeds – Yorkshire Post | 29,298 | -8.9 | ||
| Darlington – The Northern Echo | 28,810 | -10.6 | ||
| South Wales Evening Post | 27,589 | -9.8 | ||
| Teesside – The Gazette | 26,994 | -10.7 | ||
| Portsmouth – News and Sports Mail | 26,439 | -10.9 | ||
| The Scotsman | 26,283 | -10.8 | ||
| Daily Post (Wales) | 25,739 | -5.1 | ||
| Plymouth – Western Morning News | 24,977 | -6.4 | ||
| Edinburgh – Evening News | 24,299 | -12.1 | ||
| The Post | 24,165 | -10.9 | ||
| Derby Telegraph | 23,571 | -8.8 | ||
| Nottingham Post | 22,356 | -11.2 | ||
| Southend – Basildon – Castle Point – Echo | 22,313 | -4.1 | ||
| Leeds – Yorkshire Evening Post | 21,946 | -15.7 | ||
| Coventry Telegraph | 21,773 | -14.4 | ||
| Sheffield Star | 21,437 | -12.7 | ||
| Southampton – Southern Daily Echo | 21,185 | -9 | ||
| Plymouth – The Herald | 20,715 | -9.4 | ||
| Cardiff – South Wales Echo | 20,634 | -14.9 | ||
| Bristol – Western Daily Press | 19,970 | -8.3 | ||
| Grimsby Telegraph | 19,824 | -5.1 | ||
| Ipswich – East Anglian Daily Times | 19,725 | -9.6 | ||
| Wales – The Western Mail | 19,654 | -14 | ||
| Sunderland Echo | 18,876 | -16.8 | ||
| Dundee Evening Telegraph | 18,714 | -8.4 | ||
| York – The Press | 18,148 | -11.7 | ||
| Ulster – News Letter | 17,853 | -8.7 | ||
| Bradford – Telegraph and Argus | 17,423 | -12.8 | ||
| Bournemouth – The Daily Echo | 16,918 | -11.1 | ||
| The Journal | 16,670 | -9.2 | ||
| Jersey Evening Post | 15,900 | -5 | ||
| Cambridge News (88.7 per cent paid for) | 15,088 | -15.1 | ||
| Huddersfield Daily Examiner | 15,027 | -10.8 | ||
| Lancashire Evening Post | 14,047 | -10.3 | ||
| The Argus Brighton | 13,648 | -12.3 | ||
| The Gazette – Blackpool | 13,567 | -13.3 | ||
| Guernsey Press and Star (89.7 per cent paid for) | 13,402 | -3.9 | ||
| Lancashire Telegraph – Blackburn | 12,814 | -3.5 | ||
| Gloucester Citizen | 12,744 | -8.3 | ||
| South Wales Argus | 12,671 | -9.2 | ||
| Ipswich Star (68.5 per cent paid for) | 12,434 | -9.4 | ||
| Dorset Echo | 12,359 | -9.9 | ||
| Oxford Mail | 12,103 | -8.3 | ||
| The Bolton News | 11,777 | -6.7 | ||
| Colchester – Daily Gazette | 11,349 | -8.2 | ||
| Greenock Telegraph | 11,264 | -7.8 | ||
| Gloucestershire Echo | 11,190 | -7 | ||
| Swindon Advertiser | 11,188 | -11.8 | ||
| Norwich – Evening News | 10,603 | -11.2 | ||
| Barrow – North West Evening Mail | 10,300 | -8 | ||
| Burton Mail | 9,869 | -6.9 | ||
| South Shields – Shields Gazette | 9,426 | -14 | ||
| Oldham Evening Chronicle | 8,994 | -13.1 | ||
| Worcester News | 8,592 | -7.2 | ||
| Carlisle – News and Star East | 8,493 | -12.1 | ||
| Hartlepool Mail | 8,279 | -10.2 | ||
| Paisley Daily Express | 5,965 | -11.9 | ||
| Wigan Evening Post | 4,264 | -15 | ||
| Carlisle – News and Star West | 3,233 | -13.2 | ||
| Doncaster Star | 871 | -25 |
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