Reach’s Folkestone Herald and Brentwood Gazette recorded the biggest circulation falls over the final six months of 2018.
The paid-for Herald fell by 57 per cent year-on-year to 4,103, with the Gazette down by 56 per cent to 3,369, new ABC figures show.
Newsquest’s Durham-based Advertiser series also saw circulations halve across three titles: Durham Advertiser, Chester-Le-Street Advertiser and the Consett-Stanley Advertiser.
There was year-on-year growth for hybrid (part free, part paid-for) weekly the Falmouth and Helston Packet, which saw its circulation more than triple to 16,267, of which nearly 12,000 copies are given away for free.
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Archant’s Ely Standard grew four per cent year-on-year to 5,590, of which 3,236 are free, while Newsquest’s free weekly The Messenger upped its circulation by 2 per cent year-on-year.
One per cent growth was posted by Archant titles the Hunts Post and Dunmow Broadcast and Newsquest’s Bracknell News.
Regional non-daily circulations for July to December 2018 (ABC):
| Publication | Owner | Total circ. Jul-Dec 2018 | Year-on-year % change | Free | No. of issues |
| Chronicle Week | The Midland News Association | 212,276 | 211,856 | 8 | |
| Manchester Weekly News | Reach plc | 178,425 | -24% | 177,797 | 51 |
| Champion | Champion Newspapers | 164,579 | 0% | 164,579 | 51 |
| Waltham Forest News | Waltham Forest Council | 97,376 | 0% | 97,376 | 22 |
| Hackney Today | Hackney Council | 91,843 | 0% | 91,843 | 24 |
| Wirral Globe | Newsquest Media Group | 79,351 | -7% | 77,813 | 51 |
| Norwich Extra | Archant Ltd | 46,471 | -19% | 46,471 | 50 |
| St. Helens Star | Newsquest Media Group | 45,276 | -9% | 43,762 | 51 |
| Midweek Visiter | Reach plc | 39,390 | -30% | 39,390 | 51 |
| The Advertiser – Waveney Edition | Archant Ltd | 39,385 | -2% | 39,385 | 50 |
| Sutton Coldfield Observer | Reach plc | 37,342 | -12% | 36,902 | 50 |
| The Advertiser – Yarmouth Edition | Archant Ltd | 36,845 | -2% | 36,845 | 50 |
| Telford Journal | The Midland News Association | 36,837 | -6% | 36,673 | 51 |
| Hunts Post | Archant Ltd | 36,608 | 1% | 35,215 | 50 |
| The Messenger | Newsquest Media Group | 35,422 | 2% | 34,700 | 51 |
| North Somerset Times | Archant Ltd | 34,971 | -1% | 34,713 | 51 |
| Stourbridge News | Newsquest Media Group | 33,783 | -15% | 33,570 | 52 |
| The Herts Advertiser | Archant Ltd | 32,729 | -4% | 31,366 | 49 |
| North Devon Gazette | Archant Ltd | 31,117 | -10% | 30,472 | 52 |
| Shrewsbury Ad Mag | The Midland News Association | 31,011 | 31,011 | 31 | |
| Sunday Life | Independent News & Media (NI) | 30,435 | -8% | 24 | |
| Redditch & Alcester Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 28,572 | -15% | 28,420 | 52 |
| The Shuttle | Newsquest Media Group | 28,519 | -3% | 26,034 | 52 |
| Leigh, Tyldesley & Atherton Journal | Newsquest Media Group | 28,411 | 0% | 27,550 | 51 |
| Shrewsbury Chronicle | The Midland News Association | 27,366 | -7% | 26,223 | 51 |
| Worcester Journal (Berrows) | Newsquest Media Group | 27,013 | -14% | 26,856 | 52 |
| Bromsgrove Advertiser/Droitwich Spa Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 26,797 | -16% | 26,460 | 52 |
| Exmouth Journal | Archant Ltd | 26,432 | 24,873 | 19 | |
| Halesowen News | Newsquest Media Group | 25,790 | -9% | 25,669 | 52 |
| Stevenage Comet | Archant Ltd | 24,847 | -1% | 24,507 | 49 |
| Midweek – Weston Super Mare | Archant Ltd | 23,289 | -7% | 23,289 | 51 |
| Reading Midweek | Newsquest Media Group | 22,617 | -26% | 22,617 | 51 |
| Lichfield Mercury | Reach plc | 21,642 | -18% | 21,091 | 50 |
| Isle of Wight County Press | Newsquest Media Group | 21,245 | -8% | 49 | |
| Chronicle and Informer | Reach plc | 20,185 | -39% | 20,185 | 49 |
| Midweek (Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead) | Newsquest Media Group | 19,606 | -27% | 19,606 | 51 |
| Bury St Edmunds Mercury | Archant Ltd | 19,211 | -15% | 19,209 | 51 |
| The Evesham and Cotswold Journal | Newsquest Media Group | 19,198 | -4% | 14,800 | 52 |
| Dumfries Courier | Dumfriesshire Newspapers Group | 18,911 | -5% | 18,817 | 52 |
| Nuneaton News | Reach plc | 18,789 | -33% | 17,087 | 50 |
| Runcorn and Widnes World | Newsquest Media Group | 18,572 | -16% | 18,547 | 51 |
| Letchworth GC & Baldock Comet | Archant Ltd | 18,313 | 0% | 18,033 | 49 |
| Barnsley Chronicle | The Barnsley Chronicle Ltd | 17,374 | -13% | 50 | |
| Hereford Times | Newsquest Media Group | 17,206 | -7% | 49 | |
| Newcastle Sunday Sun | Reach plc | 17,071 | -15% | 49 | |
| Hitchin Comet | Archant Ltd | 16,974 | -1% | 16,720 | 49 |
| Falmouth & Helston Packet | Newsquest Media Group | 16,267 | 246% | 11,928 | 51 |
| Chorley & Leyland Citizen | Newsquest Media Group | 15,774 | -10% | 15,772 | 51 |
| Saffron Walden Reporter | Archant Ltd | 14,972 | 0% | 14,750 | 49 |
| Ealing Gazette | Reach plc | 14,925 | -35% | 14,738 | 49 |
| Westmorland Gazette | Newsquest Media Group | 14,894 | -8% | 49 | |
| Cumberland News | Newsquest Media Group | 14,502 | -11% | 51 | |
| Ipswich Extra | Archant Ltd | 14,140 | 14,140 | 41 | |
| The Herald on Sunday | Newsquest Media Group | 13,648 | -26% | 24 | |
| Darlington & Stockton Times | Newsquest Media Group | 13,117 | -8% | 50 | |
| The Reporter | Archant Ltd | 13,071 | -40% | 12,999 | 49 |
| Uxbridge Gazette | Reach plc | 13,013 | -49% | 13,013 | 49 |
| Sunday National | Newsquest Media Group | 12,844 | 15 | ||
| Diss Mercury | Archant Ltd | 12,730 | -13% | 12,650 | 51 |
| Thetford & Watton Times | Archant Ltd | 12,633 | -16% | 12,251 | 50 |
| West Briton | Reach plc | 12,551 | -19% | 50 | |
| Liverpool Sunday Echo | Reach plc | 12,354 | -16% | 165 | 50 |
| Torquay – Herald Express | Reach plc | 12,031 | -15% | 50 | |
| Sunday Mercury | Reach plc | 11,953 | -14% | 49 | |
| Ayrshire Post | Reach plc | 11,781 | -9% | 50 | |
| Warrington Guardian | Newsquest Media Group | 11,743 | -10% | 49 | |
| Cambs Times | Archant Ltd | 11,741 | -2% | 11,245 | 50 |
| Salisbury Journal | Newsquest Media Group | 11,738 | -9% | 51 | |
| Goole Times (Incorporating Selby Times) | Chronicle Publications Ltd | 11,671 | -8% | 51 | |
| Cumberland & Westmorland Herald | Cumberland & Westmorland Herald News | 11,390 | -7% | 51 | |
| Lincolnshire Echo | Reach plc | 11,342 | -13% | 51 | |
| Romford and Havering Post | Archant Ltd | 11,277 | -16% | 11,276 | 49 |
| Brent and Kilburn Times | Archant Ltd | 11,275 | -4% | 10,797 | 49 |
| Dunmow Broadcast | Archant Ltd | 11,257 | 1% | 11,151 | 49 |
| Sudbury Mercury | Archant Ltd | 11,217 | -8% | 11,217 | 51 |
| Warrington Post | Newsquest Media Group | 11,186 | -20% | 11,183 | 51 |
| Scotland on Sunday | JPIMedia Limited | 10,995 | -33% | 52 | |
| Surrey Advertiser | Reach plc | 10,946 | -24% | 50 | |
| Essex Chronicle | Reach plc | 10,943 | -19% | 50 | |
| Wymondham & Attleborough Mercury | Archant Ltd | 10,734 | -8% | 10,636 | 50 |
| Scunthorpe Telegraph | Reach plc | 10,708 | -15% | 50 | |
| Kent and Sussex Courier | Reach plc | 10,696 | -18% | 50 | |
| Consett-Stanley Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 10,679 | -53% | 10,238 | 50 |
| Stowmarket Mercury | Archant Ltd | 10,664 | -8% | 10,664 | 50 |
| North Devon Journal | Reach plc | 10,586 | -19% | 50 | |
| Western Gazette | Reach plc | 10,531 | -20% | 50 | |
| County Times | Newsquest Media Group | 10,371 | 51 | ||
| Exeter – Express & Echo (Thursday) | Reach plc | 10,214 | -13% | 50 | |
| Somerset County Gazette | Newsquest Media Group | 10,195 | -9% | 50 | |
| Bucks Free Press | Newsquest Media Group | 10,078 | -6% | 2,000 | 51 |
| Royston Crow | Archant Ltd | 10,023 | -3% | 9,551 | 49 |
| East Suffolk Extra | Archant Ltd | 10,021 | 10,021 | 22 | |
| Durham Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 9,864 | -53% | 9,283 | 50 |
| Oban Times | Wyvex Media Ltd | 9,820 | -7% | 50 | |
| Romford Recorder | Archant Ltd | 9,741 | -9% | 2,799 | 50 |
| Western Telegraph | Newsquest Media Group | 9,475 | -8% | 50 | |
| Wisbech Standard | Archant Ltd | 9,464 | -1% | 8,775 | 49 |
| Impartial Reporter | Newsquest Media Group | 9,430 | -6% | 50 | |
| Newham Recorder | Archant Ltd | 9,375 | -16% | 7,831 | 49 |
| East Lothian Courier | Newsquest Media Group | 9,192 | -8% | 49 | |
| Great Yarmouth Mercury | Archant Ltd | 9,181 | -8% | 52 | |
| Hexham Courant | Newsquest Media Group | 9,174 | -11% | 51 | |
| Gazette & Herald | Newsquest Media Group | 9,157 | -13% | 50 | |
| Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury | Archant Ltd | 9,081 | -9% | 647 | 52 |
| Cornish Guardian | Reach plc | 8,881 | -25% | 50 | |
| Clacton Gazette | Newsquest Media Group | 8,776 | -9% | 50 | |
| Essex County Standard | Newsquest Media Group | 8,700 | -8% | 50 | |
| Dunfermline Press & West of Fife Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 8,350 | -10% | 50 | |
| Biggleswade, Sandy & Potton Comet | Archant Ltd | 8,334 | -11% | 8,308 | 50 |
| Wales on Sunday | Reach plc | 8,279 | -16% | 49 | |
| Tamworth Herald | Reach plc | 8,084 | -19% | 50 | |
| The Watford Observer | Newsquest Media Group | 7,959 | -12% | 907 | 50 |
| Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Fri) | Reach plc | 7,774 | -10% | 50 | |
| Bath Chronicle | Reach plc | 7,682 | -11% | 50 | |
| West Cumberland Times & Star | Newsquest Media Group | 7,670 | -12% | 51 | |
| Gloucestershire Echo | Reach plc | 7,621 | -20% | 50 | |
| Bury Times | Newsquest Media Group | 7,473 | -12% | 50 | |
| Gloucester Citizen | Reach plc | 7,449 | -23% | 50 | |
| Craven Herald & Pioneer | Newsquest Media Group | 7,443 | -14% | 49 | |
| Malvern Gazette | Newsquest Media Group | 7,396 | -11% | 48 | |
| Lowestoft Journal | Archant Ltd | 7,393 | -11% | 52 | |
| Inverness Courier (Fri) | Scottish Provincial Press | 7,374 | -5% | 50 | |
| Hertfordshire Mercury | Reach plc | 7,301 | -20% | 50 | |
| Ilford Recorder | Archant Ltd | 7,209 | -17% | 5,013 | 49 |
| Hamilton Advertiser | Reach plc | 7,156 | -15% | 49 | |
| Carmarthen Journal | Reach plc | 7,099 | -15% | 50 | |
| Stroud News & Journal | Newsquest Media Group | 7,021 | -5% | 50 | |
| Guardian (Northwich, Winsford & Middlewich) | Newsquest Media Group | 7,010 | -14% | 50 | |
| The Oxford Times | Newsquest Media Group | 6,950 | -5% | 340 | 49 |
| Chester-Le-Street Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 6,928 | -50% | 6,628 | 50 |
| Fife & Kinross Extra | Newsquest Media Group | 6,920 | -38% | 6,920 | 50 |
| Reading Chronicle | Newsquest Media Group | 6,899 | -4% | 1,785 | 51 |
| Hampshire Chronicle | Newsquest Media Group | 6,897 | -8% | 50 | |
| Cornishman | Reach plc | 6,795 | -19% | 50 | |
| Gloucestershire Gazette | Newsquest Media Group | 6,744 | -8% | 50 | |
| Loughborough Echo | Reach plc | 6,664 | -16% | 50 | |
| Kilmarnock Standard | Reach plc | 6,588 | -12% | 50 | |
| Leek Post & Times | Reach plc | 6,460 | -16% | 50 | |
| Northern Scot | Scottish Provincial Press | 6,426 | -16% | 50 | |
| Boston Target | Reach plc | 6,411 | -11% | 50 | |
| Staffordshire Newsletter | Reach plc | 6,316 | -16% | 50 | |
| Rochdale Observer (Sat) | Reach plc | 6,242 | -17% | 50 | |
| Basingstoke Gazette | Newsquest Media Group | 6,232 | -14% | 49 | |
| Hinckley Times | Reach plc | 6,220 | -14% | 50 | |
| Whitehaven News | Newsquest Media Group | 6,213 | -14% | 50 | |
| Wiltshire Times | Newsquest Media Group | 6,179 | -13% | 50 | |
| Andover Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 6,067 | -11% | 48 | |
| Crewe Chronicle | Reach plc | 6,063 | -11% | 50 | |
| Yorkshire – Gazette & Herald | Newsquest Media Group | 6,005 | -15% | 50 | |
| Chester Chronicle | Reach plc | 6,001 | -15% | 50 | |
| Islington Gazette | Archant Ltd | 5,939 | -9% | 4,788 | 48 |
| Bridgwater Mercury | Newsquest Media Group | 5,845 | -8% | 51 | |
| Llanelli Star | Reach plc | 5,816 | -14% | 50 | |
| Braintree & Witham Times | Newsquest Media Group | 5,713 | -14% | 49 | |
| Macclesfield Express | Reach plc | 5,666 | -10% | 50 | |
| Bexley Times | Archant Ltd | 5,625 | -46% | 5,516 | 49 |
| Black Country Bugle | Reach plc | 5,610 | -15% | 50 | |
| Wilts & Glos Standard | Newsquest Media Group | 5,596 | -11% | 50 | |
| Ely Standard | Archant Ltd | 5,590 | 4% | 3,236 | 50 |
| Ham and High Express | Archant Ltd | 5,560 | -31% | 3,681 | 48 |
| Perthshire Advertiser (Fri) | Reach plc | 5,540 | -9% | 49 | |
| Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald | Newsquest Media Group | 5,521 | -11% | 50 | |
| Border Counties Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 5,469 | 51 | ||
| Keighley News | Newsquest Media Group | 5,419 | -20% | 49 | |
| Bridport News | Newsquest Media Group | 5,353 | -2% | 50 | |
| Surrey Mirror | Reach plc | 5,328 | -21% | 50 | |
| The Herald | Newsquest Media Group | 5,232 | -12% | 49 | |
| The Mid Devon Gazette | Reach plc | 5,214 | -15% | 50 | |
| Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser | Reach plc | 5,177 | -14% | 49 | |
| West Highland Free Press | West Highland Publishing Company Ltd | 5,155 | -8% | 50 | |
| Oldham Times | Newsquest Media Group | 5,147 | -24% | 49 | |
| Isle of Thanet Gazette | Reach plc | 5,050 | -16% | 50 | |
| Rossendale Free Press | Reach plc | 4,944 | -11% | 50 | |
| Croydon Advertiser | Reach plc | 4,918 | -21% | 50 | |
| Stranraer & Wigtownshire Free Press | Stranraer & Wigtownshire Free Press | 4,911 | -7% | 50 | |
| Bromley Times | Archant Ltd | 4,814 | -1% | 4,810 | 49 |
| Campbeltown Courier & Argyllshire Advertiser | Wyvex Media Ltd | 4,814 | -5% | 49 | |
| Stirling Observer (Wed) | Reach plc | 4,814 | -5% | 49 | |
| South Shropshire Journal | The Midland News Association | 4,720 | -7% | 51 | |
| John O’Groat Journal | Scottish Provincial Press | 4,635 | -8% | 50 | |
| Accrington Observer | Reach plc | 4,603 | -14% | 50 | |
| The West Lothian Courier | Reach plc | 4,599 | -17% | 49 | |
| Welwyn Hatfield Times | Archant Ltd | 4,597 | -35% | 52 | |
| Sevenoaks Chronicle | Reach plc | 4,575 | -19% | 50 | |
| The Galloway News | Reach plc | 4,555 | -6% | 49 | |
| Lennox Herald | Reach plc | 4,485 | -11% | 49 | |
| Maldon & Burnham Standard | Newsquest Media Group | 4,434 | -10% | 50 | |
| Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 4,405 | -6% | 49 | |
| Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Tue) | Reach plc | 4,405 | -12% | 50 | |
| Inverness Courier (Tue) | Scottish Provincial Press | 4,352 | -17% | 50 | |
| Romsey Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 4,349 | -6% | 48 | |
| Retford Times | Reach plc | 4,290 | -15% | 50 | |
| Your Local Guardian | Newsquest Media Group | 4,272 | 1,500 | 15 | |
| Mid Somerset Gazette | Reach plc | 4,269 | -17% | 50 | |
| Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser | Reach plc | 4,224 | -16% | 50 | |
| Stockport Express | Reach plc | 4,201 | -20% | 50 | |
| Tivy-Side Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 4,114 | -6% | 50 | |
| Bridgnorth Journal | The Midland News Association | 4,105 | -11% | 50 | |
| Folkestone Herald | Reach plc | 4,103 | -57% | 50 | |
| Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News | Reach plc | 4,102 | -15% | 50 | |
| Mid Somerset Journal | Reach plc | 4,092 | -20% | 50 | |
| Harwich & Manningtree Standard | Newsquest Media Group | 4,067 | -9% | 49 | |
| Witney Gazette | Newsquest Media Group | 4,065 | -8% | 49 | |
| Sidmouth Herald | Archant Ltd | 4,028 | -8% | 52 | |
| Knutsford Guardian | Newsquest Media Group | 3,946 | -8% | 50 | |
| Annandale Observer | Dumfriesshire Newspapers Group | 3,901 | -8% | 51 | |
| North Norfolk News | Archant Ltd | 3,891 | -9% | 52 | |
| East Kilbride News | Reach plc | 3,890 | -15% | 49 | |
| Glamorgan Gazette | Reach plc | 3,862 | -19% | 50 | |
| North Wales Weekly News | Reach plc | 3,848 | -24% | 50 | |
| Wishaw Press | Reach plc | 3,835 | -15% | 50 | |
| Newport Advertiser | The Midland News Association | 3,826 | -13% | 51 | |
| Ross-shire Journal | Scottish Provincial Press | 3,779 | -10% | 50 | |
| Denbighshire Free Press | Newsquest Media Group | 3,727 | 51 | ||
| Docklands & East London Advertiser | Archant Ltd | 3,647 | -31% | 3,128 | 49 |
| Aldershot News & Mail | Reach plc | 3,618 | -22% | 50 | |
| Wanstead & Woodford Recorder | Archant Ltd | 3,555 | -38% | 3,410 | 49 |
| Dereham & Fakenham Times | Archant Ltd | 3,401 | -14% | 52 | |
| South Wales Guardian | Newsquest Media Group | 3,379 | -12% | 50 | |
| Brentwood Gazette | Reach plc | 3,369 | -56% | 50 | |
| Cumnock Chronicle | Newsquest Media Group | 3,332 | -10% | 50 | |
| Slough Eton & Windsor Observer | Newsquest Media Group | 3,320 | -4% | 850 | 51 |
| Beccles & Bungay Journal | Archant Ltd | 3,297 | -9% | 52 | |
| Caithness Courier | Scottish Provincial Press | 3,263 | -13% | 50 | |
| Ashbourne News Telegraph | Reach plc | 3,254 | -10% | 50 | |
| Rochdale Observer (Wed) | Reach plc | 3,238 | -20% | 50 | |
| Helensburgh Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 3,138 | -9% | 50 | |
| Wood and Vale | Archant Ltd | 3,135 | -33% | 3,071 | 49 |
| Clydebank Post | Newsquest Media Group | 3,133 | -16% | 50 | |
| Chard & Ilminster News | Newsquest Media Group | 3,084 | -7% | 51 | |
| Dover Express | Reach plc | 3,074 | -17% | 50 | |
| East Coast and The Wolds Target | Reach plc | 2,979 | -17% | 50 | |
| Barking & Dagenham Post | Archant Ltd | 2,975 | -20% | 436 | 51 |
| Peeblesshire News | Newsquest Media Group | 2,939 | -6% | 50 | |
| Irvine Herald and Kilwinning Chronicle | Reach plc | 2,928 | -10% | 50 | |
| Somerset Guardian | Reach plc | 2,897 | -22% | 50 | |
| Free Press Monmouthshire & Pontypool | Newsquest Media Group | 2,851 | -11% | 51 | |
| Arran Banner | Wyvex Media Ltd | 2,846 | -3% | 50 | |
| Epping Forest Guardian | Newsquest Media Group | 2,825 | -19% | 669 | 50 |
| Ludlow Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 2,822 | -9% | 49 | |
| Central Fife Times & Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 2,816 | -11% | 48 | |
| Penarth Times | Newsquest Media Group | 2,816 | -11% | 50 | |
| Largs & Millport Weekly News | Newsquest Media Group | 2,805 | -7% | 50 | |
| Halstead Gazette | Newsquest Media Group | 2,776 | -10% | 49 | |
| Bracknell News | Newsquest Media Group | 2,738 | 1% | 675 | 51 |
| Sleaford Target | Reach plc | 2,721 | -13% | 50 | |
| Annandale Herald and Moffat News | Dumfriesshire Newspapers Group | 2,651 | -6% | 51 | |
| Barry & District News | Newsquest Media Group | 2,642 | -11% | 49 | |
| Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette | Newsquest Media Group | 2,623 | -14% | 50 | |
| Strathspey & Badenoch Herald | Scottish Provincial Press | 2,582 | -11% | 50 | |
| Whitchurch Herald | Newsquest Media Group | 2,570 | 51 | ||
| Birmingham Post | Reach plc | 2,545 | -24% | 50 | |
| Highland News | Scottish Provincial Press | 2,535 | -21% | 50 | |
| Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald | Reach plc | 2,502 | -29% | 50 | |
| Perthshire Advertiser (Tue) | Reach plc | 2,499 | -10% | 50 | |
| Border Telegraph | Newsquest Media Group | 2,384 | -9% | 50 | |
| Northern Times | Scottish Provincial Press | 2,372 | -9% | 50 | |
| Bicester Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 2,356 | -7% | 23 | 48 |
| Southport Visiter | Reach plc | 2,323 | -24% | 50 | |
| Ilkley Gazette | Newsquest Media Group | 2,294 | -22% | 48 | |
| Frome Standard | Reach plc | 2,269 | -30% | 50 | |
| Brentwood Recorder | Archant Ltd | 2,251 | -2% | 2,231 | 49 |
| Stirling Observer (Fri) | Reach plc | 2,208 | -2% | 50 | |
| Merthyr Express | Reach plc | 2,115 | -24% | 50 | |
| Holyhead and Bangor Mail | Reach plc | 2,115 | -32% | 50 | |
| Wharfedale & Aireborough Observer | Newsquest Media Group | 2,024 | -21% | 49 | |
| Rutherglen Reformer | Reach plc | 1,918 | -14% | 50 | |
| Ayr Advertiser | Newsquest Media Group | 1,901 | -15% | 50 | |
| Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News | Newsquest Media Group | 1,881 | -10% | 51 | |
| Rhondda Leader | Reach plc | 1,629 | -22% | 49 | |
| The Huntly Express | Scottish Provincial Press | 1,599 | -11% | 50 | |
| Milford Mercury | Newsquest Media Group | 1,568 | -7% | 49 | |
| Forres Gazette | Scottish Provincial Press | 1,559 | -10% | 50 | |
| The Banffshire Advertiser | Scottish Provincial Press | 1,507 | -20% | 50 | |
| Irvine Times | Newsquest Media Group | 1,493 | -19% | 50 | |
| North Star | Scottish Provincial Press | 1,457 | -20% | 50 | |
| Middleton Guardian | Reach plc | 1,454 | -25% | 50 | |
| Banffshire Journal | Scottish Provincial Press | 1,428 | -30% | 50 | |
| Hackney Gazette | Archant Ltd | 1,363 | -19% | 9 | 50 |
| Cynon Valley Leader | Reach plc | 1,323 | -19% | 50 | |
| Pontypridd & Llantrisant Observer | Reach plc | 1,277 | -24% | 50 | |
| Ormskirk Advertiser | Reach plc | 1,264 | -26% | 50 | |
| Blairgowrie Advertiser | Reach plc | 1,224 | -4% | 50 | |
| Paisley People | Newsquest Media Group | 1,221 | -35% | 1,221 | 50 |
| Strathearn Herald | Reach plc | 1,157 | -6% | 49 | |
| Dumbarton & Vale of Leven Reporter | Newsquest Media Group | 1,145 | -35% | 50 | |
| The Banffshire Herald | Scottish Provincial Press | 1,059 | -15% | 50 | |
| Gwent Gazette | Reach plc | 1,020 | -25% | 50 | |
| Heywood Advertiser | Reach plc | 1,010 | -34% | 50 | |
| East Grinstead Courier | Reach plc | 864 | -36% | 49 | |
| Ham & High Broadway | Archant Ltd | 415 | -21% | 4 | 50 |
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