The statistic above presents circulation data for Sunday newspapers in the United States from 2000 to 2016. In 2016, the total paid circulation of Sunday newspapers in the U.S. was 37.8 million copies, down from 59.42 million copies in 2000. Here you can find figures on circulation of daily newspapers.
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The statistic above presents circulation data for Sunday newspapers in the United States from 2000 to 2016. In 2016, the total paid circulation of Sunday newspapers in the U.S. was 37.8 million copies, down from 59.42 million copies in 2000. Here you can find figures on circulation of daily newspapers.
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- June 2017
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 2000 to 2016
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To determine totals for 2015 onward, researchers analyzed the year-over-year change in total weekday and Sunday circulation using AAM data and applied these percent changes to the previous year’s total. Only those daily U.S. newspapers that report to AAM are included. Affiliated publications are not included in the analysis. Weekday circulation only includes those publications reporting a Monday-Friday average. For each year, the comparison is for all newspapers meeting these criteria for the three-month period ending Dec. 31 of the given year. Comparisons are between the three-month averages for the period ending Dec. 31 of the given year and the same period of the previous year.
The source does not provide figures for 2010.
Data for 2015 and 2016 is an estimation based on Pew Research Center analysis of Alliance for Audited Media data
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- United States
- Survey time period
- 2000 to 2016
- Supplementary notes
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To determine totals for 2015 onward, researchers analyzed the year-over-year change in total weekday and Sunday circulation using AAM data and applied these percent changes to the previous year’s total. Only those daily U.S. newspapers that report to AAM are included. Affiliated publications are not included in the analysis. Weekday circulation only includes those publications reporting a Monday-Friday average. For each year, the comparison is for all newspapers meeting these criteria for the three-month period ending Dec. 31 of the given year. Comparisons are between the three-month averages for the period ending Dec. 31 of the given year and the same period of the previous year.
The source does not provide figures for 2010.
Data for 2015 and 2016 is an estimation based on Pew Research Center analysis of Alliance for Audited Media data
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