The leading newspaper in terms of overall reach in the United Kingdom from April 2019 to March 2020 was The Sun. The tabloid newspaper, which has been embroiled in numerous controversies over the years, had a combined reach from its print editions and website of just over 38 million from April 2019 to March 2020.
News online
The newspaper industry has had to make major readjustments to a digitalized future. Physical paper sales have been falling for years with readers being able to gain access to news on a constant and instant level online. Some brands in the UK see over 150 million unique monthly visits online. The mobile phone is now the leading way individuals consume news in the UK for almost every major brand.
The printing industry
Expenditure on newspapers in the UK based on volume has seen a decrease of about three billion British pounds during the last 10 years. Revenues from the printing of newspapers in the UK will fall to a forecasted 16.6 million U.S. dollars in 2024, down from 97 million U.S. Dollars in 2012.
Monthly reach of leading newspapers in the United Kingdom from April 2019 to March 2020
(in 1,000s)
Where a single title had multiple websites, only the highest reaching title(s) were included here. See the source for the web addresses of each title.
PAMCo 1 2021: April ’19 – Mar ’20 print data fused with November ’20 Comscore data. The daily print figure is the daily reach of the 6-day paper (i.e. everyone who has read it 'yesterday') which can be different from the modelled 6-day AIR.
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Publishers Audience Measurement Company. (March 10, 2021). Monthly reach of leading newspapers in the United Kingdom from April 2019 to March 2020 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 28, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/246077/reach-of-selected-national-newspapers-in-the-uk/
Publishers Audience Measurement Company. "Monthly reach of leading newspapers in the United Kingdom from April 2019 to March 2020 (in 1,000s)." Chart. March 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/246077/reach-of-selected-national-newspapers-in-the-uk/
Publishers Audience Measurement Company. (2021). Monthly reach of leading newspapers in the United Kingdom from April 2019 to March 2020 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 28, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/246077/reach-of-selected-national-newspapers-in-the-uk/
Publishers Audience Measurement Company. "Monthly Reach of Leading Newspapers in The United Kingdom from April 2019 to March 2020 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/246077/reach-of-selected-national-newspapers-in-the-uk/
Publishers Audience Measurement Company, Monthly reach of leading newspapers in the United Kingdom from April 2019 to March 2020 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/246077/reach-of-selected-national-newspapers-in-the-uk/ (last visited January 28, 2022)
