E-papers: paid circulation in Germany 2022

This timeline shows the e-paper sales volume of newspapers in Germany from the second quarter of 2015 to the fourth quarter of 2022, broken down by segment. In the fourth quarter of 2022, retail sales of digital newspapers amounted to 5,629 copies.

E-paper sales volume of newspapers in Germany from 2nd quarter 2015 to 4th quarter 2022, by segment

Characteristic	All papers	Subscriptions	Retail sales	Other sales
Q2' 15	780,134	381,207	1,552	397,375
Q3' 15	836,676	406,300	1,844	428,532
Q4' 15	902,239	431,471	1,801	469,057
Q1' 16	925,120	455,570	1,996	467,914
Q2' 16	977,156	478,762	2,087	496,307
Q3' 16	1,013,454	501,288	2,518	509,648
Q4' 16	1,075,200	536,060	2,481	536,441
Q1' 17	1,154,781	588,625	2,818	562,829
Q2' 17	1,207,122	614,113	2,717	589,696
Q3' 17	1,249,590	643,973	2,919	602,109
Q4' 17	1,335,954	673,104	3,244	659,081
Q1' 18	1,398,525	715,627	3,045	678,438
Q2' 18	1,409,331	737,982	3,263	666,438
Q3' 18	1,474,499	770,319	3,104	699,378
Q4' 18	1,533,995	801,550	3,139	727,019
Q1' 19	1,587,160	845,487	3,068	737,053
Q2' 19	1,658,326	890,881	3,123	762,349
Q3' 19	1,732,541	928,470	3,816	798,512
Q4' 19	1,793,457	965,040	3,726	822,396
Q1' 20	1,822,336	996,677	3,838	819,280
Q2' 20	2,003,448	1,057,530	4,036	940,433
Q3' 20	2,091,504	1,131,910	4,110	953,048
Q4' 20	2,075,339	1,172,812	4,697	896,098
Q1' 21	2,144,236	1,231,203	5,239	906,587
Q2' 21	2,207,995	1,264,224	4,705	937,453
Q3 '21	2,145,454	1,239,081	4,595	899,710
Q4 '21	2,346,632	1,363,599	5,169	974,438
Q1 '22	2,439,443	1,433,873	5,535	997,142
Q2 '22	2,495,252	1,468,150	5,345	1,017,543
Q3 '22	2,526,694	1,494,552	8,089	1,019,604
Q4 '22	2,580,288	1,540,521	5,629	1,028,685