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 to 2018 is an estimation based on Pew Research Center analysis of Alliance for Audited Media data.
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Paid circulation of Sunday newspapers in the U.S. 2000-2020
In 2020, the circulation of Sunday newspapers in the United States fell to **** million. Circulation numbers have been decreasing for years, and have dropped by more than ** million since 2011.
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Pew Research Center. (June 29, 2021). Paid circulation of Sunday newspapers in the United States from 2000 to 2020 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 29, 2026, from /statistics/183431/paid-circulation-of-us-sunday-newspapers-since-2000/
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