excludes free newspapers Metro, City AM, and Evening Standard
Supplementary notes
Figures have been rounded.
Figures for The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Sunday Telegraph were not provided in the source's most recent reporting.
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Change in paid national newspaper circulation in the United Kingdom (UK) 2024-2025
The national news brand with the highest reported drop circulation in the United Kingdom was Sunday People, with a circulation decrease of around ***percent. The leading national paper by circulation, the Daily Mail, saw a drop of nearly *percent.
Online newspaper readership
The newspaper industry is having to make major readjustments to accommodate digital readership. Physical paper sales have been falling as consumers increasingly turn to online news outlets. Data on the monthly reach of national newspapers revealed that smartphones are the most popular platform for newspaper consumption across all major news brands, though free paper Metro had the highest print reach thanks to its regular distribution across London.
Journalists
Despite the fall in newspaper circulation, the number of journalists in the UK is climbing. In 2020, over *** thousand journalists and newspaper and periodical editors were employed in the United Kingdom, the highest number recorded since 2010.
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Press Gazette. (July 22, 2025). Year-over-year change in circulation of paid national newspapers in the United Kingdom (UK) from June 2024 to June 2025 (in 1,000 copies) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/529060/uk-newspaper-market-by-circulation/
Press Gazette. "Year-over-year change in circulation of paid national newspapers in the United Kingdom (UK) from June 2024 to June 2025 (in 1,000 copies)." Chart. July 22, 2025. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 27, 2026. /statistics/529060/uk-newspaper-market-by-circulation/
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Press Gazette. "Year-over-year Change in Circulation of Paid National Newspapers in The United Kingdom (Uk) from June 2024 to June 2025 (in 1,000 Copies)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 22 Jul 2025, /statistics/529060/uk-newspaper-market-by-circulation/
Press Gazette, Year-over-year change in circulation of paid national newspapers in the United Kingdom (UK) from June 2024 to June 2025 (in 1,000 copies) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/529060/uk-newspaper-market-by-circulation/ (last visited July 27, 2026)
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