One out of every eight subscribers to print publications is leaving each year. At its peak in the 1980s, their daily circulation exceeded 63 million, but it is currently only approximately one-third that amount. Here's a list of the top 25 US newspapers by daily circulation.
You would have opened your newspaper a few years ago and read this kind of commentary and analysis. Those times have passed.
More than 8 in 10 Americans currently acquire their news from digital sources, such as apps, podcasts, or skimming through feeds on social media as Visual Capitalist's Avery Koop explains below.
It is not surprising then, that only one of the top 25 most widely read American newspapers witnessed an increase in daily print circulation during the past year.
This graph compares the daily newspaper distribution rates of several American newspapers year over year using information from Press Gazette.
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