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# U.S. newspaper circulation continues to decline dramatically
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/all-top-newspapers-see-shrinking-print-circulation/
- Published: 2024-02-19T23:07:21.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-20T12:50:06.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, Insights, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:54

**The top news publications continue to command strong circulation numbers.** But almost all have declined in the past year, according to the [Alliance for Audited Media](https://auditedmedia.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), as reported by PressGazette, states Publishers Dailly.

Below are the top-10 print titles, their circulation numbers and their declines year-over-year:

1. *Wall Street Journal*—555,200 (-14%)
2. *New York Times*—267,600 (-13%)
3. *New York Post*—131,200 (-8%)
4. *Washington Post*—127,700 (-13%)
5. *USA Today*—121,600 (-16%)
6. *Los Angeles Times*—105,700 (-17%)
7. *Star Tribune*—86,900 (-12%)
8. *Newsday*—83,500 (-10%)
9. *Chicago Tribune*—73,000 (-16%)
10. *Seattle Times*—71,700 (-13%)

Print circulation is the average number of copies of a publication and is a good [proxy measure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy%5F%28statistics%29?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) of print [readership](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target%5Faudience?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) and is one of the principal factors used to set print advertising rates.

More [here](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/393634/top-newspapers-all-lose-print-circulation.html?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).