ABC Newspaper Round-up Q3 2013: Graphs & stats •

Extracts from the latest ABC Q3 2014 presentation. Also see Newspaper ABCs. A very bad day for the Sunday press

Sector size ranked by average circulation– Quarter 3 2013:

The newspaper bump

ABC: “Total Newspapers increased by 180,000 copies compared to the previous quarter.”
MarkLives: Where does the growth come from? Judge for yourself:

ABC member circulation totals:
Daily Newspapers: down to 1,475,429 from 1,566,778 for the previous corresponding period
Weekly papers: down to 652,927 from 706,255
Weekend papers: down to 2,163,784 from 2,338,836
Local papers: down to 423,199 from 449,874
‘Hydrid’ papers: up to 166,325 from 166,181
Free papers: up to 6,499,162 from 6,116,772

4 Year Category Trend by Quarter: Daily Newspapers

ABC: “Circulation has declined (on daily papers) annually by 6.5% since 2009, equivalent to 433,000 copies. Q3 only declined by 1.5% (17,000 copies), compared to Q2”

MarkLives: Sign of a slow down in the circulation free fall or comparing apples (annual decline) and pears (quarterly decline). Either way the trend for dailies continue to be down.

Titles Showing Largest Decline: Daily Newspapers