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Top 20 U.S. Daily Newspapers by Circulation

Rank
Publication
Daily Circulation
1 USA Today*
2,199,052
2 Wall Street Journal
2,070,498
3 New York Times
1,136,433
4 Los Angeles Times (a)
907,997
5 Washington Post
751,871
6 New York Daily News
735,536
7 New York Post
678,086
8 Chicago Tribune (b)
574,754
9 Houston Chronicle (a)
527,744
10 San Francisco Chronicle (a) (b)
468,739
11 Arizona Republic (a)
452,016
12 Boston Globe
434,330
13 Newark Star-Ledger
394,767
14 Atlanta Journal Constitution (b)
381,373
15 Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune (a)
378,316
16 Philadelphia Inquirer (a)
364,974
17 Cleveland Plain Dealer
348,759
18 Detroit Free Press (c)
347,447
19 St. Petersburg Times (a)
337,515
20 Portland Oregonian
335,980

* USA Today's Friday circulation is listed in the Sunday column. Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations. Percent change computed against six month averages for the period ending March 31, 2004 . Newsday and the Dallas Morning News are not listed because they being censured by the ABC board. a) Weekly averages include Saturday; b) Figures adjusted by Ad Age to indicate average weekday circulation; c) Detroit Free Press and Detroit News have combines Sunday edition; d) Rocky mountain News and Denver Post have combines Sunday edition. The San Jose Mercury News did not file its circulation statement by presstime.

Source: Advertising Age, most recent as of March 31, 2005

 

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