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American newspapers

Below are the top newspapers in the United States by paid subscription.

Over 1,000,000

200,000 to 500,000

  • Long Island Newsday
  • Los Angeles Times
  • New York Post
  • Dallas Morning News
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Washington Post
  • Daily News (New York)
  • am New York
  • Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
  • Houston Chronicle
  • Austin American
  • Tampa Bay Times
  • Honolulu Star-Advertiser
  • The Record (Woodland Park, NJ)
  • Boston Globe
  • Las Vegas Review-Journal
  • Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram

100,000 to 200,000

  • The Denver Post / The Sunday Denver Post
  • Arizona Republic
  • Metro New York
  • El Vocero De Puerto Rico
  • The Star-Ledger (Newark)
  • San Francisco Chronicle
  • Columbus Dispatch
  • Tribune Review (Pittsburgh)
  • The Palm Beach Post
  • San Antonio Express-News
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  • El Nuevo Dia
  • The Salt Lake Tribune / Deseret News
  • Express (Washington DC)
  • Kansas City Star
  • Chicago Sun-Times
  • The Virginian-Pilot
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • The Miami Herald / El Nuevo Herald
  • South Florida Sun Sentinel
  • Arkansas Democrat Gazette
  • Indianapolis Star
  • Advocate (Baton Rouge)
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • The Baltimore Sun
  • Buffalo News
  • Hartford Courant
  • Investor’s Business Daily (Los Angeles)
  • Metro Puerto Rico LLC
  • Charlotte Observer
  • Omaha World-Herald / Sunday World-Herald
  • Cincinnati Enquirer
  • Telegram & Gazette / Sunday Telegram
  • State (Columbia, SC)
  • Courier-Journal (Louisville)

Under 100,000

  • News & Observer (Raleigh)
  • Oklahoman
  • La Opinion (Los Angeles)
  • Richmond Times-Dispatch
  • Albuquerque Journal
  • Fresno Bee
  • Tennessean
  • Democrat And Chronicle (Rochester, NY)
  • Des Moines Register
  • Boston Herald, Boston Sunday Herald
  • Metro Philadelphia
  • Daily/Sunday Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
  • Indice (San Juan)
  • Blade (Toledo)
  • Republican (Springfield, MA)
  • Primera Hora (San Juan)
  • Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ)
  • Post And Courier (Charleston)
  • Metro Boston
  • Wisconsin State Journal
  • Akron Beacon Journal, Sunday Akron Journal
  • Tulsa World
  • Morning Call (Allentown)
  • The News Journal Media Group (New Castle, DE)
  • Florida Times-Union
  • Arizona Daily Star
  • Roanoke Times
  • Chattanooga Times Free Press
  • News Tribune (Tacoma, WA)
  • Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT)
  • LNP / Sunday LNP (Lancaster, PA)
  • Daytona Beach News-Journal
  • Press Democrat (Santa Rosa)
  • Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
  • Journal News (White Plains, NY)
  • New Haven Register

References

McIntyre, Douglas A. (January 24, 2017). America’s 100 Largest Newspapers. 24/7 Wall St. https://247wallst.com/media/2017/01/24/americas-100-largest-newspapers/

Resources

Alliance for Audited Media (auditedmedia.com)

 Audit Bureau of Circulations (auditbureau.org)