Just 13 paid-for weeklies across the UK recorded circulation year-on-year increases in the final six months of 2012, the latest figures reveal.
Here is the full list showing how each UK weekly title performed.
| Avon | |||
| Bath Chronicle | 15,066 | -5.4pc | |
| Bristol Observer – East, Kingswood & Keynsham Observer | 67,695 | 3.4pc | |
| Bristol Observer – South Glo’shire | 43,043 | 3pc | |
| Bristol Observer – South West Bristol | 39,188 | 3.4pc | |
| Bedfordshire | |||
| Bedford Borough Times & Citizen | 64,149 | -2.1pc | |
| Bedfordshire on Sunday | 75,742 | 2.3pc | |
| Biggleswade Advertiser | 13,054 | 4.1pc | |
| Biggleswade Chronicle | 7,481 | -7.9pc | |
| Dunstable Gazette | 3,242 | -13pc | |
| Herald & Post – Luton & Dunstable | 74,754 | -6.7pc | |
| Leighton Buzzard Observer | 5,716 | -6.6pc | |
| Luton News | 6,161 | -14.1pc | |
| Luton on Sunday | 66,139 | -0.5pc | |
| Mid Beds Times & Citizen | 17,552 | -2.6pc | |
| Berkshire | |||
| Bracknell & Wokingham Midweek | 38,203 | -4.9pc | |
| Bracknell Forest Standard | 27,488 | -4.1pc | |
| Bracknell News | 3,265 | -7.3pc | |
| Get Reading | 66,836 | 3.3pc | |
| Maidenhead Advertiser | 18,057 | 3.2pc | |
| Maidenhead Advertiser – Complimentary Pick Ups | 1,050 | -1.1pc | |
| Midweek (Slough, Windsor, Maidenhead) | 47,322 | -7.6pc | |
| Newbury & Thatcham Advertiser | 14,197 | -3.2pc | |
| Newbury & Thatcham Chronicle | 9,895 | -12.9pc | |
| Newbury Weekly News | 17,143 | -8.9pc | |
| Newbury Weekly News – Complimentary Pick-Ups | 2,215 | 27.4pc | |
| Property News | 60,663 | 5.9pc | |
| Reading Chronicle | 6,317 | -6.9pc | |
| Reading Midweek | 62,196 | -6.3pc | |
| Reading Post | 10,016 | -8.8pc | |
| Slough & Windsor Express | 44,238 | 3.9pc | |
| Slough Eton & Windsor Observer | 6,238 | -9.3pc | |
| Wokingham Times | 10,859 | -7.6pc | |
| Buckinghamshire | |||
| Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser | 6,730 | -7.8pc | |
| Bucks Advertiser & Examiner | 9,121 | -9.7pc | |
| Bucks Advertiser/Thame Gazette | 25,672 | -16.2pc | |
| Bucks Free Press | 17,838 | -5.2pc | |
| Bucks Herald | 10,215 | -11.9pc | |
| Milton Keynes Citizen | 94,623 | -7.4pc | |
| MK News | 84,285 | -1.8pc | |
| South Bucks Star | 33,130 | -4.1pc | |
| Cambridgeshire | |||
| Cambridge News & Crier Now | 37,352 | -2.1pc | |
| Cambs Times | 12,573 | -0.8pc | |
| Ely Standard | 6,146 | -2.8pc | |
| Ely Weekly News | 13,334 | -3.5pc | |
| Fenland Citizen | 36,175 | -5.5pc | |
| Hunts Post | 41,965 | -0.6pc | |
| News & Crier | 43,344 | 1.9pc | |
| Peterborough Citizen | 17,424 | -30.6pc | |
| Peterborough Telegraph | 16,707 | N/A | |
| Royston Crow | 13,846 | 1.2pc | |
| Wisbech Standard | 10,325 | -1.2pc | |
| Cheshire | |||
| The Chester & District Standard | 51,193 | -1.1pc | |
| Chester Chronicle | 15,932 | -11.6pc | |
| Chronicle Xtra | 35,884 | -19.4pc | |
| Chronicle Xtra South Cheshire | 13,356 | -19.5pc | |
| Crewe Chronicle | 12,260 | -7.8pc | |
| Crewe Guardian | 29,941 | -3.4pc | |
| The Ellesmere Port & Neston Standard | 24,773 | -3.3pc | |
| Ellesmere Port Pioneer | 3,430 | -11.3pc | |
| Knutsford Guardian | 4,076 | -7.5pc | |
| Macclesfield Express | 10,534 | -3.7pc | |
| Northwich Guardian | 10,031 | -8.4pc | |
| Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News | 9,788 | -5.2pc | |
| Runcorn and Widnes World | 33,051 | -2.2pc | |
| South Manchester Reporter | 34,508 | -24.8pc | |
| Stockport Times East | 41,230 | -1.1pc | |
| Stockport Times West | 38,259 | -0.8pc | |
| Warrington Guardian | 23,412 | -9.9pc | |
| Warrington Midweek | 43,538 | -4.3pc | |
| Wilmslow Express | 13,733 | -0.4pc | |
| Winsford & Middlewich Guardian | 4,152 | -11.1pc | |
| Cleveland | |||
| East Cleveland Herald & Post | 25,631 | -20pc | |
| Middlesbrough Herald & Post | 30,246 | -15.6pc | |
| Stockton & Billingham Herald & Post | 50,929 | -4.1pc | |
| Cornwall | |||
| Camborne and Redruth Packet | 14,217 | -1.7pc | |
| Cornish Guardian | 21,450 | -18pc | |
| Cornishman | 14,503 | -7.3pc | |
| Packet Newspapers – Falmouth | 5,773 | -6.9pc | |
| Packet Newspapers – Helston | 2,064 | -4.9pc | |
| Truro Packet | 7,494 | -11.2pc | |
| West Briton | 29,710 | -8.3pc | |
| West Cornwall Packet | 9,802 | 26.6pc | |
| Cumbria | |||
| Advertiser | 32,632 | -16.3pc | |
| Cumberland & Westmorland Herald | 16,366 | -3.2pc | |
| Cumberland News | 24,602 | -5.9pc | |
| The Cumbrian Gazette (East) | 27,684 | -23.2pc | |
| The Cumbrian Gazette (West) | 20,615 | -24.4pc | |
| South Lakes Citizen | 17,405 | 0.8pc | |
| West Cumberland Times & Star | 13,877 | -5.5pc | |
| Westmorland Gazette | 23,810 | -6.9pc | |
| Whitehaven News | 12,812 | -5.8pc | |
| Derbyshire | |||
| Alfreton Chad | 14,516 | 0.1pc | |
| Belper News | 2,149 | -13.3pc | |
| Buxton Advertiser | 9,101 | -10pc | |
| Derbyshire Times | 27,499 | -10.2pc | |
| Dronfield Advertiser | 6,820 | -26pc | |
| Eckington Leader | 13,117 | -30.5pc | |
| Ilkeston Advertiser | 5,979 | -16.2pc | |
| Matlock Mercury | 5,668 | -9.5pc | |
| Peak Courier | 28,660 | -16.9pc | |
| Ripley & Heanor News | 6,569 | -16.7pc | |
| Telegraph Lite | 65,175 | -14.7pc | |
| Devon | |||
| Exeter – Express & Echo | 19,749 | -18.8pc | |
| Exmouth Herald | 16,627 | 0.8pc | |
| Exmouth Journal | 7,796 | -2.4pc | |
| The Mid Devon Gazette | 9,154 | -5.6pc | |
| North Devon Gazette | 42,498 | 0.1pc | |
| North Devon Journal | 24,160 | -9pc | |
| Sidmouth Herald | 6,402 | 1.4pc | |
| The Star | 14,909 | 0.9pc | |
| Torquay – Herald Express | 26,246 | -14.3pc | |
| Dorset | |||
| Bournemouth Advertiser | 42,193 | -4.5pc | |
| Bridport News | 8,635 | -3.4pc | |
| Christchurch Advertiser | 15,240 | -4.6pc | |
| Poole Advertiser | 41,061 | 5.7pc | |
| Swanage & Wareham Advertiser | 8,936 | -0.9pc | |
| Weymouth & Portland Advertiser | 21,913 | -2.6pc | |
| Durham | |||
| Chester-Le-Street Advertiser | 14,250 | 1.2pc | |
| Consett-Stanley Advertiser | 22,880 | 0.7pc | |
| Darlington & Stockton Times | 21,117 | -5.6pc | |
| Darlington Aycliffe and Sedgefield Advertiser | 45,988 | 1.4pc | |
| Durham Advertiser | 21,153 | -0.5pc | |
| Wear Valley Advertiser | 21,432 | -0.6pc | |
| Essex | |||
| Basildon, Wickford & Billericay Recorder | 50,507 | -12.2pc | |
| Braintree & Witham Times | 10,187 | -9.9pc | |
| Braintree Weekly News | 10,364 | -18.5pc | |
| Brentwood Gazette | 14,864 | 29.5pc | |
| Brentwood Weekly News | 14,612 | -7.1pc | |
| Chelmsford Weekly News | 41,533 | -10.5pc | |
| Clacton Gazette | 14,057 | -3.9pc | |
| Colchester Weekly News | 22,022 | -17.1pc | |
| Dunmow Broadcast | 12,425 | 1.1pc | |
| Essex Chronicle | 24,901 | -9.6pc | |
| Essex County Standard | 14,093 | -9.1pc | |
| Halstead Gazette | 4,362 | -4.1pc | |
| Harlow Star | 35,014 | 5.2pc | |
| Harwich & Manningtree Standard | 5,786 | -1.2pc | |
| Maldon & Burnham Standard | 6,910 | -2.4pc | |
| Saffron Walden Reporter | 16,516 | 0pc | |
| Saffron Walden Weekly News | 18,814 | 0.3pc | |
| Southend Standard | 45,823 | -10.2pc | |
| Southend Standard – Castle Point, Rayleigh & Rochford | 39,815 | -11.2pc | |
| Thurrock Gazette | 49,236 | -4.9pc | |
| Gloucestershire | |||
| Gloucestershire County Gazette | 11,356 | -4.9pc | |
| Gloucestershire Independent | 15,362 | 5.5pc | |
| Stroud Life | 13,912 | -5pc | |
| Stroud News & Journal | 10,180 | -8pc | |
| Wilts & Glos Standard | 10,119 | -7pc | |
| Hampshire | |||
| Aldershot News & Mail | 9,524 | -12.4pc | |
| Andover Advertiser | 10,999 | -5.1pc | |
| Andover Advertiser Midweek | 15,557 | -9.5pc | |
| Avon Advertiser – Wimborne & Ferndown | 11,506 | -5.3pc | |
| The Basingstoke Extra | 21,958 | -3pc | |
| Basingstoke Weekend Gazette | 12,942 | -7.4pc | |
| Eastleigh newsextra | 19,113 | N/A | |
| Hampshire Chronicle | 10,747 | -7.9pc | |
| Monday Gazette – Basingstoke | 3,247 | -17.7pc | |
| New Forest Post | 31,662 | -10.8pc | |
| Petersfield Post | 6,574 | -5.7pc | |
| Romsey Advertiser | 6,497 | 0.6pc | |
| Winchester newsextra | 11,591 | N/A | |
| Hereford | |||
| Bromsgrove Advertiser/Droitwich Spa Advertiser | 32,357 | -0.1pc | |
| Bromsgrove Standard | 32,169 | -11.5pc | |
| Evesham Observer | 15,359 | -30.2pc | |
| The Evesham, Pershore and Cotswold Journal | 27,442 | -1.1pc | |
| Hereford Admag | 48,081 | -7.2pc | |
| Hereford Journal | 39,441 | 0.9pc | |
| Hereford Times | 30,612 | -6.3pc | |
| Malvern Gazette | 12,890 | -5.9pc | |
| Redditch Advertiser & Alcester Chronicle | 39,258 | 0.3pc | |
| Redditch Standard | 39,662 | -2.5pc | |
| The Shuttle (incorporating the Kidderminster Times and Stourport News) | 36,455 | 0pc | |
| Worcester Journal (Berrows) | 41,050 | -0.3pc | |
| Worcester Standard | 30,156 | -14.2pc | |
| Hertfordshire | |||
| Borehamwood & Elstree Times | 9,158 | 3.7pc | |
| Hemel Hempstead Gazette | 9,118 | -7.6pc | |
| Herald Express | 36,068 | -12.2pc | |
| Hertfordshire Mercury | 19,835 | -2.5pc | |
| Herts & Essex Observer | 12,109 | -3.9pc | |
| Herts & Lea Valley Star | 25,551 | -5.5pc | |
| The Herts Advertiser – St Albans & Harpenden Edition | 43,104 | -0.4pc | |
| Hitchin Comet | 18,889 | -0.2pc | |
| Hitchin, Letchworth and Baldock Advertiser | 39,689 | 2pc | |
| Letchworth GC & Baldock Comet | 20,820 | -1.2pc | |
| Royston Weekly News | 12,232 | 17.1pc | |
| St Albans/Harpenden Review | 38,401 | 0.8pc | |
| Stevenage Advertiser | 30,956 | 1.1pc | |
| Stevenage Comet | 31,608 | 1.2pc | |
| The Watford Free | 35,635 | -0.9pc | |
| The Watford Observer | 15,171 | -5.9pc | |
| Welwyn Hatfield Times | 11,758 | -4.6pc | |
| Welwyn Hatfield Times – Potters Bar Edition Commuter Copies | 1,094 | 9.4pc | |
| Isle of Man | |||
| Isle of Man Examiner | 10,017 | -9.5pc | |
| Manx Independent | 9,528 | -5.2pc | |
| Isle of Wight | |||
| Isle of Wight County Press | 32,724 | -3.7pc | |
| Kent | |||
| Bexley Borough News Shopper | 39,326 | -1.7pc | |
| Bromley News Shopper | 62,232 | 2.5pc | |
| Dartford and Gravesend News Shopper | 26,657 | -0.1pc | |
| Dover Express | 6,294 | -69.3pc | |
| East Kent Mercury | 10,425 | -0.5pc | |
| Faversham News | 2,485 | -8.2pc | |
| Folkestone Herald | 23,084 | 52.1pc | |
| Gravesend & Dartford Messenger | 5,300 | 2.2pc | |
| Herne Bay Gazette | 2,515 | -5.5pc | |
| Isle of Thanet Gazette | 10,114 | -1.9pc | |
| Kent and Sussex Courier | 24,064 | -6.7pc | |
| Kent Messenger | 35,072 | -5.1pc | |
| Kentish Express | 14,633 | -9.3pc | |
| Kentish Gazette | 10,781 | -7.2pc | |
| KM Extra (Canterbury) | 30,347 | -21.8pc | |
| KM Extra (Folkestone and Hythe) | 12,072 | -62.9pc | |
| KM Extra (Maidstone) | 20,138 | -13.1pc | |
| KM Extra (Medway) | 40,079 | -13.9pc | |
| KM Extra (Thanet) | 32,986 | 0.6pc | |
| KM Extra Ashford | 10,354 | N/A | |
| Medway Messenger (Monday) | 7,185 | -7.5pc | |
| Messenger Extra (Gravesend, Dartford and Swanley) | 26,171 | -17.6pc | |
| Sevenoaks Chronicle | 9,664 | -3.7pc | |
| Sheerness Times Guardian | 6,674 | -3.5pc | |
| Sittingbourne News Extra | 5,578 | N/A | |
| Times (Faversham, Whitstable & Herne Bay and Canterbury) | 28,601 | -40.8pc | |
| Lancashire | |||
| Accrington Observer | 9,244 | -6.9pc | |
| The Blackburn, Darwen and Hyndburn Citizen | 23,319 | -13.1pc | |
| The Burnley and Pendle Citizen | 33,127 | -11.6pc | |
| Burnley Express (Fri) | 11,246 | -14.8pc | |
| Burnley Express (Tue) | 6,889 | -19.6pc | |
| Chorley Citizen | 23,127 | 2.3pc | |
| Chorley Guardian | 11,077 | -17.3pc | |
| Clitheroe Advertiser & Times | 6,307 | -12.2pc | |
| Garstang Courier | 3,773 | -14.5pc | |
| Lancaster Guardian | 12,103 | -17.6pc | |
| Leigh Reporter (Incorporating Atherton & Tyldesley) | 40,912 | -9.3pc | |
| Longridge & Ribble Valley News & Advertiser | 2,562 | -12.8pc | |
| Lytham St. Annes Express | 6,736 | -9.6pc | |
| Nelson Leader | 10,338 | -13.7pc | |
| Ormskirk Advertiser | 5,392 | -12pc | |
| Rossendale Free Press | 10,166 | -4pc | |
| St Helens (incorporating the Prescot & Knowsley Reporter) | 68,280 | -9.1pc | |
| St. Helens Star | 71,075 | 0.4pc | |
| The Visitor | 9,329 | -20.4pc | |
| Wigan Reporter | 42,864 | 0.8pc | |
| Leicestershire | |||
| Ashby Mail | 7,455 | 0.3pc | |
| Coalville Mail | 14,903 | 0.2pc | |
| Coalville Times | 7,647 | -3.7pc | |
| Harborough Mail | 9,039 | -9.4pc | |
| Hinckley Times | 11,917 | -3.6pc | |
| Leicester Mail | 57,862 | -8.9pc | |
| Loughborough Echo | 15,612 | -6.9pc | |
| Melton Times | 9,370 | -7.8pc | |
| Lincolnshire | |||
| Boston Standard | 7,684 | -12.4pc | |
| Boston Target | 14,121 | -8.1pc | |
| East Lindsey Target | 29,396 | 99.8pc | |
| The Epworth Bells & Crowle Advertiser | 2,471 | -1.6pc | |
| Gainsborough Standard | 3,676 | 4.1pc | |
| Grantham Journal | 14,072 | -12.6pc | |
| Grimsby and Cleethorpes Advertiser | 29,206 | 37.4pc | |
| Horncastle News | 4,028 | -10.7pc | |
| Lincolnshire Echo | 20,660 | -19.8pc | |
| Lincolnshire Free Press | 13,140 | -8.2pc | |
| Louth Leader | 7,183 | -13.5pc | |
| Market Rasen Mail | 3,264 | -7.2pc | |
| Rutland & Stamford Mercury | 14,482 | -10.4pc | |
| Rutland Times | 2,765 | -7.1pc | |
| Scunthorpe Telegraph | 18,286 | -9.9pc | |
| Skegness Standard | 7,493 | -14.3pc | |
| Sleaford Standard | 2,575 | -11.6pc | |
| Sleaford Target | 9,455 | -28.2pc | |
| Spalding Guardian | 10,978 | -10.8pc | |
| London | |||
| Barnet & Potters Bar Times | 24,958 | 2.9pc | |
| Croydon Advertiser | 40,954 | -42.3pc | |
| Croydon Guardian | 59,868 | -0.9pc | |
| Ealing & Acton Gazette | 49,854 | 43.3pc | |
| Edgware & Mill Hill Times | 12,021 | 3.3pc | |
| Elmbridge Guardian | 21,964 | -8.7pc | |
| Enfield Independent | 56,177 | -3.2pc | |
| Epping & Waltham Independent Series | 26,206 | -2.2pc | |
| Epping Forest Guardian | 5,724 | -2.9pc | |
| Epsom Guardian | 28,476 | -3.5pc | |
| Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle | 61,227 | -27.7pc | |
| Haringey Independent | 17,422 | -0.7pc | |
| Harrow Observer | 47,167 | -4.9pc | |
| Harrow Times | 39,973 | -2.3pc | |
| Hendon & Finchley Times | 25,083 | 3.5pc | |
| Hounslow Chronicle | 42,594 | 4.2pc | |
| Kingston Guardian | 30,546 | 1.8pc | |
| Lewisham & Greenwich News Shopper | 49,420 | -1.7pc | |
| Richmond & Twickenham Times | 38,529 | -5.8pc | |
| Staines Informer | 35,860 | -16.2pc | |
| Surrey Comet | 5,777 | -10.7pc | |
| Sutton Guardian | 40,760 | -0.9pc | |
| Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette | 32,563 | 219.9pc | |
| Waltham Forest Guardian | 5,614 | -17.5pc | |
| Wandsworth Guardian | 49,317 | -3.8pc | |
| Wanstead & Woodford Guardian | 4,738 | -16.3pc | |
| Wimbledon Guardian | 29,922 | 5.6pc | |
| Manchester | |||
| Bolton Journal | 35,977 | -9pc | |
| Bury Journal | 24,145 | -14pc | |
| Bury Times | 15,465 | -7.2pc | |
| Glossop Advertiser | 10,517 | -0.6pc | |
| Heywood Advertiser | 3,749 | -11pc | |
| Leigh, Tyldesley & Atherton Journal | 49,449 | -5.5pc | |
| Middleton Guardian | 4,729 | -9pc | |
| Oldham Advertiser | 55,883 | -20.3pc | |
| Prestwich and Whitefield Guide | 1,696 | -8.8pc | |
| Rochdale Observer (Sat) | 13,974 | -10.8pc | |
| Rochdale Observer (Wed) | 8,862 | -10.4pc | |
| Sale & Altrincham Messenger | 48,998 | 7.9pc | |
| Sale and Altrincham Advertiser | 49,117 | -0.2pc | |
| Salford Advertiser | 71,252 | -1.9pc | |
| Stockport Express | 10,443 | -7.1pc | |
| Stretford & Urmston Messenger | 23,785 | 2pc | |
| Stretford and Urmston Advertiser | 28,405 | 0.4pc | |
| Tameside Advertiser | 74,146 | -0.7pc | |
| Wigan Observer | 11,950 | -17.7pc | |
| Merseyside | |||
| Champion | 162,838 | 16.4pc | |
| Crosby Herald | 4,265 | -20pc | |
| Formby Times | 9,999 | -5.3pc | |
| Liverpool Post | 5,727 | N/A | |
| Midweek Visiter | 44,167 | -7.6pc | |
| Southport Visiter | 8,758 | -12.4pc | |
| Wirral Globe | 111,590 | 1.3pc | |
| Wirral News (Birkenhead Edition) | 28,140 | -7.6pc | |
| Wirral News (Bromborough & Bebington Edition) | 18,835 | -8.3pc | |
| Wirral News (Heswall, Hoylake, West Kirby & Neston Edition) | 28,532 | -7.9pc | |
| Wirral News (Wallasey Edition) | 23,803 | -12pc | |
| Norfolk | |||
| The Advertiser – Norwich Edition | 54,911 | 0.1pc | |
| The Advertiser – Yarmouth Edition | 42,334 | 6.1pc | |
| Beccles & Bungay Journal | 5,749 | -6pc | |
| Dereham & Fakenham Times | 6,098 | -5.6pc | |
| Diss Express | 5,868 | -12.7pc | |
| Diss Mercury | 15,123 | 24.1pc | |
| Great Yarmouth Mercury | 14,092 | -6.8pc | |
| Lynn News (Fri) | 19,471 | -12.6pc | |
| Lynn News (Tue) | 11,786 | -19pc | |
| North Norfolk News | 6,488 | -6.4pc | |
| Thetford & Watton Times | 18,760 | 0.5pc | |
| Wymondham & Attleborough Mercury | 13,744 | 0pc | |
| Northamptonshire | |||
| Daventry Express | 6,883 | -7.4pc | |
| Northampton Chronicle & Echo | 19,598 | N/A | |
| Northampton Herald & Post | 46,136 | 1.2pc | |
| Northampton Mercury and Citizen | 44,063 | -17.7pc | |
| Northamptonshire Telegraph | 19,314 | N/A | |
| Wellingborough & Rushden Herald & Post | 12,927 | 0.5pc | |
| Northumberland | |||
| Hexham Courant | 14,218 | -5.3pc | |
| Morpeth Herald | 2,415 | 1.3pc | |
| News Post Leader | 60,878 | 0.1pc | |
| Northumberland Gazette | 8,391 | -5.4pc | |
| Nottinghamshire | |||
| Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser | 3,166 | -17.9pc | |
| Hucknall Dispatch | 5,766 | -11.5pc | |
| Mansfield Chad | 27,643 | -14.5pc | |
| Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper | 172,160 | -18.9pc | |
| Retford & Gainsborough Times | 7,663 | -6.5pc | |
| The Retford Trader and Guardian | 9,261 | -41pc | |
| Worksop Guardian | 10,263 | -13.4pc | |
| Oxfordshire | |||
| Banbury Cake | 17,493 | -0.9pc | |
| Banbury Guardian | 12,656 | -8.8pc | |
| Bicester Advertiser | 3,629 | -6.5pc | |
| Bicester Review | 5,272 | -0.4pc | |
| Henley and South Oxfordshire Standard | 10,112 | -3.1pc | |
| Herald | 10,425 | -4.2pc | |
| Oxford Star | 21,002 | 7.2pc | |
| Oxford Times | 12,638 | -14.3pc | |
| Witney Gazette | 6,201 | -7.2pc | |
| Shropshire | |||
| Bridgnorth Journal | 6,960 | -5.8pc | |
| Ludlow Advertiser | 4,208 | -5.7pc | |
| Newport Advertiser | 6,662 | -4.7pc | |
| Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer | 8,326 | -4.8pc | |
| Oswestry and Border Chronicle | 11,460 | N/A | |
| Shrewsbury Admag | 40,714 | -9.8pc | |
| Shrewsbury Chronicle | 33,349 | -30.3pc | |
| South Shropshire Journal | 6,860 | -6.6pc | |
| Telford Journal | 44,589 | -7.6pc | |
| Whitchurch Herald | 3,557 | -4.4pc | |
| Somerset | |||
| Bridgwater Mercury | 10,837 | -3.7pc | |
| Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News | 2,551 | 15.6pc | |
| Chard & Ilminster News | 5,240 | -6.8pc | |
| Mid Somerset Gazette | 7,977 | -3.9pc | |
| Mid Somerset Journal | 8,024 | -4.1pc | |
| Mid Week Mercury | 29,604 | -0.9pc | |
| Nailsea, Clevedon, Portishead Times | 33,841 | 2.3pc | |
| Somerset County Gazette | 21,867 | -7.8pc | |
| Somerset Guardian | 6,457 | -6.7pc | |
| Somerset Standard | 5,549 | -8pc | |
| Western Gazette | 23,028 | -11.8pc | |
| Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury | 15,393 | -1.2pc | |
| Staffordshire | |||
| Cannock Chronicle | 53,864 | -12.4pc | |
| The Journal | 24,195 | -5.1pc | |
| Leek Post & Times | 10,765 | 0.8pc | |
| Lichfield Mercury | 34,729 | -0.7pc | |
| The Sentinel Advertiser | 73,790 | 0.2pc | |
| Tamworth Herald | 17,830 | -5.3pc | |
| Uttoxeter Post & Times | 2,863 | -5.4pc | |
| Suffolk | |||
| The Advertiser – Waveney Edition | 44,329 | 0.1pc | |
| Bury Free Press | 18,483 | -11.6pc | |
| Bury St Edmunds Mercury | 22,752 | 1.3pc | |
| Coastal Scene | 9,802 | -31.8pc | |
| Haverhill Echo | 3,298 | -12.7pc | |
| Haverhill Weekly News | 9,688 | 3.4pc | |
| Lowestoft Journal | 13,829 | -8pc | |
| Newmarket Journal | 7,397 | -9.8pc | |
| Newmarket Weekly News | 10,949 | -5.9pc | |
| Stowmarket Mercury | 11,584 | N/A | |
| Sudbury Mercury | 13,799 | 2pc | |
| Suffolk Free Press | 7,025 | -7.3pc | |
| Surrey | |||
| Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser | 8,668 | -5.3pc | |
| Surrey & Hants Star Courier | 62,449 | -1.8pc | |
| Surrey Advertiser | 22,801 | -11.5pc | |
| Surrey Herald & Staines News | 8,139 | -13.5pc | |
| Surrey Mirror | 10,491 | -3.8pc | |
| Surrey Times | 25,136 | -25.9pc | |
| Walton & Weybridge Informer | 34,274 | -4.5pc | |
| Woking Informer | 27,805 | -27.1pc | |
| Sussex | |||
| Crawley News | 24,646 | -16.8pc | |
| Crawley Observer | 6,176 | -4.5pc | |
| East Grinstead Courier and Observer | 9,719 | -20.2pc | |
| Weekend Herald | 29,890 | 3.7pc | |
| Tyne and Wear | |||
| Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Sunday Sun | 40,569 | -32.2pc | |
| News Guardian | 54,750 | -0.3pc | |
| Warwickshire | |||
| Kenilworth Weekly News | 2,710 | -10.5pc | |
| Leamington Spa Courier | 9,969 | -7.6pc | |
| Leamington Spa Observer | 27,250 | -21.4pc | |
| Nuneaton News | 29,386 | -4.8pc | |
| The Review | 32,115 | -15.1pc | |
| Rugby Advertiser | 8,797 | -4.9pc | |
| Rugby Observer | 30,657 | -13.3pc | |
| Stratford upon Avon Observer | 14,964 | -15.3pc | |
| West Midlands | |||
| Birmingham News | 78,261 | 0.1pc | |
| Birmingham Post | 9,237 | -8.8pc | |
| Coventry Observer | 58,417 | -22.4pc | |
| The Coventry Times | 66,547 | -3.7pc | |
| Dudley Chronicle | 38,360 | -3.3pc | |
| Dudley News | 30,346 | -0.1pc | |
| Great Barr Observer | 20,233 | -0.1pc | |
| Halesowen Chronicle | 28,079 | -2.4pc | |
| Halesowen News | 34,781 | -0.5pc | |
| Sandwell & Great Barr Chronicle | 45,177 | -7.4pc | |
| Solihull News | 67,050 | 0pc | |
| Solihull Observer | 53,683 | -2pc | |
| Stourbridge Chronicle | 38,205 | -6.4pc | |
| Stourbridge News | 47,986 | 0.1pc | |
| Sunday Mercury | 34,270 | -21pc | |
| Sutton Coldfield Observer | 50,649 | 0.3pc | |
| Tribune | 35,581 | -7.8pc | |
| Walsall Advertiser | 46,830 | 0.2pc | |
| Walsall Chronicle | 47,748 | -9.5pc | |
| Wolverhampton Chronicle | 50,187 | -12.8pc | |
| Wiltshire | |||
| Gazette & Herald | 19,212 | -7pc | |
| Salisbury Journal | 20,737 | -7.3pc | |
| Swindon Star | 26,796 | -19.4pc | |
| Wiltshire Star | 31,601 | -13.6pc | |
| Wiltshire Times | 12,830 | -7.5pc | |
| Yorkshire (East) | |||
| Beverley Advertiser | 18,621 | 0.9pc | |
| Bridlington Free Press | 11,821 | -8.5pc | |
| Driffield Times & Post | 4,915 | -3.7pc | |
| Goole Courier | 13,181 | 0pc | |
| Goole Times | 8,905 | -2.1pc | |
| Hull and East Riding Advertiser | 64,346 | 33.4pc | |
| Yorkshire (North) | |||
| Craven Herald & Pioneer | 12,290 | -5.5pc | |
| Harrogate Advertiser | 10,661 | -16.1pc | |
| Knaresborough Post | 2,284 | -16.5pc | |
| Malton and Pickering Mercury | 2,370 | -7.9pc | |
| North Yorkshire Advertiser | 23,473 | -0.9pc | |
| North Yorkshire News | 28,263 | -4.9pc | |
| Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald | 1,246 | -15.2pc | |
| Ripon Gazette | 3,743 | -19.4pc | |
| Scarborough News | 14,806 | N/A | |
| Selby Times | 5,765 | -17.4pc | |
| Wetherby News | 3,123 | -19.2pc | |
| Whitby Gazette | 9,540 | 2.1pc | |
| Yorkshire – Gazette & Herald | 10,381 | -4.8pc | |
| Yorkshire (South) | |||
| Barnsley Chronicle | 32,215 | -8.7pc | |
| The Barnsley Independent | 57,778 | 1.7pc | |
| Dearne Valley Weekender | 53,772 | 9.5pc | |
| Dinnington Guardian | 1,463 | -23.4pc | |
| Doncaster Free Press | 21,090 | -11.3pc | |
| Profile Magazine | 21,116 | 10.4pc | |
| Rotherham & South Yorkshire Advertiser | 25,199 | -5.1pc | |
| Rotherham Record | 60,229 | 0.4pc | |
| The Sheffield Telegraph | 11,633 | -15.8pc | |
| Sheffield Weekly Gazette | 55,186 | -47pc | |
| South Yorkshire Times | 3,203 | -15.6pc | |
| Yorkshire (West) | |||
| Batley & Birstall News | 5,716 | -12.1pc | |
| Bradford & District Advertiser | 47,259 | -1.7pc | |
| Brighouse Echo | 4,873 | -3.5pc | |
| Dewsbury Reporter | 8,244 | -11.4pc | |
| Halifax Courier | 18,801 | N/A | |
| Hebden Bridge Times | 2,613 | -0.2pc | |
| Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express | 5,307 | -8.9pc | |
| Ilkley Gazette | 4,191 | -4.4pc | |
| Keighley News | 10,118 | -6.7pc | |
| Morley Observer & Advertiser | 4,226 | -5.1pc | |
| Pocklington Post | 3,302 | -13.4pc | |
| Pontefract & Castleford Express | 16,550 | -12.4pc | |
| Spenborough Guardian | 5,662 | -11.8pc | |
| Todmorden News | 2,814 | -6.1pc | |
| Wakefield Express | 24,145 | -10.9pc | |
| Wharfe Valley Times | 30,475 | 0.5pc | |
| Wharfedale & Aireborough Observer | 3,436 | -3.5pc | |
| Wales | |||
| Barry & District News | 4,805 | -8.1pc | |
| Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald | 9,926 | -9.5pc | |
| Campaign Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach & Bargoed | 28,301 | -0.9pc | |
| Cardigan & Tivy-Side Advertiser | 6,377 | -5.1pc | |
| Carmarthen Journal | 14,386 | -12.3pc | |
| County Times and Express | 14,396 | -4.5pc | |
| Cynon Valley Leader | 4,721 | -14.8pc | |
| Denbighshire Free Press | 6,333 | -3.8pc | |
| The Flintshire Standard | 19,963 | -8.8pc | |
| Free Press – Monmouth | 5,390 | -11.9pc | |
| Glamorgan Gazette | 12,140 | -11.2pc | |
| Gwent Gazette | 4,198 | -21.9pc | |
| Holyhead and Bangor Mail | 8,494 | -12pc | |
| Llanelli Star | 12,171 | -6.3pc | |
| Merthyr Express | 9,125 | -14.9pc | |
| Milford & West Wales Mercury | 3,245 | -7.7pc | |
| North Wales Chronicle | 30,047 | 0.1pc | |
| North Wales Pioneer | 25,235 | 0.4pc | |
| North Wales Weekly News | 11,669 | -8.9pc | |
| Penarth Times | 4,524 | -9.1pc | |
| Pontypridd & Llantrisant Observer | 4,759 | -21.6pc | |
| Rhondda Leader | 5,767 | -18.3pc | |
| The Rhyl, Prestatyn & Abergele Journal | 26,132 | -7.4pc | |
| South Wales Guardian | 5,436 | -6.9pc | |
| Wales on Sunday | 22,660 | -20.9pc | |
| Weekly Argus | 18,586 | -6.2pc | |
| Western Telegraph | 18,265 | -6.7pc | |
| Wrexham Leader | 30,216 | -6.7pc | |
| Scotland | |||
| Aberdeen Citizen | 52,995 | 0.2pc | |
| Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser | 11,280 | -12.3pc | |
| Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser | 7,149 | -9.9pc | |
| Annandale Herald | 2,710 | -3.2pc | |
| Annandale Observer | 5,531 | -5.9pc | |
| The Arbroath Herald (inc Broughty Ferry, Carnoustie, Monifieth Guide & Gazette) | 7,748 | -9.6pc | |
| Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald | 9,838 | -10.9pc | |
| Arran Banner | 3,158 | 2.1pc | |
| Ayr Advertiser | 3,188 | -6.5pc | |
| Ayrshire Post | 18,864 | -12pc | |
| Banffshire Journal | 4,400 | -5.2pc | |
| Berwick Advertiser | 5,751 | -9pc | |
| Berwickshire News & East Lothian Herald | 4,264 | -11pc | |
| Blairgowrie Advertiser | 1,802 | -17pc | |
| Border Telegraph | 3,368 | -3.8pc | |
| Brechin Advertiser | 2,342 | -6.8pc | |
| The Buchan Observer | 5,385 | -7.5pc | |
| The Buteman | 2,627 | -4.9pc | |
| Caithness Courier | 5,749 | -3.6pc | |
| Campbeltown Courier & Argyllshire Advertiser | 6,300 | -2.7pc | |
| Carrick Gazette | 1,953 | -7.1pc | |
| Central Fife Times & Advertiser | 4,937 | -7.5pc | |
| Clydebank Post | 7,669 | -22.8pc | |
| Cumbernauld News & Kilsyth Chronicle | 6,712 | -13.8pc | |
| Cumnock Chronicle | 5,795 | -6.7pc | |
| Deeside Piper | 4,573 | -11.5pc | |
| Dumbarton & Vale of Leven Reporter | 2,960 | -21pc | |
| Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Fri) | 12,151 | -6.8pc | |
| Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Wed) | 7,060 | -7.6pc | |
| Dumfries Courier | 22,337 | 0pc | |
| Dunfermline Press & West of Fife Advertiser | 14,061 | -9.7pc | |
| East Fife Mail | 8,517 | -8.2pc | |
| East Kilbride News | 8,306 | -8.3pc | |
| East Lothian Courier | 11,873 | -5.2pc | |
| East Lothian News | 3,255 | -6.7pc | |
| The Ellon Times and Inverurie Herald | 2,623 | -10.4pc | |
| The Extra, Glasgow South & Eastwood | 27,929 | -6.9pc | |
| Falkirk Herald | 21,379 | -4.9pc | |
| Fife & Kinross Extra | 26,014 | -0.3pc | |
| Fife Free Press | 12,954 | -7.2pc | |
| Fife Herald News & St. Andrews Citizen | 10,289 | -6.3pc | |
| Forfar Dispatch | 3,827 | -12pc | |
| Forres Gazette | 2,963 | -1.8pc | |
| The Fraserburgh Herald | 3,974 | -10.9pc | |
| The Galloway Gazette | 4,138 | -7.5pc | |
| The Galloway News | 6,833 | -7.7pc | |
| Glenrothes Gazette | 4,530 | -7.5pc | |
| Hamilton Advertiser | 16,226 | -9.7pc | |
| Hawick News and Scottish Border Chronicle | 4,741 | -6.9pc | |
| Helensburgh Advertiser | 4,824 | -8.9pc | |
| Highland News | 6,695 | -6.5pc | |
| Inverness Courier (Fri) | 12,417 | -6.3pc | |
| Inverness Courier (Tue) | 8,963 | -6.9pc | |
| The Inverness Herald | 14,988 | -1.3pc | |
| Irvine Herald and Kilwinning Chronicle | 7,042 | -14pc | |
| Irvine Times | 2,597 | -7.2pc | |
| John O’Groat Journal | 7,274 | -3.3pc | |
| Kilmarnock Standard (Ayrshire Weekly News and Irvine Valley News) | 12,927 | -10.9pc | |
| Kirkintilloch Herald | 8,988 | -7.8pc | |
| Lanark & Carluke Gazette | 8,823 | -5.4pc | |
| Largs & Millport Weekly News | 4,538 | -6.1pc | |
| Lennox Herald | 8,577 | -6.2pc | |
| Linlithgowshire Journal & Gazette | 6,874 | -3.7pc | |
| Lochaber News | 2,771 | -3.7pc | |
| Mearns Leader and Kincardineshire Observer | 3,838 | -6.8pc | |
| Midlothian Advertiser | 5,941 | -2pc | |
| Milngavie & Bearsden Herald | 5,166 | -1.5pc | |
| Moffat News | 969 | -4.9pc | |
| Montrose Review | 3,614 | -11.2pc | |
| Motherwell Times & Bellshill Speaker | 10,482 | -7.4pc | |
| North Star | 3,924 | -7.5pc | |
| Northern Scot | 14,234 | -7.3pc | |
| Northern Scot Mid Week Extra | 21,642 | 2pc | |
| Northern Times | 4,213 | -4.1pc | |
| Oban Times | 14,105 | -4.5pc | |
| Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette | 5,255 | -24.2pc | |
| Paisley People | 5,077 | 11.9pc | |
| Peeblesshire News | 4,306 | -5.6pc | |
| Perthshire Advertiser (Fri) | 10,711 | -11.7pc | |
| Perthshire Advertiser (Tue) | 5,478 | -12pc | |
| Ross-shire Journal | 7,530 | -7.3pc | |
| Rutherglen Reformer | 3,093 | -9.4pc | |
| Southern Reporter | 13,069 | -9.1pc | |
| Stirling News incorporating Alloa and Hillfoots Weekender | 15,601 | -10.3pc | |
| Stirling Observer (Fri) | 2,817 | -12.9pc | |
| Stirling Observer (Wed) | 6,687 | -13.4pc | |
| Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser | 9,549 | -7.2pc | |
| Stranraer & Wigtownshire Free Press | 7,027 | -5.3pc | |
| Strathearn Herald | 1,748 | -17.2pc | |
| Strathspey & Badenoch Herald | 4,371 | -4.2pc | |
| Sunday Herald | 25,840 | N/A | |
| West Highland Free Press | 7,750 | -3.9pc | |
| The West Lothian Courier | 11,028 | -10.9pc | |
| Wishaw Press | 6,262 | -11.1pc | |
| Northern Ireland | |||
| Andersonstown News | 10,442 | -2.9pc | |
| Ballymena Times | 3,357 | -2.3pc | |
| Banbridge Chronicle | 3,983 | -8.8pc | |
| Belfast News | 29,251 | 0.3pc | |
| Coleraine Times | 5,960 | -11.7pc | |
| Community Telegraph East Belfast | 34,155 | 1.9pc | |
| Community Telegraph North Belfast | 24,563 | 1.3pc | |
| Community Telegraph North Down & Ards | 24,877 | 0.5pc | |
| Community Telegraph South Belfast | 22,300 | -0.2pc | |
| County Derry Post | 4,672 | -1.8pc | |
| County Down Spectator | 8,234 | -5.8pc | |
| Derry Journal (Fri) | 14,666 | -12.3pc | |
| Derry Journal (Tue) | 12,629 | -12.2pc | |
| Derry News – Monday | 5,538 | -8.2pc | |
| Derry News – Thursday | 5,434 | -8.2pc | |
| Down Recorder | Not Reported | ||
| Fermanagh Herald | 12,645 | -1.3pc | |
| Impartial Reporter | 13,404 | -0.5pc | |
| Larne Times | 7,615 | -8pc | |
| The Leader | 3,110 | -8.5pc | |
| Lisburn Echo | 14,003 | 1.3pc | |
| Londonderry Sentinel | 3,676 | -9.4pc | |
| Lurgan Mail | 6,254 | -9.6pc | |
| Mid Ulster Mail | 7,296 | -8.7pc | |
| Mourne Observer | 9,768 | -5.5pc | |
| Newry Reporter | 10,194 | -11.3pc | |
| Newtownards Chronicle & County Down Observer | 8,497 | 0.2pc | |
| North Belfast News | 4,371 | 4.1pc | |
| Portadown Times | 8,618 | -4.2pc | |
| Strabane Chronicle | 4,940 | -6pc | |
| Tyrone Herald | 6,312 | -7pc | |
| Tyrone Times | 3,224 | -5.4pc | |
| Ulster Herald | 11,435 | -1.5pc | |
| Ulster Star | 6,800 | -11.7pc | |
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OK, JP’s weeklies may be getting a battering sales-wise, but it’s worth noting that followers on Twitter and likes on Facebook are up for most titles. Some good news, surely?
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“ABC figures: How all the UK weeklies performed” Well, all those which have their circulations audited presumably
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