A regional publisher scored a social media one-two as it topped the charts for Facebook growth.
ABCe figures released today have revealed the fast growing regional press titles on social media during the first six months of 2017 from participating publishers.
On Facebook, the East Anglian Daily Times scored a 133.4pc rise in users when compared with the first six months of last year, while its Archant sister daily the Norwich Evening News recorded an 80.8pc increase.
On Twitter, the Birmingham Mail, which has consistently topped Trinity Mirror’s online monthly ABCe figures this year across different metrics, recorded the highest year-on-year increase.
The full list of Facebook page likes, in order of year-on-year percentage change, is as follows:
| Title | Facebook ‘likes’ | Y-o-y pc |
| East Anglian Daily Times | 14,569 | 133.4 |
| Norwich Evening News | 20,275 | 80.8 |
| The Visiter, Southport | 16,141 | 77.9 |
| Kent Online | 80,584 | 73.6 |
| North Wales Daily Post | 192,397 | 66.9 |
| Ipswich Star | 18,471 | 65.5 |
| Coventry Telegraph | 48,882 | 54.6 |
| Whitehaven News | 9,414 | 48.3 |
| Wales Online | 394,837 | 46.4 |
| Manchester Evening News | 1,452,298 | 39.7 |
| Eastern Daily Press | 82,785 | 38.6 |
| Carlisle News & Star | 38,795 | 37.9 |
| The Chronicle, Newcastle | 245,571 | 32 |
| The Mail, Barrow | 23,158 | 31.9 |
| Shropshire Star | 37,235 | 31.8 |
| Nottingham Post | 93,113 | 31.4 |
| Huddersfield Daily Examiner | 91,530 | 29.3 |
| Workington Tmes & Star | 11,645 | 29 |
| Birmingham Mail | 280,682 | 26.9 |
| Hexham Courant | 9,772 | 26.4 |
| Teesside Gazette | 115,224 | 19.8 |
| Express & Star, Wolvrhampton | 111,764 | 12.6 |
| Liverpool Echo | 1,194,530 | 7.2 |
| Bristol Post | 129,111 | N/A |
| Cambridge News | 42,095 | N/A |
| Derby Telegraph | 55,346 | N/A |
| Grimsby Telegraph | 38,355 | N/A |
| Hull Daily Mail | 137,965 | N/A |
| Leicester Mercury | 59,374 | N/A |
| Plymouth Herald | 105,569 | N/A |
| The Sentinel, Stoke | 92,200 | N/A |
The full list of Twitter accounts, in order of year-on-year percentage change, is as follows:
| Twitter page | Number of ‘followers’ | Y-o-y pc |
| Birmingham Mail | 242,001 | 54.9 |
| Kent Online | 140,672 | 48.8 |
| Wales Online | 176,866 | 47.6 |
| The Chronicle, Newcastle | 151,416 | 43.1 |
| Coventry Telegraph | 72,010 | 42.7 |
| Shropshire Star | 74,373 | 41.6 |
| Manchester Evening News | 480,206 | 41.3 |
| Express & Star, Wolverhampton | 127,257 | 39.6 |
| Norwich Evening News | 51,213 | 39.3 |
| Teesside Evening Gazette | 69,179 | 38.3 |
| Eastern Daily Press | 88,130 | 37.8 |
| East Anglian Daily Times | 43,777 | 36.9 |
| North Wales Daily Post | 82,356 | 34.1 |
| Liverpool Echo | 362,098 | 25.4 |
| Huddersfield Daily Examiner | 52,651 | 24.4 |
| Ipswich Star | 17,480 | 14.1 |
| Cumberland News | 10,531 | 13.9 |
| Workington Times & Star | 7,161 | 13.2 |
| The Visiter, Southport | 9,198 | 12.5 |
| The Mail, Barrow | 11,367 | 11.3 |
| Whitehaven News | 7,431 | 10.4 |
| Hexham Courant | 7,601 | 9.8 |
| Carlisle News & Star | 26,456 | 8.4 |
| Bristol Post | 110,817 | N/A |
| Cambridge News | 73,163 | N/A |
| Derby Telegraph | 65,282 | N/A |
| Grimsby Telegraph | 14,969 | N/A |
| Hull Daily Mail | 70,530 | N/A |
| Leicester Mercury | 93,700 | N/A |
| Nottingham Post | 124,978 | N/A |
| Plymouth Herald | 51,953 | N/A |
| The Sentinel, Stoke | 65,687 | N/A |
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