Our Blog

 Search

UK daily newspaper circulation and recent Barb TV figures

Posted by
21 October 2009
16:41
2 comments

I spent this afternoon dragging the Guardian’s ABC Newspaper figures onto a spreadsheet, and I made this quick graph. Not surprising really: circulation is down consistently in the last decade.

And since 1956, daily circulation has gone down nearly 30%. That represents quite a drop considering the size of the UK population during the 1951 census (around 48 million), against over 60 million today.

UK Daily Newspaper Circulation

I also graphed recent (1992-2008) UK television reach figures on the Barb site. Graph below. We have had a proliferation of channels, yet TV’s reach is down.

Barb TV stats - UK TV watching in decline

Barb TV stats - UK TV watching in decline

And from the US, this recent graphical illustration of the decline in magazines.

Proof That Social Media is Killing Print Magazines
Infographic by CartridgeSAVE.co.uk

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Posted by

2 Trackbacks

  1. By Report shows (print) newspapers increasingly the preserve of the old on January 15, 2010 at 8:07 am

    [...] the RAAK blog, Wessel van Rensburg has put the long term decline of the UK newspaper market into perspective.  In 1951, 48 million people [...]

  2. By A Modest Proposal for Newspapers in the 21st Century on March 25, 2011 at 10:44 pm

    [...] “Battle of the Curves” source images:  Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics and RAAK. [...]