UK daily newspaper circulation, 1950 to presentAt the start of the 19th century, the highest-circulation newspaper in the United Kingdom was the, which sold around 4,000 copies per day, twice the sales of its nearest rival. As production methods improved, print runs increased and newspapers were sold at lower prices. By 1828, the was selling the most copies, but it was soon overtaken by.would typically take in one or two papers for their customers to read, and through this method, by the 1850s the newspaper of the licensed tradethe, had the second highest circulation. Sales of The Times were around 40,000, and it had around 80% of the entire daily newspaper market, but Sunday papers were more popular, some boasting sales of more than 100,000. Later in the century, the came to prominence, selling 150,000 copies a day in the 1870s, while by 1890, had a circulation of 300,000. Sunday newspaper sales also grew rapidly, with being the first to sell one million copies an issue.The press was changed by the introduction of. The first national halfpenny paper was the (followed by the and the ), which became the first weekday paper to sell one million copies around 1911.
Circulation continued to increase, reaching a peak in the mid-1950s; sales of the reached a peak of more than eight million in 1950. Since the 1950s, there has been a gradual decline in newspaper sales. The availability of multimedia news platforms has accelerated this decline in the 21st century, and by the close of 2014, no UK daily or Sunday newspaper had a circulation exceeding two million.
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The overall circulation of newspapers declined by 6.6% in 2014–15.In February 2018 's 40-year dominance at the top of the circulation charts was eclipsed by the free newspaper for the first time. Contents.Daily newspapers 2010 to present Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year. Www.bartleby.com. ^ John B. Thomson, Ideology and Modern Culture. Robert L.
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