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Regional ABCs: All titles see circulation drops in first half of 2022 but small uptick in free copies

By Aisha Majid

The UK’s regional print daily newspapers saw their circulations fall by an average of 16% year-on-year in the first six months of 2022.

Of the 52 titles that have reported data to ABC so far in 2022, 40 reported data for the first six months of 2021 as well. Every one of those titles saw their circulation fall and we calculated the overall decline on the basis of those titles that reported data for both years.

The drops come against a backdrop of long-term print circulation declines for local and regional publications: the majority of titles have seen their circulations fall by more than 40% compared to five years ago.

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