, the United States had 938 daily newspapers that were printed and distributed in the nation. Newspapers' audiences can be nationwide, regional, local, or focused on particular demographic groups and interests. While traditionally focused on printed publications, many major newspapers now have significantly more online subscribers than print readers.
Top 10 newspapers by subscribers and print circulation The following is a list of the top 10 newspapers in the United States by average weekday circulation and paid subscribers in 2023. Newspaper Primary service area(s) Headquarters Digital subscribers Print circulation OwnerNameplateNew York metro area, national, internationalNew York City12,432,70012,210,000222,700 1851The New York Times CompanyNew York metro area, national, internationalNew York City 4,677,0004,289,000388,0001889News CorpWashington metro area, nationalWashington, D.C.2,277,9002,200,00077,9001877Nash Holdings Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles metro area El Segundo, California301,900243,00058,9001881Nant CapitalBoston metro areaBoston, Massachusetts303,000260,50042,5001872Boston Globe MediaUSA TodayNationalMcLean, Virginia224,812142,21282,6001982USA Today Co.Chicago TribuneChicago metro areaChicago, Illinois196,355152,25544,1001847Tribune Publishing CompanyThe Minnesota Star TribuneTwin Cities (Minneapolis–St. Paul)Minneapolis, Minnesota164,800110,00054,8001867Star Tribune Media CompanyNewsdayLong Island, New YorkMelville, New York109,40047,00062,4001940Newsday Media GroupNew York PostNew York metro areaNew York City112,400112,4001801News Corp
Longest-running newspapers The New Hampshire Gazette (1756) Hartford Courant (1764, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States) The Register Star (Hudson, New York, 1785) Poughkeepsie Journal (1785) The Augusta Chronicle (1785) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (July 1786) Daily Hampshire Gazette (September 1784) The Berkshire Eagle (1789) The Daily Mail (Catskill, NY, 1792) The Recorder (1792) Intelligencer Journal (1794, now LNP) Rutland Herald (1794) Norwich Bulletin (1796) The Keene Sentinel (1799) New York Post (1801) The Post and Courier (1803) The Bedford Gazette (1805) Goshen Independent (1806) The Bourbon County Citizen (1807) (established as The Western Citizen, it is the oldest in the state of Kentucky) Press-Republican (April 12, 1811)About Us", Press-Republican. Originally published as the Plattsburgh Republican, then became the Press-Republican after a merger on October 5, 1942. The Repository (March 30, 1815) (established as The Ohio Repository, it is the oldest in the state of Ohio) The Fayetteville Observer (1816) Observer-Dispatch (1817) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1819) Woodville Republican (1824) Kennebec Journal (1825) Cherokee Phoenix (1828) Ledger-Enquirer (1828, founded as Columbus Enquirer) Star-Gazette (1828, founded as Elmira Gazette, the first newspaper of the now Gannett conglomerate) The Providence Journal (1829) The Post-Standard (1829) The Philadelphia Inquirer (1829, founded as The Pennsylvania Inquirer) The Stamford Advocate (1829, founded as The Stamford Intelligencer) The Barnstable Patriot (1830) Detroit Free Press (1831) New Yorker Staats-Zeitung (1834, oldest non-English newspaper, claims to be oldest that has never missed a publication date) The Blade (Toledo) (1835) The Taos News (El Crepúsculo de la Libertad) (1835) The Baltimore Sun (1837) The Times Picayune (1837, founded as The Picayune) The Mining Journal (1841) The Plain Dealer (1842) Boston Herald (1846) The Newport Daily News (1846) The Chicago Tribune (1847) The Daily Standard (Celina, Ohio, 1848) Taunton Daily Gazette (1848) The Santa Fe New Mexican (1849, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the Southwestern and Western United States) The Oregonian (1850) Deseret News (1850) Placerville Mountain Democrat (1851) Ellsworth American (1851) The New York Times (1851) The Express-Times (1855) The Florida Times-Union (1864, founded as The Florida Union) San Francisco Chronicle (1865) Parsons Sun (1871) The Detroit News (1873) The Daily Journal (New Jersey) (1875) The Daily Item (Lynn) (1877) The Washington Post (1877)
United States newspapers by state and territory List of lists of newspapers:
Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas US Virgin Islands Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Other lists of American newspapers List of free daily newspapers in the United States List of international newspapers originating in the United States List of national newspapers in the United States List of weekly newspapers in the United States
By specialty 19th-century newspapers that supported the Prohibition Party List of African American newspapers in the United States English-language press of the Socialist Party of America List of alternative weekly newspapers in the United States List of business newspapers in the United States List of family-owned newspapers in the United States List of Jewish newspapers in the United States List of LGBT periodicals in the United States List of student newspapers in the United States List of supermarket tabloids in the United States List of underground press in the United States Category:Asian-American press Category:Ethnic press in the United States
By language List of French-language newspapers published in the United States List of German-language newspapers published in the United States List of Spanish-language newspapers published in the United States
Defunct List of defunct newspapers of the United States
See also
Associated Press Lists of newspapers List of newspapers in the world by circulation List of newspapers in Canada List of historical societies in the United States
References
External links U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress Top 100 US Newspapers Listed by Circulation at ThePaperboy.com U.S. Newspapers Currently Received at the Library of Congress