List of newspapers in the United States
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As of 2025[update], the United States had 938[1] daily newspapers that were printed and distributed in the nation.[2] 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.[3]

Top 10 newspapers by subscribers and print circulation
editThe following is a list of the top 10 newspapers in the United States by average weekday circulation and paid subscribers in 2023.[4][3]
Longest-running newspapers
edit- 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)[23]
- The Repository (March 30, 1815) (established as The Ohio Repository, it is the oldest in the state of Ohio)[24]
- 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)[25]
- 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)[26]
- The Santa Fe New Mexican (1849, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the Southwestern and Western United States)
- The Oregonian (1850)
- Deseret News (1850)[27]
- 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
editList 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
edit- 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 newspapers serving cities over 100,000 in the United States
- List of weekly newspapers in the United States
By specialty
edit- 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
editDefunct
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "The State of Local News 2025 | Local News Initiative". localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu. Retrieved October 24, 2025.
- ↑ "Newspaper Circulation Volume". Newspaper Association of America. September 4, 2012. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- 1 2 Majid, Aisha (June 26, 2023). "Top 25 US newspaper circulations: Largest print titles fall 14% in year to March 2023". Press Gazette. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ↑ Majid, Aisha (April 6, 2023). "Mail joins 100k Club: Exclusive ranking of world's top paywalled news publishers". Press Gazette. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (March 12, 2026). "At least 59 English language news publishers now have 100k+ online subs". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ↑ Brooker, Alice (March 24, 2026). "US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
- ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (March 12, 2026). "At least 59 English language news publishers now have 100k+ online subs". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (March 12, 2026). "At least 59 English language news publishers now have 100k+ online subs". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ↑ NJ.com, Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for (January 15, 2025). "Frustrated Washington Post reporters reveal how many subscribers have canceled". nj. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
- ↑ Brooker, Alice (March 24, 2026). "US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
- ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (March 12, 2026). "At least 59 English language news publishers now have 100k+ online subs". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ↑ Brooker, Alice (March 24, 2026). "US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
- ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (March 12, 2026). "At least 59 English language news publishers now have 100k+ online subs". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ↑ Brooker, Alice (March 24, 2026). "US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
- ↑ Brooker, Alice (March 24, 2026). "US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
- ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (March 12, 2026). "At least 59 English language news publishers now have 100k+ online subs". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ↑ Brooker, Alice (March 24, 2026). "US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
- ↑ Tobitt, Charlotte (March 12, 2026). "At least 59 English language news publishers now have 100k+ online subs". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ↑ Brooker, Alice (March 24, 2026). "US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
- ↑ Majid, Aisha (February 29, 2024). "Paying for local news online: Paywalled US local news titles ranked". Press Gazette. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
- ↑ Brooker, Alice (March 24, 2026). "US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
- ↑ Brooker, Alice (March 24, 2026). "US newspaper circulations 2025: Washington Post print declines 21% in a year". Press Gazette. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
- ↑ About Us", Press-Republican. Originally published as the Plattsburgh Republican, then became the Press-Republican after a merger on October 5, 1942.
- ↑ Sereno, Dave (February 28, 2015). "Repository set to celebrate 200 years". www.cantonrep.com. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
- ↑ "Prospectus for the Columbus Enquirer, January 1828". www.tsl.texas.gov. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Taunton Daily Gazette (Taunton [Mass.]) 1848-Current". www.loc.gov. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ↑ "Deseret News". www.deseret.com. December 21, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
External links
edit- 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