Recent Trends in Readership

Recent trends in newspaper readership including national metropolitan and regional newspapers.

Updated with data for the quarter ending September 2012.

Note that the progressive introduction of a new readership question means that data from September 08 onwards is not comparable to previous periods.  

Refer to the downloadable document for information on:

  • Reading of national weekday newspapers 
  • Reading of national weekend newspapers
  • Reading of metro weekday newspapers 
  • Reading of metro Saturday newspapers 
  • Reading of metro Sunday newspapers
  • Reading of major regional newspapers


Source: Roy Morgan Single Source

Download the full report into Australian readership trends below:


Recent Trends in Printed Readership (1m, PowerPoint (.ppt) format)

Last updated for the September 2012 quarter.