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RAJARs Q1 2024: Hit to BBC local radio continues as LBC’s Nick Ferrari is breakfast winner
Listening hours to BBC local radio in England down by 10% for second quarter in a row.
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Facebook’s referral traffic for publishers down 50% in 12 months
Referrals to news sites from Facebook have fallen 50% in one year
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US interest in local news tumbles as 15% say they have paid for it in last year
Nearly half of those not paying for local news say they can find it for free.
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Sun and Mail neck and neck in terms of UK audience reach – but one edges ahead
Statistical dead heat continues for UK's two biggest commercial newsbrands.
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How under-35s’ interest in news has collapsed and what we can do about it
Data shows scale of collapse in young people's interest in news - and which news organisations are doing best…
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How Independent’s Buzzfeed deal supercharges its social media reach
Food network Tasty UK has 20 million followers on Facebook alone.
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Widening gulf between weekday and Saturday UK newspaper sales revealed
FT Weekend circulation is 106% higher than its weekday readership.
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Partisan publishers: Why Keir Starmer will have an easier election than Neil Kinnock
Press Gazette has analysed press circulation, website and broadcast data to weigh the strength of right-wing media.
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Regional ABCs: Print decline for UK dailies averaged 19% in second half of 2023
Data reveals further large drops in UK regional print circulation, but there are digital gains for some.
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Top 25 US newspaper circulations: Print circulations of largest titles fall 14% in year to September 2023
The half year to September 2023 saw more print decline for the biggest titles in the US, although digital…
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Press Gazette tops the chart for media business news in the UK and US
Press Gazette has evolved to focus on the business side of media since 2020.
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RAJARs: BBC local radio sees sharp listener decline in Q4 2023 amid cutbacks
Full breakdown of speech and news-based radio listening figures for Q4 2023 from RAJAR.
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Two-thirds of Brits follow local news, mostly via social media and TV
Ofcom's survey suggests Northern Ireland follows local news more than anywhere else in the UK.
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100k Club: Exclusive ranking of world’s top paywalled news publishers
Press Gazette's 100k Club finds over 39 million digital news subscriptions across the largest English-language publishers
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Most popular news apps in the UK in October: Strong growth at Money Saving Expert and GB News
Press Gazette's quarterly ranking of the most popular news apps in the UK, using data from Ipsos iris.
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The audience data behind Reach decision to close 13 regional newsbrands
Ten sites have announced they will no longer be updated from Thursday.
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Regional digital top 50: Half of UK’s biggest local news websites grew audience in September
Press Gazette ranks the UK's biggest regional and local news websites by audience size.
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UK’s biggest online publishers in September 2023: News UK and Mail Metro Media fall out of top ten
Press Gazette's ranking of the biggest online publishers in the UK, using Ipsos iris data.
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RAJARs: BBC Radio 5 Live sees growth but World Service slumps below 1m in UK
GB News Radio saw 25% annual growth, but remains bottom-ranked on our list.
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Biggest news publishers on Youtube: GB News and Piers Morgan Uncensored pass 1m subscribers
GB News also topped 1bn views and is claiming to be the fastest-growing UK publisher ever on Youtube.
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Who owns the news? Mail titles, News UK and Reach dominate, report finds
Report finds that three UK publishers control 90% of print reach and 40% of online reach.
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Mail and Sun in dead heat for title of most-read UK commercial newsbrand
Pamco data puts The Sun on top for daily and weekly figures but the Mail claims the monthly win.
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Ranked: Most popular technology news websites in UK in 2023
ZD Net is the top B2B title, while Future-owned publications dominate the consumer sector.
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Ten major trends in news consumption publishers need to be thinking about
"Part of the problem is that we are optimising on sites for the super users."
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Ranked: Most popular women’s and men’s lifestyle websites in UK in 2023
Hello!, Good Housekeeping and OK! lead the women's online market.
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Regional ABCs: UK daily local newspaper circulation down 20% in first half of 2023
The Irish News overtook the Press & Journal, which has been the best-selling regional daily since 2018.
By Most popular news apps in the UK: Paywalled Times and Telegraph report highest time spent per user
Press Gazette's quarterly ranking of the most popular news apps in the UK, using data from Ipsos iris.
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MPs’ most trusted news brands: FT and Times top the table
Conservative MPs trust The Times and The Telegraph the most.
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News is second most popular type of social media video – Ofcom
Ofcom report also shows interest in news on speech radio versus podcasts.
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RAJARs: Talkradio and GB News Radio grow as other speech stations slump
RAJARs for Q2 2023 show a mixed bag for news and current affairs-based stations.
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Ranked: Most popular websites for business news in UK in 2023
Press Gazette's ranking of the UK's most popular business and finance news websites
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Most popular news sources in the UK: Tiktok overtakes BBC Radio 1 and Channel 5
One in ten adults used Tiktok for news in 2023, putting it on a par with The Guardian.
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Who reads The Telegraph?
Online and print audience and reader demographic breakdown for The Telegraph
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Most popular websites for sports news in UK: updated ranking
Press Gazette's ranking of the top sports newsbrands in the UK.
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The gender consumption gap for online news and how publishers can address it
60% of visits to 48 major news websites in May were made by men.
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Who reads The Sun?
Circulation and reader demographic breakdown for The Sun.
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Ranked: News publishers’ Instagram growth from 2021 to 2023
BBC News is the biggest newsbrand on Instagram, while Healthline Media is the fastest-growing.
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Top 25 US newspaper circulations: Largest print titles fall 14% in year to March 2023
The biggest print titles in the US continue to shed circulation in 2023.
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GB News digital chief: ‘We’re in the foothills of what we’re hoping to achieve’
Former Express digital guru Geoff Marsh discusses GB News' digital journey.
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Trust and subscribers up, social overtaking TV: US news trends for 2023
Social media is set to finally become a bigger source of news for Americans than TV.
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Trust, paywalls and generation social: 2023 online news trends in six charts
Six charts that sum up the Reuters Institute Digital News Report's annual look at the global news industry.
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Podcast audience insights: Listeners are young, affluent and educated
Nic Newman shares insights into podcasting and news from the Reuters Digital News Report 2023.
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Social media eclipses publishers as entry point for news – but Facebook fading
Facebook remained the most important social network for news despite the decline.
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News avoidance and trust deficit key challenges for UK publishers
Trust in news in the UK was at 33%, joint 12th lowest among 46 markets.
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Regional top 50: Reach newsbrands dominate ranking despite overall audience drop
Press Gazette ranks the UK's biggest regional and local newsbrands by audience size.
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Twitter’s shrinking role as traffic source for news publishers revealed
Twitter – already a small source of clicks for publishers – has further declined in importance.
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Audience up but revenue still biggest challenge for independent news publishers
Most of the UK population read independent news publishers, although revenue remains a challenge for the sector.
By Trust low, perception of spin and misreporting high, and attention spans dip: News habits survey
The survey found almost half of people feel negative after watching or reading the news.
By RAJARs: Talkradio posts record reach after TalkTV launch but Times Radio down
The BBC's on-demand content showed growth despite falls in its speech radio stations.
By As Reach warns of traffic slowdown: How Facebook referrals to publishers have plummeted
Data from Chartbeat and Similarweb shows how news publisher Facebook traffic has fallen.
By Most popular news apps in the UK: BBC closes the gap on Apple
Press Gazette's quarterly ranking of the most popular news apps in the UK, using data from Ipsos iris.
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Search vs social: How referral traffic to news sites has changed in five years
Chartbeat data for 546 UK and US news sites reveals where publishers get their traffic from.
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Where do Britons get their news? Publisher websites and TV most popular sources
Traditional news names are still the most popular news sources in the UK a new survey finds
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Ranked: The best newsbrands at converting readers to paying subscribers
Ranked: major subscription newsbrands by share of paying readers among their online audiences.
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Mail joins 100k Club: Exclusive ranking of world’s top paywalled news publishers
Press Gazette's 100k Club finds almost 35m digital news subscriptions across the largest English-language publishers.
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Audience data: Sun claims top spot as UK’s most widely read commercial newsbrand
The Sun ahead of the Daily Mail in latest Pamco readership figures.
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Who reads the Daily Mail? Why biggest print title still has a huge influence
Circulation and demographic breakdown showing who reads the Daily Mail.
By ABCs: Regional dailies see average print decline of 19% (but online looking brighter)
Data reveals large drops in UK regional print circulation, although some brands' online audiences have grown.
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Women’s interest magazine ABCs 2022: Slimming World only title to see print growth
Six titles recorded year-on-year digital circulation growth in the UK and Ireland.
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Piers Morgan’s Rishi Sunak interview drags TalkTV ratings above BBC News, Sky News and GB News
Morgan's interview with Sunak ran a day before Nadine Dorries' TalkTV debut, featuring Boris Johnson.
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How Google has downgraded importance of news websites in search results
Data from SEO experts Sistrix reveals big losses for news domains in organic search in 2022.
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RAJARs: Talkradio and Times Radio end 2022 with double-digit listener growth
News UK stations Times Radio and Talkradio were both up year-on-year.
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Most popular news apps in the UK: BBC closes the gap on Apple News
Press Gazette's quarterly ranking of the most popular news apps in the UK, using data from Ipsos iris.
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Tiktok: Who are the news publishers with the biggest followings and fastest growth?
Press Gazette analysis reveals the news publishers with the biggest and fastest-growing followings on Tiktok.
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Podcasts among biggest UK media growth opportunities for 2023 – Yougov
Yougov survey shows Brits expect to listen to more podcasts in 2023.
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Most popular news apps in the UK and US in 2022
Press Gazette ranks the most downloaded news apps in 2022.
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The News Agents podcast hits 10 million downloads
Global said The News Agents has also attracted 23 million video views across social media.
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Survey suggests people don’t trust news industry because they don’t understand it
Research reveals a striking correlation between lack of trust in journalism and a lack of knowledge of the industry.
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Trust me, I’m a journalist: New survey shows growing faith in profession
Trust in journalism is at highest level since Ipsos Veracity survey began.
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Mapped: How global are Semafor’s coverage and audience?
Semafor has been publishing almost a month - which means we can get an idea of how global its…
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Most popular news apps in the UK: Apple News more popular than BBC
The Apple News app held its top spot as the most popular news app in the UK in September…
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RAJARs: GB News Radio is fastest growing station as it makes ground on News UK rivals
GB News Radio experienced sharp quarter-on-quarter growth in the third quarter of 2022, according to new RAJAR data. It…
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Top 50 news sites in the US in September: BBC and Mail Online among top three fastest-growing
The BBC and the Mail Online were among the top three fastest-growing large newsbrands in the US in September,…
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How subscriptions are lighting way to brighter future for local US news publishers
Digital subscriptions are providing some glimmers of light for under -pressure local news publishers in the US. A Northwestern…
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Top 50 newsbrands in the UK: Daily Express fastest-growing top ten site in August
The Daily Express was the fastest-growing top ten newsbrand by audience size in August, according to Press Gazette’s ranking…
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Death of Queen sees biggest traffic surge to UK news brands since 2020 US election
Update 23/9/22: Traffic to UK national news brands rose by 53% on the day of the Queen’s death to…
By Survey: Google is most trusted tech platform for news, TikTok the least
People are much less likely to trust news they see on social media, search engines, and messaging apps than…
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National press ABCs: FT only newspaper to see annual circulation growth in August
The Financial Times saw marginal year-on-year growth in circulation in August, with every other newspaper continuing to decline. The…
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Reach journalists’ strike appears to have had little impact on traffic
Traffic to Reach’s biggest news websites did not fall significantly on the day of the strike at the publisher,…
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Regional ABCs: All titles see circulation drops in first half of 2022 but small uptick in free copies
The UK’s regional print daily newspapers saw their circulations fall by an average of 16% year-on-year in the first…
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Ranked: Most popular politics news websites in UK
Politics Home comes out on top in Press Gazette’s new ranking of the most popular politics news websites in…
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Charted: How has the UK consumer magazine industry evolved? Two decades of change
The UK consumer magazine industry has been upended in recent years by factors including the move to online, with…
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Top 50 most popular news sites in the world in July: New York Times and Mail Online only top ten sites to see year-on-year growth
The New York Times and Mail Online were the only top ten news sites to grow their worldwide audiences…
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Top 50 most popular news sites in the US: Growth at NYT, New York Post and Mail Online in July
The Mail Online was one of only three top ten sites by number of visits to grow its US…
By Most popular news apps in the UK: Apple News leads on reach but BBC top for time spent
The Apple News app was the most popular news app in the UK in June, according to data from…
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TalkTV and GB News see radio audience boost in Q2 RAJAR figures
Talkradio’s audience jumped 78% year on year in the second quarter according to RAJAR as it began simulcasting programmes…
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Ranked: Most popular websites for sports news in UK
Sky Sports is the most popular sports news website in the UK, according to a new ranking by Press…
By TalkTV ratings three months in: News channel a distant fourth for TV viewers
Rupert Murdoch’s UK news channel TalkTV launched at the end of April but has since struggled to make a…
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Most popular sources of news in UK for 2022: TikTok fastest growing outlet
Tiktok was the fastest growing news source in the UK between 2020 and 2022, according to Ofcom’s annual news…
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Data: Readership habits across 670 subscription news websites revealed
Exclusive data shared with Press Gazette by Chartbeat reveals the readership habits of subscribers, registered users and other readers…
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Ranked: Most popular websites for business news in UK
Insider Inc, Forbes and Reuters top the list of the UK’s most popular websites for business news, according to…
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Top 25 US newspaper circulations: Print sales fall another 12% in 2022
The largest US newspaper circulations fell 12% in the year to March 2022, new figures obtained by Press Gazette…
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More now get their news on social media than from publishers (Reuters Digital News Report)
Facebook is starting to lose its dominant position as the leading social media platform news in the face of…
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Ranked: The world’s top ten non-English digital news subscriptions
Chinese business and finance site Caixin has been named as the world’s largest news brand for digital subscriptions outside…
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GB News ratings one year on: How is channel faring versus TalkTV in airwaves battle?
As GB News celebrates its first birthday Press Gazette looks at its ratings versus TalkTV and finds out whether…
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Regional top 50: Eight local newsbrands reach more than one in ten people in the UK
Eight of the UK’s local news websites reached more than one in ten people aged over 15 in the…
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Q1 2022 RAJAR figures: Speech radio stations up with boost for Times Radio and GB News
Update: Q2 2022 RAJAR figures show growth at Talkradio and GB News. Speech radio stations saw a large audience…
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Most popular news apps in the UK in March: BBC News takes top spot
The BBC News took the top spot as the most popular news app in the UK in March, according…
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TalkTV ratings: Piers Morgan outperforms Andrew Neil launch viewership on GB News by 20%
Piers Morgan claimed an average of 317,000 viewers on his TalkTV debut on Monday night, outperforming Andrew Neil’s ratings…
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Most website traffic is non-local for biggest UK regional news brands
As local print newspapers have declined and closed, traffic to local news websites across the UK has surged. But…
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