What America Reads…
I found this post from Brian Solis very interesting – a list of the top media outlets, by circulation, as well as the 25 most popular blogs in America, as compiled by BurrellesLuce.
Marshall McLuhan is famous for stating “the medium is the message” and with the introduction of a newer medium (online, web) there is constant debate as to its effect on older mediums (print, broadcast).
While there are constantly articles about the decline of traditional print media, there are still some publications that have tremendous reach and impact.
Thanks to Brian for sharing and to Burrelles Luce for the information. Enjoy perusing the lists. (Maybe this blog will make the Top 25 next year)
Top 100 U.S. Daily Newspapers
Rank Newspaper Daily Sunday:
1 – USA Today 2,113,725 N/A
2 – The Wall Street Journal 2,082,189 N/A
3 – The New York Times 1,039,031 1,451,233
4 – Los Angeles Times 723,181 1,019,388
5 – The Washington Post 665,383 868,965
7 – New York Post 558,140 357, 168
8 – Chicago Tribune 501,202 858,256
9 – The Houston Chronicle 425,138 583,364
10 – The Arizona Republic 389,701 516,562
11 – The Denver Post 371,728 526,235
12 – Newsday (long Island, NY) 368,164 426,510
13 – The Dallas Morning News 331,907 474,923
14 – Star Tribune (Minneapolis) 320,076 497,678
15 – Chicago Sun-Times 312,141 254,379
16 – San Francisco Chronicle 312,118 354,752
17 – The Boston Globe 302,638 466,665
18 – The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 291,630 393,352
19 – Detroit Free Press 290,730 585,022
20 – The Philadelphia Inquirer 288,298 550,400
21 – The Star-Ledger (Newark) 287,082 404,903
22 – St. Petersburg Times 283,093 413,929
23 – The Oregonian (Portland) 268,512 325,816
24 – The Atlanta Journal-Const. 261,828 462,011
25 – The San Diego Union-Tribune 261,253 330,848
26 – The Sacramento Bee 248,855 N/A
27 – St. Louis Post-Dispatch 238,400 415,815
28 – The Kansas City Star 234,667 333,006
29 – The Indianapolis Star 231,361 311,322
30 – The Orange County Register 230,877 300,273
31 – San Jose Mercury News 227,119 244,661
32 – The Sun (Baltimore, MD) 210,098 351,243
33 – Pittsburg Post-Gazette 209,477 319,987
34 – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 203,240 361,355
35 – The Seattle Times 203,175 376,515
36 – The Miami Herald 202,122 270,166
37 – Sun-Sentinel (FL) 192,522 285,196
38 – The Columbus Dispatch 195,510 332,052
39 – The Tampa Tribune 195,277 N/A
40 – San Antonio Express News 192,930 303,737
41 – The Commercial Appeal (TN) 192,631 229,441
42 – Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) 192,342 253,351
43 – Fort Worth Star-Telegram 189,357 279,190
44 – The Cincinnati Enquirer 188,956 273,433
45 – The Charlotte Observer 187,633 244,494
46 – Contra Costa Times (CA) 185,669 194,445
47 – Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 180,314 269,879
48 – Las Vegas Review-Journal 175,429 194,918
49 – Omaha World-Herald 174,548 205,759
50 – The Buffalo News 173,925 252,240
The remainder of the list can be found here. Source: Audit Bureau of circulations figures for six-month period ending 3/31/09
Blogs – English
1 – Huffington Post
2 – TechCrunch
3 – Engadget
4 – Boing Boing, boingboing.net
5 – Mashable!, mashable.com
6 – LifeHacker, lifehacker.com
7 – Gizmodo, gizmodo.com
8 – Ars-Technica, arstechnica.com
9 – Smashing Magazine, smashingmagazine.com
10 – Blogging Stocks, bloggingstocks.com
11 – Stuff White People Like, stuffwhitepeoplelike.com
12 – Official Google Blog, googleblog.blogspot.com
13 – Gadling, gadling.com
14 – TMZ, tmz.com
15 – ParentDish, parentdish.com
16 – ReadWriteWeb, readwriteweb.com
17 – Seth’s Blog, sethgodin.typepad.com
18 – Cinematical, cinematical.com
19 – PostSecret, postsecret.blogspot.com
20 – Gawker, gawker.com
The remainder of the list can be found here and here.
Source: Technorati
U.S. Consumer Magazines
Rank Magazine Paid & Verified Circulation
1 – AARP Bulletin 24,500,078
2 – AARP The Magazine 24,349,637
3 – Reader’s Digest 8,168,667
4 – Better Homes and Gardens 7,659,823
5 – National Geographic 5,060,377
6 – Good Housekeeping 4,684,811
7 – Woman’s Day 3,920,867
8 – Family Circle 3,914,927
9 – AAA Westways 3,842,577
10 – Ladies Home Journal 3,840,645
11 – People 3,691,819
12 – Game Informer 3,517,598
13 – Time 3,360,135
14 – Prevention 3,339,616
15 – TV Guide (US) 3,256,962
16- Sports Illustrated 3,218,133
17 – Taste of Home 3,202,493
18 – Cosmopolitan 2,926,683
19 – Southern Living 2,834,589
20 – AAA Via 2,807,830
The remainder of the list can be found here or here.
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