Newspapers & Other News Media

Use these resources to locate circulation statistical data for newspapers and magazines: 

• Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) 

  AAM's Media Intelligence Center contains circulation statistics for over 3,000 U.S. newspapers and magazines. Audited Reports and Publisher's Statements provide information on total paid circulation for annual subscriptions and single copy sales, average prices, and circulation by issue and geographic region. Compare print and digital readership rates and find data on website usage, mobile app downloads, and social media interactions. Reports can be downloaded in PDF or exported to Excel. Create custom charts and graphs. Membership includes access to Magazine Market Coverage, which contains detailed circulation statistics for consumer magazines by CBSA from 2003-present. Our license only allows for one concurrent user.

• Periodical directories: For 19th and 20th century newspapers and other periodicals, use a directory to find titles by location, circulation statistics, and other information such as ownership and prices. Many are digitized and cover the US as well as Canada, sometimes the UK. Many include titles published in non-English languages. 
  • This guide on newspaper directories from the Library of Congress provides further detailed information. 
• Pew: State of the News Media Fact Sheets

• APIs overview
• News Media APIs
• Free newspaper APIs:
  • Chronicling America
  • NYT
  • NewsAPI
  • Bloomberg
  • Financial Times

UVA Library's Research Data Services helps with finding and analyzing data. Visit the Stat Lab or take a workshop. For other questions, the team can be reached data@virginia.edu.