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Daily Newspaper Circulation, Annual

Description

Annual average daily newspaper circulation in Singapore from 1960 through 2019, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV format with data sourced from SPH Media and Mediacorp Press (up to September 2017). Figures reflect total copies circulated divided by publication issues per calendar year, with digital subscriptions included for SPH English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil newspapers from 2015 and 2017 respectively. Supports media industry research and long-run print–digital audience trends.

Official description

Source: SPH MEDIA LTD & MEDIACORP PRESS LTD (UP TO SEPTEMBER 2017) Data Last Updated: 28/06/2023 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: Data refer to the average daily copies circulated, which is computed by taking total copies circulated over number of publication issues in that calendar year. Data from 2015 include digital newspaper subscriptions for SPH's English, Chinese and Malay newspapers. Data from 2017 include digital newspaper subscription for SPH's Tamil newspapers. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M890071

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Coverage
1960-01-01 – 2019-12-31
Rows
5
Columns
61

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Data Series 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960
Total Daily Newspaper Circulation 876982.000000 879658.000000 1266908.000000 1410869.000000 1469033.000000 1384197.000000 1448915.000000 1476885.000000 1507695.000000 1529497.000000 1503947.000000 1310855.000000 1275177.000000 1290268.000000 1269123.000000 1537023.000000 1613661.000000 1619956.000000 1531346.000000 1341649.000000 1091123.000000 1076926.000000 1043655.000000 1031031.000000 1029103.000000 1053438.000000 998010.000000 937418.000000 897467.000000 833037.000000 777052.000000 743334.000000 700927.000000 684298.000000 713866.000000 709383.000000 694711.000000 657340.000000 644310.000000 615612.000000 587690.000000 534373.000000 501541.000000 476983.000000 449001.000000 422460.000000 441806.000000 391966.000000 422649.000000 394204.000000 315463.000000 263338.000000 232931.000000 240533.000000 214030.000000 181796.000000 167969.000000 149400.000000 141420.000000 129373.000000
English 563653.000000 545381.000000 910398.000000 825793.000000 819717.000000 738077.000000 762382.000000 771001.000000 786802.000000 805713.000000 822174.000000 817975.000000 786979.000000 791220.000000 777202.000000 1038223.000000 1098996.000000 1111291.000000 1017061.000000 806190.000000 551591.000000 546498.000000 531294.000000 520954.000000 518043.000000 532381.000000 496848.000000 463459.000000 438041.000000 398397.000000 362634.000000 340401.000000 292721.000000 282192.000000 308221.000000 307376.000000 301205.000000 289537.000000 283644.000000 268601.000000 249357.000000 232631.000000 220105.000000 206014.000000 187278.000000 168038.000000 161479.000000 140541.000000 184323.000000 163525.000000 131666.000000 114147.000000 105225.000000 102999.000000 79061.000000 73320.000000 68630.000000 67668.000000 60492.000000 57114.000000
Chinese 277792.000000 293588.000000 311795.000000 535726.000000 591655.000000 584121.000000 620839.000000 636297.000000 646379.000000 649426.000000 606883.000000 417503.000000 413671.000000 426148.000000 424879.000000 430595.000000 443640.000000 435905.000000 439669.000000 460393.000000 465134.000000 458931.000000 444462.000000 443762.000000 445024.000000 453769.000000 436221.000000 414228.000000 404927.000000 383810.000000 366211.000000 354840.000000 360691.000000 354892.000000 359303.000000 357778.000000 351392.000000 326583.000000 320367.000000 307769.000000 299872.000000 265338.000000 245882.000000 235187.000000 227307.000000 223292.000000 252487.000000 228552.000000 219070.000000 196786.000000 158506.000000 128172.000000 105188.000000 112198.000000 118455.000000 89024.000000 81784.000000 63690.000000 62283.000000 54666.000000
Malay 27857.000000 31573.000000 34396.000000 38303.000000 44725.000000 46583.000000 49989.000000 53284.000000 57355.000000 59532.000000 60109.000000 61225.000000 61969.000000 61313.000000 57056.000000 58363.000000 62094.000000 63402.000000 64444.000000 65106.000000 64292.000000 61616.000000 58937.000000 58362.000000 60241.000000 62044.000000 59898.000000 55157.000000 50131.000000 46680.000000 42849.000000 42458.000000 42041.000000 41760.000000 39915.000000 37444.000000 35267.000000 34025.000000 33539.000000 32308.000000 29832.000000 28655.000000 27780.000000 27935.000000 26453.000000 23238.000000 19989.000000 15906.000000 12054.000000 20646.000000 13873.000000 13436.000000 13955.000000 16523.000000 12203.000000 12713.000000 12210.000000 12348.000000 13246.000000 12054.000000
Tamil 7680.000000 9116.000000 10319.000000 11047.000000 12936.000000 15416.000000 15705.000000 16303.000000 17159.000000 14827.000000 14781.000000 14152.000000 12557.000000 11588.000000 9987.000000 9842.000000 8932.000000 9358.000000 10173.000000 9960.000000 10106.000000 9882.000000 8961.000000 7953.000000 5795.000000 5244.000000 5043.000000 4573.000000 4368.000000 4150.000000 5358.000000 5635.000000 5474.000000 5454.000000 6427.000000 6785.000000 6847.000000 7195.000000 6760.000000 6934.000000 8629.000000 7749.000000 7774.000000 7847.000000 7963.000000 7892.000000 7851.000000 6967.000000 7202.000000 13247.000000 11418.000000 7583.000000 8563.000000 8813.000000 4311.000000 6739.000000 5345.000000 5694.000000 5399.000000 5539.000000

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Data Series Text No
2019 Numeric No
2018 Numeric No
2017 Numeric No
2016 Numeric No
2015 Numeric No
2014 Numeric No
2013 Numeric No
2012 Numeric No
2011 Numeric No
2010 Numeric No
2009 Numeric No
2008 Numeric No
2007 Numeric No
2006 Numeric No
2005 Numeric No
2004 Numeric No
2003 Numeric No
2002 Numeric No
2001 Numeric No
2000 Numeric No
1999 Numeric No
1998 Numeric No
1997 Numeric No
1996 Numeric No
1995 Numeric No
1994 Numeric No
1993 Numeric No
1992 Numeric No
1991 Numeric No
1990 Numeric No
1989 Numeric No
1988 Numeric No
1987 Numeric No
1986 Numeric No
1985 Numeric No
1984 Numeric No
1983 Numeric No
1982 Numeric No
1981 Numeric No
1980 Numeric No
1979 Numeric No
1978 Numeric No
1977 Numeric No
1976 Numeric No
1975 Numeric No
1974 Numeric No
1973 Numeric No
1972 Numeric No
1971 Numeric No
1970 Numeric No
1969 Numeric No
1968 Numeric No
1967 Numeric No
1966 Numeric No
1965 Numeric No
1964 Numeric No
1963 Numeric No
1962 Numeric No
1961 Numeric No
1960 Numeric No