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August 7, 2015updated 10 Aug 2015 1:31pm

National newspaper ABCs: Queen and Lord Sewel help Sun to ‘exceptional’ July

By William Turvill

Front page exclusives on the Queen's Nazi salute and Lord Sewel helped The Sun newspapers record the best month-on-month circulation performances in July's national newspaper ABCs.

The Sunday title, which broke the Lord Coke story on 26 July, was up 5.4 per cent on June's average. And the daily was up 2.1 per cent month-on-month in July.

As well as the Queen and Sewel stories, The Sun also performed well with stories on Ashya King, Louis Tomlinson, Lily Allen and George Michael.

The News UK titles were also helped by bulk copies, with The Sun distributing a daily average of 11,720 and the Sunday edition 13,549. It did not distribute any bulk copies in June. Without these, The Sun would have been up 1.4 per cent and The Sun on Sunday 4.4 per cent.

The Sun and Sun on Sunday are the biggest newspapers in their respective markets, but were down 9.8 per cent to 1,856,790 and 7.7 per cent 1,545,244.

Editor David Dinsmore said: “The Sun and The Sun on Sunday have had an exceptional month for stories and coverage of major events. This is reflected in the ABC figures.

"I am immensely proud of our scoops – from the historic royal footage, to the Lord Sewel revelations –confirming that The Sun and The Sun on Sunday remain ahead of our competitors both in sales and rattling out great stories."

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Sister title The Times was again the best performing newspaper year-on-year, down 0.9 per cent to 394,910.

The worst performing national newspaper, year on year, was the Sunday People, down 17.9 per cent to 311,437.

Average daily newspaper circulations, July 2015

Newspaper Average circulation, July 2015 M/M % change Y/Y % change Bulks
Daily Mirror 856,499 0.06 -10.49 45,000
Daily Record 187,037 -2.10 -10.82 4,971
Daily Star 411,725 -1.12 -11.69
The Sun 1,856,790 2.08 -9.75 11,720
Daily Express 429,810 -0.64 -10.58
Daily Mail 1,627,706 0.05 -2.82 75,846
The Daily Telegraph 489,459 -0.06 -4.75
Financial Times 207,179 -3.30 -2.90 21,864
The Guardian 168,369 -1.66 -7.07
i 276,137 0.58 -3.43 68,816
The Independent 57,883 -0.08 -8.24 15,966
The Times 394,910 1.41 -0.93 21,093

Average Sunday newspaper circulations, July 2015

Newspaper Average circulation, July 2015 M/M % change Y/Y % change Bulks
Daily Star – Sunday 262,372 1.75 -11.15
The Sun on Sunday 1,545,244 5.37 -7.73 13,549
Sunday Mail 205,769 -0.92 -10.89 3,834
Sunday Mirror 813,023 -0.34 -12.86 45,000
Sunday People 311,437 -1.54 -17.93
The Mail on Sunday 1,425,840 -0.57 -6.30 69,612
Sunday Express 380,185 0.98 -10.45
Sunday Post 190,596 -0.28 -10.92
Independent on Sunday 97,834 0.63 -4.15 52,565
The Observer 188,312 -0.51 -6.49
The Sunday Telegraph 372,346 -0.61 -7.23
The Sunday Times 763,521 -0.14 -4.54 11,365

 

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