The top 25 US newspapers for Oct.-March period

The top 25 U.S. newspapers by average weekday and Sunday circulation from October through March. The percentage changes are from the year-ago period.

1. USA Today - 2,113,725 weekday (down 7.5 percent); no Sunday edition.

2. The Wall Street Journal - 2,082,189 weekday (up 0.6 percent); no Sunday edition.

3. The New York Times - 1,039,031 weekday (down 3.5 percent); 1,451,233 Sunday (down 1.7 percent).

4. Los Angeles Times - 723,181 weekday (down 6.6 percent); 1,019,388 Sunday (down 7.5 percent).

5. The Washington Post - 665,383 weekday (down 1.2 percent); 868,965 Sunday (down 2.4 percent).

6. Daily News of New York - 602,857 weekday (down 14.3 percent); 644,766 Sunday (down 8.4 percent).

7. New York Post - 558,140 weekday (down 20.5 percent); 357,168 Sunday (down 11 percent).

8. Chicago Tribune - 501,202 weekday (down 7.5 percent); 858,256 Sunday (down 4.5 percent).

9. Houston Chronicle - 425,138 weekday (down 14 percent); 583,364 Sunday (down 7.8 percent).

10. The Arizona Republic of Phoenix - 389,701 weekday (down 5.7 percent); 516,562 Sunday (up 0.2 percent).

11. The Denver Post - 371,728 weekday; 526,235 Sunday (Feb. 28-March 31 only for both figures; newspaper took over subscriptions from Rocky Mountain News when that newspaper folded with the Feb. 27 edition).

12. Newsday of Long Island, N.Y. - 368,194 weekday (down 3 percent); 426,510 Sunday (down 3.4 percent).

13. The Dallas Morning News - 331,907 weekday (down 9.9 percent); 474,923 Sunday (down 8.7 percent).

14. Star Tribune of Minneapolis - 320,076 weekday (down 0.7 percent); 497,678 Sunday (down 6.9 percent).

15. Chicago Sun-Times - 312,141 weekday (down 0.04 percent); 254,379 Sunday (up 2.8 percent).

16. San Francisco Chronicle - 312,118 weekday (down 15.7 percent); 354,752 Sunday (down 16.5 percent).

17. The Boston Globe - 302,638 weekday (down 13.7 percent); 466,665 Sunday (down 11.3 percent).

18. The Plain Dealer of Cleveland - 291,630 weekday (down 11.7 percent); 393,352 Sunday (down 8.1 percent).

19. Detroit Free Press - 290,730 weekday (down 5.9 percent); 585,022 Sunday (down 3.5 percent).

20. The Philadelphia Inquirer - 288,298 weekday (down 13.7 percent); 550,400 Sunday (down 12 percent).

21. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. - 287,082 weekday (down 16.8 percent); 404,903 Sunday (down 19.1 percent).

22. St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times - 283,093 weekday (down 10.4 percent); 413,929 Sunday (down 4.4 percent).

23. The Oregonian of Portland - 268,512 weekday (down 11.8 percent); 325,816 Sunday (down 10 percent).

24. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 261,828 weekday (down 19.9 percent); 462,011 Sunday (down 7.1 percent).

25. The San Diego Union-Tribune - 261,253 weekday (down 9.5 percent); 330,848 Sunday (down 6.9 percent).

Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations.