Writers Tricks of the Trade Issue 3 Volume 9 | Page 48

or quarterly subscription could read the
rest free? Probably not feasible, but it’s
something to ponder
.
Statista 's chart below ranks the top 10 newspapers in the United States by total subscrib-
ers and breaks down circulation between digital and print.
As the chart shows, The Washington Post has the fewest digital subscribers and the lowest
ratio of digital subscribers to print subscribers of any of the top 10 U.S. newspapers.
In contrast, the New York Times is the only paper to boast more digital than print subscrib-
ers — 1.1 million versus 731,395 — bringing its total circulation to 61% digital.
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