If there’s one thing we learn from the figures this month, it’s that there’s a particular fickleness to tabloid readers. I said in June that the Sun’s €.50 promotion could have cost the company in the region of €600k in foregone revenue for that month. And you’d expect some ROI on that, but the figure for this month is 1,700 above May and a lonely 34 copies above April.
The Star is on a downward trajectory (see graphic) coming in at 51,900, 600 down on the month. The Mirror manages to hang on to their previous months figure. The graphic also could indicate that the increase in The Sun’s circulation had a direct negative effect on the circulation of The Mirror – from which they have yet to recover. Overall the tabloids are back 6,000 on the month, 15,000 on the year.
Like the sister paper, The Sun on Sunday dropped back 3,200 now that the cover price has doubled from its promotional price. On the bright side The Sunday Times made a decent recovery adding 2,419 on the month.
Mornings down 21,000 and the Sundays down 36,000 on the year.
Title | Aug-16 | Aug-15 | Jul-16 | Y/Y | M/M | % Ch Y/Y | % Ch Y/Y |
Daily Mirror | 36,540 | 42,263 | 36,589 | -5,723 | -49 | -14% | 0% |
Daily Record | 353 | 378 | 336 | -25 | 17 | -7% | 5% |
Irish Daily Star | 51,901 | 59,715 | 52,493 | -7,814 | -592 | -13% | -1% |
The Sun | 59,813 | 61,365 | 65,625 | -1,552 | -5,812 | -3% | -9% |
Tabloids | 148,607 | 163,721 | 155,043 | -15,114 | -6,436 | -9% | -4% |
Daily Express | 2,794 | 2,895 | 2,781 | -101 | 13 | -3% | 0% |
Irish Daily Mail | 41,055 | 46,538 | 42,635 | -5,483 | -1,580 | -12% | -4% |
The Daily Telegraph | 2,433 | 2,825 | 2,515 | -392 | -82 | -14% | -3% |
Financial Times | 2,189 | 2,281 | 2,314 | -92 | -125 | -4% | -5% |
The Guardian | 2,332 | 2,699 | 2,525 | -367 | -193 | -14% | -8% |
The Times | 2,953 | 2,874 | 3,065 | 79 | -112 | 3% | -4% |
Morning Market | 202,363 | 223,833 | 210,878 | -21,470 | -8,515 | -10% | -4% |
Daily Star – Sunday | 16,403 | 15,730 | 17,104 | 673 | -701 | 4% | -4% |
The Sun on Sunday | 57,597 | 62,679 | 60,840 | -5,082 | -3,243 | -8% | -5% |
Sunday Mail | 830 | 804 | 836 | 26 | -6 | 3% | -1% |
Sunday Mirror | 25,343 | 29,862 | 25,259 | -4,519 | 84 | -15% | 0% |
The People | 9,805 | 10,964 | 9,968 | -1,159 | -163 | -11% | -2% |
Sunday Express | 3,170 | 3,350 | 3,371 | -180 | -201 | -5% | -6% |
Sunday Post | 708 | 819 | 799 | -111 | -91 | -14% | -11% |
The Mail on Sunday | 79,007 | 78,095 | 79,587 | 912 | -580 | 1% | -1% |
The Observer | 4,481 | 5,039 | 4,983 | -558 | -502 | -11% | -10% |
The Sunday Telegraph | 2,065 | 2,544 | 2,248 | -479 | -183 | -19% | -8% |
The Sunday Times | 76,049 | 80,600 | 73,630 | -4,551 | 2,419 | -6% | 3% |
Sunday Market | 275,458 | 290,486 | 278,625 | -15,028 | -3,167 | -5% | -1% |
Total Market | 477,821 | 514,319 | 489,503 | -36,498 | -11,682 | -7% | -2% |