The chart below documents the year-on-year change in core circulation of South Africa’s daily, weekly, and weekend titles from the 3rd Quarter of 2014 and the 3rd Quarter 2015 - as reported to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Core circulation is defined here as the sales at over 50% of cover price falling under the categories of Copy Sales, Individual and Business Subscripts and PDF Replica (electronic copy sales). It thus excludes the categories of Bulk, Print Media in Education, Travel & Commercial Subscriptions, and sales under 50% of cover price.
The 43 titles below are listed in order from greatest decrease to greatest increase in core circulation - so from worst to best peformers. Independent Media titles are listed in bold.
|
Publisher |
3rd Q 2014 |
3rd Q 2015 |
Inc/dec |
% inc decrease |
||
|
1 |
The Times. |
TMG |
135 028 |
103 120 |
-31908 |
-23.6% |
|
2 |
Sunday Sun |
Media24 |
165639 |
136549 |
-29090 |
-17.6% |
|
3 |
Beeld, Daily |
Media24 |
54 526 |
45 346 |
-9180 |
-16.8% |
|
4 |
City Press |
Media24 |
111979 |
93575 |
-18404 |
-16.4% |
|
5 |
Saturday Star |
Ind Media |
49797 |
42210 |
-7587 |
-15.2% |
|
6 |
Witnes |
Media24 |
16 872 |
14 355 |
-2517 |
-14.9% |
|
7 |
Daily Sun |
Media24 |
260 814 |
224 113 |
-36701 |
-14.1% |
|
8 |
Mail & Guardian |
M&G Media |
28 953 |
25 306 |
-3647 |
-12.6% |
|
9 |
Weekend Witness |
Media24 |
17997 |
15823 |
-2174 |
-12.1% |
|
10 |
Rapport |
Media24 |
162016 |
142895 |
-19121 |
-11.8% |
|
11 |
Daily Dispatch |
TMG |
26 049 |
22 998 |
-3051 |
-11.7% |
|
12 |
Sunday Times |
TMG |
337452 |
298052 |
-39400 |
-11.7% |
|
13 |
Ilanga Langesonto |
Ilanga |
49298 |
43635 |
-5663 |
-11.5% |
|
14 |
Ilanga |
Ilanga |
99 582 |
88 923 |
-10659 |
-10.7% |
|
15 |
Sunday World |
TMG |
99757 |
89290 |
-10467 |
-10.5% |
|
16 |
Daily News |
Ind Media |
26 150 |
23 463 |
-2687 |
-10.3% |
|
17 |
Pretoria News Saturday |
Ind Media |
6368 |
5772 |
-596 |
-9.4% |
|
18 |
Cape Times |
Ind Media |
30 048 |
27 260 |
-2788 |
-9.3% |
|
19 |
Sunday Tribune |
Ind Media |
62682 |
57070 |
-5612 |
-9.0% |
|
20 |
Weekend Argus |
Ind Media |
50516 |
46036 |
-4480 |
-8.9% |
|
21 |
Business Day |
TMG |
24 232 |
22 091 |
-2141 |
-8.8% |
|
22 |
Beeld Saturday |
Media24 |
45631 |
41698 |
-3933 |
-8.6% |
|
23 |
Volksblad - Daily |
Media24 |
18 349 |
16 841 |
-1508 |
-8.2% |
|
24 |
Saturday Dispatch |
TMG |
20570 |
18890 |
-1680 |
-8.2% |
|
25 |
Sowetan |
TMG |
95 967 |
88 159 |
-7808 |
-8.1% |
|
26 |
Diamond Fields Advertiser |
Ind Media |
8 538 |
7 867 |
-671 |
-7.9% |
|
27 |
Independent on Saturday |
Ind Media |
37735 |
34994 |
-2741 |
-7.3% |
|
28 |
Mercury, The |
Ind Media |
26 492 |
24 662 |
-1830 |
-6.9% |
|
29 |
Weekend Post |
Ind Media |
19742 |
18441 |
-1301 |
-6.6% |
|
30 |
Pretoria News |
Ind Media |
11 984 |
11 225 |
-759 |
-6.3% |
|
31 |
Volksblad - Saturday |
Media24 |
16268 |
15307 |
-961 |
-5.9% |
|
32 |
Citizen (Daily) |
Caxton |
44 566 |
42 077 |
-2489 |
-5.6% |
|
33 |
The Star |
Ind Media |
60 878 |
57 700 |
-3178 |
-5.2% |
|
34 |
Herald |
TMG |
21 224 |
20 119 |
-1105 |
-5.2% |
|
35 |
Cape Argus |
Ind Media |
26 928 |
25 846 |
-1082 |
-4.0% |
|
36 |
Die Burger, Daily |
Media24 |
53 983 |
51 906 |
-2077 |
-3.8% |
|
37 |
Son (Daily) |
Media24 |
80 580 |
79 114 |
-1466 |
-1.8% |
|
38 |
Die Burger Saturday |
Media24 |
67951 |
67152 |
-799 |
-1.2% |
|
39 |
Citizen (Saturday) |
Caxton |
26311 |
26254 |
-57 |
-0.2% |
|
40 |
Son op Sondag |
Media24 |
48980 |
49162 |
182 |
0.4% |
|
41 |
Isolezwe ngeSonto |
Ind Media |
82251 |
84019 |
1768 |
2.1% |
|
42 |
Isolezwe |
Ind Media |
101 581 |
104 501 |
2920 |
2.9% |
|
43 |
Isolezwe ngoMgqibelo |
Ind Media |
74154 |
79029 |
4875 |
6.6% |
ENDS
