1. Nihon Shinbun Kyokai
2. Facts and Figures about Japanese Newspapers
3. Circulation
4. Circulation and Households

Year	Total	Type of newspaper		Type of publishing			Number of households as of March 31	Subscriptions per household
		General paper	Sports paper	Set paper	Morning paper	Evening paper
2023	28,590,486	26,674,129	1,916,357	4,456,199	23,681,695	452,592	0.49	58,493,428
2022	30,846,631	28,694,915	2,151,716	5,928,317	24,400,468	517,846	0.53	58,226,982
2021	33,027,135	30,657,153	2,369,982	6,484,982	25,914,024	628,129	0.57	57,849,163
2020	35,091,944	32,454,796	2,637,148	7,252,724	27,064,065	775,155	0.61	57,380,526
2019	37,811,248	34,877,964	2,933,284	8,422,099	28,554,249	834,900	0.66	56,996,515
2018	39,901,576	36,823,021	3,078,555	9,025,146	29,993,652	882,778	0.70	56,613,999
2017	42,128,189	38,763,641	3,364,548	9,700,510	31,487,725	939,954	0.75	56,221,568
2016	43,276,147	39,821,106	3,455,041	10,413,426	31,889,399	973,322	0.78	55,811,969
2015	44,246,688	40,691,869	3,554,819	10,874,446	32,365,532	1,006,710	0.80	55,364,197
2014	45,362,672	41,687,125	3,675,547	11,356,360	32,979,682	1,026,630	0.83	54,952,108
2013	46,999,468	43,126,352	3,873,116	12,396,510	33,552,159	1,050,799	0.86	54,594,744
2012	47,777,913	43,723,161	4,054,752	12,876,612	33,827,147	1,074,154	0.88	54,171,475
2011	48,345,304	44,091,335	4,253,969	13,235,658	33,975,622	1,134,024	0.90	53,549,522
2010	49,321,840	44,906,720	4,415,120	13,877,495	34,259,015	1,185,330	0.92	53,362,801
2009	50,352,831	45,659,885	4,692,946	14,727,162	34,399,779	1,225,890	0.95	52,877,802
2008	51,491,409	46,563,681	4,927,728	15,715,332	34,403,818	1,372,259	0.98	52,324,877
2007	52,028,671	46,963,136	5,065,535	16,408,728	34,174,558	1,445,385	1.01	51,713,048
2006	52,310,478	47,056,527	5,253,951	16,789,314	34,047,660	1,473,504	1.02	51,102,005
2005	52,568,032	47,189,832	5,378,200	17,111,533	33,927,821	1,528,678	1.04	50,382,081
2004	53,021,564	47,469,987	5,551,577	17,341,993	34,066,442	1,613,129	1.06	49,837,731
2003	52,874,959	47,282,645	5,592,314	17,464,928	33,781,260	1,628,771	1.07	49,260,791
2002	53,198,444	47,390,027	5,808,417	17,616,627	33,900,896	1,680,921	1.09	48,637,789
2001	53,680,753	47,559,052	6,121,701	18,013,395	33,862,600	1,804,758	1.12	48,015,251
2000	53,708,831	47,401,669	6,307,162	18,187,498	33,702,727	1,818,606	1.13	47,419,905

(Unit: Copies)

• A set paper is a subscription to both morning and evening editions of the same paper.
• Set paper subscriptions are usually counted only once in determining circulation figures in Japan.
• Total circulation of set papers counted as two copies is 53,689,573.

Source: Annual survey by NSK conducted in October

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