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
2025	24,868,122	23,373,706	1,494,416	3,375,969	21,145,804	346,349	0.42	58,955,700
2024	26,616,578	24,938,756	1,677,822	3,916,505	22,297,326	402,747	0.45	58,738,888
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
1999	53,757,281	47,464,599	6,292,682	18,460,759	33,381,465	1,915,057	1.15	46,811,712
1998	53,669,866	47,289,617	6,380,249	18,739,890	32,952,880	1,977,096	1.16	46,156,796
1997	53,765,074	47,262,982	6,502,092	18,933,926	32,841,903	1,989,245	1.18	45,498,173
1996	53,555,803	46,975,839	6,579,964	19,149,499	32,421,288	1,985,016	1.19	44,830,961
1995	52,854,538	46,511,872	6,342,666	19,192,139	31,645,109	2,017,290	1.19	44,235,735
1994	52,600,502	46,224,993	6,375,509	19,323,903	31,269,026	2,007,573	1.20	43,665,843
1993	52,433,451	46,072,744	6,360,707	19,609,860	30,780,669	2,042,922	1.22	43,077,126
1992	51,938,092	45,748,937	6,189,155	19,752,398	30,195,529	1,990,165	1.22	42,457,975
1991	52,026,372	46,029,154	5,997,218	20,510,091	29,551,973	1,964,308	1.24	41,797,445
1990	51,907,538	46,059,774	5,847,764	20,616,337	29,268,208	2,022,993	1.26	41,156,485
1989	51,063,353	45,351,852	5,711,501	20,393,722	28,711,768	1,957,863	1.26	40,561,404
1988	50,597,565	44,960,104	5,637,461	20,573,993	28,041,577	1,981,995	1.26	40,025,087
1987	49,831,896	44,250,975	5,580,921	20,361,672	27,457,961	2,012,263	1.26	39,536,307
1986	48,569,364	43,074,181	5,495,183	20,084,045	26,453,918	2,031,401	1.25	38,987,773
1985	48,231,671	42,673,198	5,558,473	20,064,803	26,038,088	2,128,780	1.25	38,457,479
1984	47,515,488	42,096,162	5,419,326	19,864,756	25,545,381	2,105,351	1.25	37,934,575
1983	47,040,709	41,616,862	5,423,847	19,741,291	25,196,329	2,103,089	1.26	37,425,866
1982	47,993,030	42,166,062	5,826,968	20,149,115	25,679,133	2,164,782	1.30	36,859,200
1981	47,256,150	41,639,715	5,616,435	20,036,413	24,935,353	2,284,384	1.30	36,346,662
1980	46,391,096	40,944,751	5,446,345	19,865,790	24,270,632	2,254,674	1.29	35,830,857
1979	45,851,852	40,476,282	5,375,570	20,028,650	23,510,031	2,313,171	1.30	35,349,573
1978	44,276,615	39,228,302	5,048,313	19,455,647	22,580,681	2,240,287	1.27	34,858,696
1977	43,113,521	38,127,716	4,985,805	19,107,123	21,786,635	2,219,763	1.25	34,380,314
1976	42,119,566	37,371,351	4,748,215	18,662,297	21,205,533	2,251,736	1.24	33,911,052
1975	40,512,598	35,921,496	4,591,102	18,067,016	20,242,379	2,203,203	1.22	33,310,006
1974	40,005,526	35,412,951	4,592,575	17,814,893	19,874,190	2,316,443	1.23	32,627,792
1973	39,847,332	35,199,798	4,647,534	18,169,036	19,429,468	2,248,828	1.25	31,907,782
1972	38,162,063	33,797,786	4,364,277	17,682,995	18,187,184	2,291,884	1.23	31,095,679
1971	36,562,450	32,399,739	4,162,711	16,839,364	17,506,545	2,216,541	1.22	30,027,454
1970	36,303,928	31,875,907	4,428,021	16,718,956	17,187,422	2,397,550	1.24	29,146,288
1969	35,073,213	30,646,021	4,427,192	16,424,536	16,485,805	2,162,872	1.24	28,205,976
1968	33,792,078	29,750,759	4,041,319	15,912,263	15,812,779	2,067,036	1.25	27,115,298
1967	32,447,141	28,556,314	3,890,827	15,108,249	15,182,391	2,156,501	1.23	26,403,437
1966	30,935,235	27,367,031	3,568,204	14,464,094	14,339,285	2,131,856	1.21	25,520,079
1965	29,776,465	26,794,713	2,981,752	14,357,769	13,455,830	1,962,866	1.20	24,748,550

(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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