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Daily Newspaper Circulation, Annual

Data from Jan 1960 to Dec 2019

Last updated: 24 Oct 2024, 16:19 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SPH MEDIA LTD & MEDIACORP PRESS LTD (UP TO SEPTEMBER 2017)

Data Last Updated: 28/06/2023

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data refer to the average daily copies circulated, which is computed by taking total copies circulated over number of publication issues in that calendar year. Data from 2015 include digital newspaper subscriptions for SPH's English, Chinese and Malay newspapers. Data from 2017 include digital newspaper subscription for SPH's Tamil newspapers.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M890071

Data explorer

DailyNewspaperCirculationAnnual.csv (5 rows, 3 KB)

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Total Daily Newspaper Circulation876982879658126690814108691469033138419714489151476885150769515294971503947131085512751771290268126912315370231613661161995615313461341649109112310769261043655103103110291031053438998010937418897467833037777052743334700927684298713866709383694711657340644310615612587690534373501541476983449001422460441806391966422649394204315463263338232931240533214030181796167969149400141420129373
English5636535453819103988257938197177380777623827710017868028057138221748179757869797912207772021038223109899611112911017061806190551591546498531294520954518043532381496848463459438041398397362634340401292721282192308221307376301205289537283644268601249357232631220105206014187278168038161479140541184323163525131666114147105225102999790617332068630676686049257114
Chinese2777922935883117955357265916555841216208396362976463796494266068834175034136714261484248794305954436404359054396694603934651344589314444624437624450244537694362214142284049273838103662113548403606913548923593033577783513923265833203673077692998722653382458822351872273072232922524872285522190701967861585061281721051881121981184558902481784636906228354666
Malay278573157334396383034472546583499895328457355595326010961225619696131357056583636209463402644446510664292616165893758362602416204459898551575013146680428494245842041417603991537444352673402533539323082983228655277802793526453232381998915906120542064613873134361395516523122031271312210123481324612054
Tamil7680911610319110471293615416157051630317159148271478114152125571158899879842893293581017399601010698828961795357955244504345734368415053585635547454546427678568477195676069348629774977747847796378927851696772021324711418758385638813431167395345569453995539
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_72a8dfb96e2272b69bdc4e4561ea0ae8"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Daily Newspaper Circulation, Annual (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 5, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_72a8dfb96e2272b69bdc4e4561ea0ae8/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)