Daily Newspaper Circulation, Annual

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Data from Jan 1960 to Dec 2019Updated 7 months ago

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

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DailyNewspaperCirculationAnnual.csv (5 rows, 3 KB)

Data Series Text	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1997 Numeric	1996 Numeric	1995 Numeric	1994 Numeric	1993 Numeric	1992 Numeric	1991 Numeric	1990 Numeric	1989 Numeric	1988 Numeric	1987 Numeric	1986 Numeric	1985 Numeric	1984 Numeric	1983 Numeric	1982 Numeric	1981 Numeric	1980 Numeric	1979 Numeric	1978 Numeric	1977 Numeric	1976 Numeric	1975 Numeric	1974 Numeric	1973 Numeric	1972 Numeric	1971 Numeric	1970 Numeric	1969 Numeric	1968 Numeric	1967 Numeric	1966 Numeric	1965 Numeric	1964 Numeric	1963 Numeric	1962 Numeric	1961 Numeric	1960 Numeric
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Total Daily Newspaper Circulation	876982	879658	1266908	1410869	1469033	1384197	1448915	1476885	1507695	1529497	1503947	1310855	1275177	1290268	1269123	1537023	1613661	1619956	1531346	1341649	1091123	1076926	1043655	1031031	1029103	1053438	998010	937418	897467	833037	777052	743334	700927	684298	713866	709383	694711	657340	644310	615612	587690	534373	501541	476983	449001	422460	441806	391966	422649	394204	315463	263338	232931	240533	214030	181796	167969	149400	141420	129373
English	563653	545381	910398	825793	819717	738077	762382	771001	786802	805713	822174	817975	786979	791220	777202	1038223	1098996	1111291	1017061	806190	551591	546498	531294	520954	518043	532381	496848	463459	438041	398397	362634	340401	292721	282192	308221	307376	301205	289537	283644	268601	249357	232631	220105	206014	187278	168038	161479	140541	184323	163525	131666	114147	105225	102999	79061	73320	68630	67668	60492	57114
Chinese	277792	293588	311795	535726	591655	584121	620839	636297	646379	649426	606883	417503	413671	426148	424879	430595	443640	435905	439669	460393	465134	458931	444462	443762	445024	453769	436221	414228	404927	383810	366211	354840	360691	354892	359303	357778	351392	326583	320367	307769	299872	265338	245882	235187	227307	223292	252487	228552	219070	196786	158506	128172	105188	112198	118455	89024	81784	63690	62283	54666
Malay	27857	31573	34396	38303	44725	46583	49989	53284	57355	59532	60109	61225	61969	61313	57056	58363	62094	63402	64444	65106	64292	61616	58937	58362	60241	62044	59898	55157	50131	46680	42849	42458	42041	41760	39915	37444	35267	34025	33539	32308	29832	28655	27780	27935	26453	23238	19989	15906	12054	20646	13873	13436	13955	16523	12203	12713	12210	12348	13246	12054
Tamil	7680	9116	10319	11047	12936	15416	15705	16303	17159	14827	14781	14152	12557	11588	9987	9842	8932	9358	10173	9960	10106	9882	8961	7953	5795	5244	5043	4573	4368	4150	5358	5635	5474	5454	6427	6785	6847	7195	6760	6934	8629	7749	7774	7847	7963	7892	7851	6967	7202	13247	11418	7583	8563	8813	4311	6739	5345	5694	5399	5539

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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())

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