Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC)

April ABCs: Sun on Sunday down while Sun circulation rises

The latest Audit Bureau of Circulation report also show for the first time the higher Saturday circulations recorded for most morning titles

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 11/05/12

ABC March: Evening Standard daily web traffic drops 25%

Latest figures from Audit Bureau of Circulation show the Evening Standard also recorded the biggest fall in traffic for the whole month of 21.79 per cent, the same month as it relaunched the website

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 26/04/12

ABC to report weekday and Saturday paper circulations

Newspaper circulation auditor announces changes to reporting of national newspaper circulation data for 'greater detail and transparency'

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 11/04/12

Guardian website reports record 69m browsers in Feb

The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation show the Sun website was the only one to record an increase in total monthly traffic, although the Guardian claims its unaudited results also show a rise for Guardian.co.uk

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 23/03/12

February ABCs: Daily Star Sunday doubles circulation in one year

Monthly circulation falls across the board for all newspapers except the i, Sunday Mail and Daily Record

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 09/03/12

ABC: Express and Star sees biggest monthly traffic increase

Latest figures from ABC show the website for the MNA-owned Express and Star had the biggest increase in the second half of 2011, despite having a partial paywall in place

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 29/02/12

ABC: Mail Online nears 100m browsers in January

Results from the Audit Bureau of Circulation show the website for the Daily Mail reached 99,218,476 in January, a 77 per cent increase year-on-year

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 23/02/12

Consumer magazines report digital edition statistics

Rules on counting digital editions are to be relaxed - and direct comparisons between titles are not yet possible

Posted by Paul McNally on 16/02/12

The i reports 82.3% year-on-year circulation rise

Title continues to grow, while the Independent itself was the biggest loser in the daily market, down 36.72% year-on-year.

Posted by Paul McNally on 10/02/12

Independent.co.uk scores only rise in daily traffic in December

Independent.co.uk's average daily traffic was up more than 10% in December while Guardian.co.uk saw a 20% drop in unique browsers

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 26/01/12

ABCs: Sunday newspaper circulations drop across the board

All Sunday newspapers see month-on-month declines, while in the daily market the Guardian and the Herald are the only audited titles to see an increase in average daily circulation in December

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 13/01/12

ABC clears WSJ Europe over circulation agreement

Audit Bureau of Circulation finds 'no clear evidence' that copies linked to a circulation agreement did not comply with its reporting rules, but launches review of own rules

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 04/01/12

November ABC: Mail Online hits almost 85m browsers

Daily Mail website sees traffic pass the 80 million mark with a 7.5 per cent increase in November

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 22/12/11

Popular press circulations fall in November across the board

Figures published by the Audit Bureau of Circulation show a decline in circulations across the popular press month-on-month

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 09/12/11

ABC: Independent suffers 25% circulation fall

Transfer of bulk copies from the Independent to sister title i saw the compact daily storm ahead with the biggest increase across the board

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 11/11/11

Newspaper sites see traffic drop across the board

Both daily and monthly traffic decreased for all audited newspaper websites in September, with the biggest declines recorded by Mirror Group Digital

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 27/10/11

Mail on Sunday sales fall back below 2m after second bad month

Although still the most popular Sunday title, the Mail suffered a second significant monthly fall, losing around 120,000 sales in a 5.6% drop

Posted by Joel Gunter on 14/10/11

Wall Street Journal resignation linked to 'circulation scam'

European edition of Rupert Murdoch's newspaper has denied accusations that it secretly purchased thousands of its own papers in order to boost circulation figures

Posted by Joel Gunter on 13/10/11

August ABC: Telegraph.co.uk records biggest daily traffic increase

Figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulation shows the Telegraph recorded the biggest increase in daily traffic, while the Independent secured the highest rise in monthly figures

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 22/09/11

Local newspaper sites see 25% traffic growth in 2011

The Audit Bureau of Circulation reports overall rise of a quarter in daily browsers across regional newspaper sites, while Swindonadvertiser.com records the biggest monthly hikes

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 31/08/11
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Posted by Sarah Marshall on 13 April 2012

ABCes: Independent.co.uk records biggest increase in daily browsers

The Audit Bureau of Circulations Electronic (ABCe) report for September showed the biggest month-on-month increase in average daily browsers was recorded by Independent.co.uk

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 29 October 2010

paidContent: Decline in consumer magazine circulations slows

PaidContent reports consumer magazines are experiencing an increase in advertising pages and circulation fall is leveling out

Posted by Rachel McAthy on 9 August 2010

Brand Republic: FT withdraws from ABCe audits for web traffic

Financial Times has officially withdrawn from the monthly audit of UK newspapers' web traffic after launching its own own metric for measuring readers

Posted by Laura Oliver on 21 May 2010

Regional online traffic compared; Johnston Press comes out top

Johnston Press was top of the traffic charts from July-December 2009, with 384,016 daily unique browsers

Posted by Judith Townend on 25 February 2010

NMA: How pay walls could affect the ABCes

How will website traffic measurement be affected by the introduction of pay walls? Suzanne Bearne considers the impact on UK newspaper websites

Posted by Laura Oliver on 6 January 2010

Response to the ABCs results: How are mag subscriptions and sales faring in the recession?

Online magazine retailer The Magazine Group says subscription sales are increasing after ABC figures show a fall in retail sales

Posted by Helen Martin on 17 August 2009

ABC continues to verify airline copies for national newspaper circulation audit

ABC is continuing to investigate 'bulk newspaper sales' and the number of airline copies included in the audit after figures were found to have 'a wide disparity'

Posted by Judith Townend on 8 May 2009

Guardian debuts six-monthly ABCe figures for regional websites

Guardian News and Media joins Northcliffe Media by signing up for the Audit Bureau of Circulations Electronic's (ABCe) six-monthly web traffic audits

Posted by Laura Oliver on 30 September 2008

RMRF: Trinity Mirror Regionals presents user profile survey results

Trinity Mirror Regionals (TMR) carried out audience research with Survey Interactive, which involved on-site questionnaires completed by 53,313 interviewees across the company's 110 regional and national websites

Posted by Laura Oliver on 25 September 2008

Independent.co.uk: Gossip sites put heat on celeb mags in latest ABCs

Sales of celebrity magazines have plunged in the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations - a result of the economic downturn and the rising popularity of online competitors

Posted by Laura Oliver on 15 August 2008
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