Top Famous Newspapers by Circulation in United Kingdom 2024

Though we are in a smart world with lots of technologies around us we are still tied with some traditions. Rituals which show our culture and keep us grounded.

In the time of news broadcasting on television and online news channels and websites, newspapers still hold a meaning.

There is still a large part of audience who are connected with newspapers. Now, it’s become a custom of reading the newspaper with a sip of tea/coffee in the morning.

Today, in this post, we will discuss the 10 Famous newspapers of the United Kingdom 2024. So let’s start ‘aaj ki taaza khabar.’

1. The Sun

The Sun is a British popular newspaper that is famous for its sensationalist news stories, which includes business gossip, and dark headlines:

The Sun was started in 1969 as a deputy to the Daily Herald. It was authentically a broadsheet but later became popular after collaborating with Rupert Murdoch’s News International.

The Sun contains a wide range of variety like; news, sports, and entertainment. It’s specialty is having no filter traditional editorializing.

The Sun ranks 8th position in the world’s largest newspaper. In 2018 it was managed by the freesheet rival Metro as the largest newspaper in the UK.

The Sun was a part of various controversies, Indulging its coverage of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.

Metro

Metro is a newspaper published in 100 plus cities in Europe, North & South America, and Asia. Metro attracts a well-educated young audience with more than 18 million daily readers. 

It is a free daily newspaper written and designed especially for young and aspiring professionals.

It requires only 20 minutes to read the paper, which is all it needs to know on their Monday to Friday morning schedules.

Here you can see local, national, and international news, and bright features are shown with no favoritism, but display a proud modern culture and style.

The Sun on Sunday

The Sun on Sunday newspaper came to replace the closed news of the world, it is a British paper introduced in February 2012.

This is the Sunday edition of the news magazine newspaper The Sun, which is broadcast by News Group Newspaper.

Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is also a British newspaper of the daily middle market having B-size is popular in London. This paper was discovered in 1896. And then became very famous.

As per the reports, till 2020 it was declared the highest-circulating newspaper in the UK.

The Daily Mail, dreamed by Alfred Harmswort and his brother Harold, was first printed on 4th May 1896.

They got overnight success, as they planned to publish 1,00,000 copies but the print on the first day was 3,97,215.

Also, some additional printing facilities were required to help an enrollment that reached up to 5,00,000 in 1899.

Mail on Sunday

This is a traditional British newspaper that is popular for its investigative journalism, arguments, and characteristics.

Mail on Sunday was introduced by Lord Rothermere in 1982, which became the top Sunday newspaper in the UK.

This newspaper is published in a magazine format, and with time it became the most-loved newspaper in the UK.

One interesting fact; when The Daily Mail succeeded in the work they started one more paper especially on Sundays as “Mail on Sunday”.

The owner of both the papers are Daily Mail and General Trust, only the editing staff is separate.

This newspaper includes topics like; British politics, the Falklands War, conflicts among Middle East, and also the International phone hacking scam.

The Sunday Times

The British newspaper Sunday Times was established in 1822. You know that on Sundays a special newspaper like a magazine is published.

This concept is adapted by many publishers and loved by audiences. This paper is best known for its revolution, also they were the first to introduce a color magazine in 1962.

The Sunday Times is in demand due to its esteem for being well-edited, cautionally written, and noble.

You know that this newspaper also has its website available on Apple’s newsstand platform. They also have a platform for Android and iPad users.

There are many varieties of news available on The Sunday Times; Sports, News Review, Business, Money, Home, Travel.

London Evening Standard

The is the legendary news brand and the largest quality daily paper in the UK. This paper was introduced in 1827 and identified as targeting the program in politics and business.

Also, they were the one who established crucial news and sports stories, with which the brand touched 18 million readers every month.

On a daily basis, we have 2.6 million readers and around 87% of readers on digital platforms. This is a great way to be on talk of town.

Daily Mirror

Daily Mirror will show you true information as the title suggests it will show you the mirror personality of the world.

This concept was introduced by Alfred Harmsworth in 1903, as this is a British magazine newspaper.

This newspaper was started for women. It gained popularity due to its photo-rich concept and interesting stories.

This is the most loved newspaper of Britain. Due to its firm social morality and editing features. 

The Times

The Times newspaper is called one of the most ancient and inspirable newspapers. This paper was published mainly in London.

This paper was established in 1785 by John I. When this reached its heights then the makers published one more newspaper as ‘The Sunday Times’ in 1821.

The Times became famous for its responsibility, trusted news, and firm decisions.

Daily Telegraph

Daily Telegraph is popularly known as an online news platform ‘The Telegraph, this is a broadsheet newspaper issued in London through Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the UK itself and abroad.

It has a brother paper, The Sunday Telegraph, which was established in 1961. The Daily Telegraph was discovered by Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855.

The newspaper won many awards like the National Newspaper of the Year many times, while The Sunday Telegraph was the most loved channel to binge-watch.

The End

We hope you liked our gossip and ratings, we tried to convey important information with less time-consuming data.

These newspapers are worth reading as recommended by so many people and cities. If you have ever read any of these newspapers or want to, do share your thoughts with us!

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