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NATIONAL DAILY (Dec 2019)

The Scottish Sun 137,884
Daily Record 104,906
Scottish Daily Mail 68,370
Scottish Daily Express 31,768
Daily Star 25,747
The Times 17,698*
Daily Telegraph 10,931**
Daily Mirror 6,906
The Guardian 7,262***
Financial Times 1,419****

*includes 4160 “voucher subscriptions” (24%)
**includes 5746 “voucher subscriptions” (53%)
***includes 3028 “voucher subscriptions” (42%)
****includes 177 “voucher subscriptions” (12%)

Total: 412,801

REGIONAL DAILY (Jul-Dec 2019)

Press & Journal (Aberdeen) 39,189
The Courier (Dundee) 29,905
The Herald (Glasgow) WITHDRAWN FROM ABC
Evening Express (Aberdeen) 17,077
Evening Times (Glasgow) WITHDRAWN FROM ABC
Evening News (Edinburgh) WITHDRAWN FROM ABC
The Scotsman (Edinburgh) 11,718
Evening Telegraph (Dundee) 10,237
The National (Scotland) WITHDRAWN FROM ABC
Greenock Telegraph (Greenock) WITHDRAWN FROM ABC
Paisley Daily Express (Paisley) 3,917

Total: 131,173

NATIONAL SUNDAY (Dec 2019)

Sunday Mail 103,940
The Sun On Sunday 100,258
Sunday Post 67,661
Scottish Mail On Sunday 56,992*
Sunday Times 36,101**
Scottish Sunday Express 17,734
Daily Star Sunday 13,429
The Observer 11,129***
Sunday Telegraph 9,013****
Sunday Mirror 5,215

*includes 881 “voucher subscriptions” (2%)
**includes 5380 “voucher subscriptions” (15%)
***includes 2607 “voucher subscriptions” (23%)
****includes 5665 “voucher subscriptions” (63%)

Total: 421,472

REGIONAL SUNDAY

Scotland On Sunday WITHDRAWN FROM ABC
The Herald On Sunday WITHDRAWN FROM ABC
Sunday National WITHDRAWN FROM ABC

Total: ???

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