| RANK | NEWSPAPER | DAILY CIRCULATION | SUNDAY CIRCULATION | WEB RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA Today | 2,281,831 | None | 217 |
| 2 | The Wall Street Journal | 2,070,498 | None | 481 |
| 3 | The New York Times | 1,121,623 | 1,680,582 | 77 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Times | 907,997 | 200,065 | 516 |
| 5 | Washington Post | 740,947 | 1,000,565 | 170 |
| 6 | The Daily News – New York | 708,773 | 835,121 | 1,049 |
| 7 | New York Post | 643,086 | 427,039 | 861 |
| 8 | Chicago Tribune | 565,679 | 953,814 | 741 |
| 9 | Houston Chronicle | 527,744 | 720,711 | 1,070 |
| 10 | Dallas Morning News | 477,493 | 655,809 | 2,322 |
| 11 | San Francisco Chronicle | 468,739 | 510,844 | 477 |
| 12 | Newsday – Melville, NY | 459,305 | 521,498 | 1,497 |
| 13 | The Arizona Republic – Phoenix | 452,016 | 574,798 | 1,343 |
| 14 | Chicago Sun-Times | 432,230 | 359,123 | 1,233 |
| 15 | The Boston Globe | 429,552 | 672,882 | 388 |
| 16 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 396,888 | 610,338 | 1,835 |
| 17 | The Star-Ledger – Newark, NJ | 382,055 | 591,272 | 3,531 |
| 18 | Star Tribune – Minneapolis | 378,316 | 655,198 | 1,600 |
| 19 | Detroit Free Press | 370,875 | 682,798 | 2,198 |
| 20 | Philadelphia Inquirer | 364,974 | 744,242 | 2,244 |
| 21 | The Plain Dealer – Cleveland | 348,416 | 463,482 | 4,476 |
| 22 | St Petersburg Times | 337,515 | 432,231 | 4,128 |
| 23 | The Oregonian – Portland | 332,829 | 398,694 | 4,726 |
| 24 | The San Diego Union-Tribune | 332,273 | 363,907 | 1,624 |
| 25 | The Denver Post | 321,405 | 735,621 | 5,038 |
| 26 | Rocky Mountain News– Denver | 320,345 | 735,621 | 6,572 |
| 27 | The Miami Herald | 312,811 | 429,697 | 1,460 |
| 28 | The Sacramento Bee | 305,394 | 341,157 | 5,368 |
| 29 | The Orange County (CA) Register | 300,972 | 363,907 | 6,111 |
| 30 | St Louis Post-Dispatch | 284,473 | 445,713 | 3,478 |
| 31 | The Kansas City Star | 278,937 | 383,123 | 5,229 |
| 32 | San Jose Mercury News | 276,166 | 310,520 | 2,178 |
| 33 | The Detroit News | 263,703 | 682,798 | 2,042 |
| 34 | The Times-Picayune – New Orleans | 261,573 | 288,706 | 1,168 |
| 35 | South Florida Sun-Sentinel | 260,316 | 359,772 | 1,264 |
| 36 | The Indianapolis Star | 254,437 | 357,284 | 4,038 |
| 37 | The Orlando Sentinel | 251,998 | 368,562 | 4,043 |
| 38 | The Sun – Baltimore | 246,584 | 430,675 | 3,963 |
| 39 | San Antonio Express-News | 245,034 | 352,974 | 7,659 |
| 40 | The Columbus Dispatch | 244,280 | 357,839 | 27,990 |
| 41 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 241,556 | 411,749 | 2,778 |
| 42 | Tampa Tribune | 238,743 | 315,407 | 29,404 |
| 43 | The Boston Herald | 238,569 | 150,352 | 2,687 |
| 44 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 237,867 | 401,380 | 2,880 |
| 45 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | 237,554 | 333,933 | 7,793 |
| 46 | The Charlotte Observer | 230,901 | 282,990 | 5,972 |
| 47 | The Seattle Times | 229,584 | 457,010 | 567 |
| 48 | The Oklahoman – Oklahoma City | 219,350 | 294,686 | 9,660 |
| 49 | The Courier-Journal – Louisville | 215,734 | 276,032 | 10,174 |
| 50 | The Virginian-Pilot – Norfolk | 198,273 | 232,256 | 8,869 |