Circulation of Polish press

 

Total single circulation (average) in Poland in 1980-1990
(circulation in thous. copies; indices - 1988=100)  

Year

Newspapers 
(6-2  times a week)

Magazines

 

thous. copies

indices

thous. copies

indices

1980

9,680

123

30,873

66

1981

9,650

123

30,647

65

1982

9,101

116

27,266

58

1983

9,069

115

34,637

74

1984

9,169

117

39,703

85

1985

8,834

113

39,591

84

1986

8,562

109

41,384

88

1987

8,189

104

45,797

98

1988

7,823

100

46,821

100

1989

7,511

96

48,860

104

1990

5,357

68

42,784

91

1991

5,625

72

49,947

107

1992

6,604

84

56,040

120

1993

6,735

86

57,796

123

1994

5,754

74

79,265

169

1995

4,933

63

78,901

168

1996

4,420

57

76,150

163

1997

4,437

57

68,429

146

1998

4,436

57

72,938

156

1999

3,937

50

66,652

142

Source: Central Statistical Office: Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 1989-2000, data of Bibliographic Institute of the National Library. In respect to different classification of the newspapers and magazines ¶ numbers conversion by Ryszard Filas, Press Research Centre

 

Change of press circulation according to typological groups in 1980-1999 (Central Statistical Office) ¶ TOTAL SINGLE CIRCULATION (average) in thous. copies

 

TOTAL SINGLE CIRCULATION

 

1980

1985

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

newspapers (6-2 a week)

9680

8834

7823

7511

5357

5625

6604

6735

5754

4933

4420

4437

4436

3937

weeklies

12873

15528

15923

16795

12940

12229

16355

15537

23280

27198

23602

19665

19633

17741

fortnightlies

3742

3437

3464

3305

3057

3978

4621

5557

8478

6521

6316

7429

6971

7023

monthlies

7894

11060

12846

13826

13583

21519

24565

26353

36270

36803

36164

32523

38346

34233

bimonthlies and quarterlies

2888

4056

6765

6964

6047

6649

6525

6952

7875

5458

6198

5847

5537

4597

 

TOTAL SINGLE CIRCULATION (average) ¶ INDICES, 1988=100

 

1980

1985

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

newspapers (6-2 a week)

123

113

100

96

68

72

84

86

74

63

57

57

57

50

weeklies

81

98

100

105

81

77

103

98

146

171

148

123

123

114

fortnightlies

108

99

100

95

88

115

133

160

245

188

182

214

201

203

monthlies

61

86

100

108

106

168

191

205

282

286

282

253

299

266

bimonthlies and quarterlies

43

60

100

103

89

98

96

103

116

81

92

86

82

68

Source: Central Statistical Office: Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 1989-2000, data of Bibliographic Institute of the National Library. In respect to different classification of the newspapers and magazines ¶ numbers conversion by Ryszard Filas, Press Research Centre

 

Change in total single sold circulation of main dailies and magazines in 1999-2001. Data in thousands copies (2001 ¶ data for 8 months in the case of dailies, 1st half of the year in the case of magazines)  

Titles

 

The number  of compared titles

1999

2000

2001

Total single circulation in thous. copies

Total single circulation in thous. copies

% of circ. of previous year

Total single circulation in thous. copies

% with reference to 1999

National dailies of general interest

5

1.147

1.132

98,7

1.077

93,9

Sports dailies

2

125

115

92,0

109

87,2

Regional dailies of general interest

28

1.280

1.253

97,9

1.228

95,9

National weeklies

23

8.176

7.817

95,6

7.664

93,7

National fortnightlies

8

l.810

1.803

99,6

1.448

80,0

National monthlies

63

7.326

6.994

95,5

6.463

88,2

Source: R. Filas (2001) The Reading Activity of Poles at the Turn of the 21st Century, Zeszyty Prasoznawcze, 3-4.

 

Change in the number of main dailies and magazines in 1999-2001. The data present the number of titles in different categories of high-, medium- and low-circulation press  

Type of the press (single average circulation)

1999

2000

2001

NATIONAL DAILIES OF GENERAL INTEREST

 

 

 

More than 500 thous. copies

-

-

-

200-499 thous. copies

3

3

2

100-199 thous. copies

-(+1)

-

1

50-99 thous. copies

2

2(+1)

-(+1)

Less than 50 thous. copies

-

-

2

Total number of titles (+ Nasz Dziennik)

5(+1)

5(+1)

5 (+1)

REGIONAL DAILIES OF GENERAL INTEREST

 

 

 

More than 500 thous. copies

-

-

-

200-499 thous. copies

-

-

-

100-199 thous. copies

l

2

1

50-99 thous. copies

7

7

8

25-49 thous. copies

19 (+1)

15

13

Less than 25 thous. copies

4 (+2)

8

10

Total number of titles (+ titles taken over by other titles)

32 (+3)

32

32

WEEKLIES

 

 

 

l mln copies and more

1 (+2)

1 (+2)

1(+2)

500-999 thous. copies

6

6

4

200-499 thous. copies

10

8

12

100-199 thous. copies

4

5

3

50-99 thous. copies

3

2

3

Less than 50 thous. copies

1

3

2

Total number of titles (+ free weeklies tv-guides)

25 (+2)

25 (+2)

25 (+2)

FORTNIGHTLIES

 

 

 

More than 500 thous. copies

-

-

-

200-499 thous. copies

7

6

5

100-199 thous. copies

4

4

5

50-99 thous. copies

1

2

1

Less than 50 thous. copies

-

-

1

Total number of titles

12

12

12

MONTHLIES

 

 

 

More than 500 thous. copies

3

2

1

200-499 thous. copies

4

4

4

100-199 thous. copies

18

18

17

50-99 thous. copies

25

23

23

Less than 50 thous. copies

14

17

19

Total number of titles

64

64

64

Source: R. Filas (2001) The Reading Activity of Poles at the Turn of the 21st Century, Zeszyty Prasoznawcze, 3-4.