September ABC’s have been published. Again, nothing dramatic and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to get blood from this particular stone! Just to clarify – ‘No Cert’ is in the table for some publications. It means that they have not made public their cert for that month. An option for publishers that was introduced at the beginning of lock-down (March ’20) but is still available and availed of – The Guardian

Audited circulation for August ’21 are available and, for one something changed on the market. Using some of the rules introduced by the ABC way back in April ’20, Guardian News and Media numbers are only available by contacting the publisher. They are still registered with the ABC and conduct a Monthly audit but elect not to make it publicly available. In the Irish market, there are fourteen daily papers

July ABC’s are in and there is little to report. Mornings got a bit of a lift but the Sundays are down. Graphic shows the  progress, or lack thereof, since January 2020.

ABC data for June 2021 have been released. You’ll see from the graphic below that the Sundays seem to have fared better in the past 18 months than the mornings. The trend is, in the main downward, but there have been glimpses of month on month increases.

At the time of posting this, the Financial Times had not published a ABC cert

The only interesting point about this months numbers is that they are nearly level with this month last year – which ins a rapidly declining market is unusual. The Mirror and Daily Star are showing an increase on the previous year and even the FT is showing an increase on the previous year. There was an interesting and honest interview with Marc Vangeel chief executive of Mediahuis Ireland in the