Top newspapers on Facebook – September 2010
2 Sep
Here’s a look at the how the top 100 newspapers (by print circulation) are doing in their efforts to gain fans on Facebook.
The Top 10
The Top 10 newspapers on Facebook remained the same from August to September, although the LA Times jumped ahead of the Chicago Tribune into the No. 6 spot. The Palm Beach Post is making a strong push toward the Top 10.
- New York times – 717,166 fans
- Wall Street Journal – 122,602
- Washington Post – 61,209
- Denver Post – 27,094
- USA Today – 24,808
- Los Angeles Times – 17,888 (+1)
- Chicago Tribune – 17,837 (-1)
- Arizona Republic – 17,404
- New Orleans Times-Picayune – 10,985
- Des Moines Register – 9,017
Biggest gainers
Here are the top gainers during the month of August by percentage of fans.
- Louisville Courier-Journal – 66.1%
- Post and Courier (Charleston) – 33.9%
- Buffalo News – 31.8%
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – 30.0%
- Indianapolis Star – 23.2%
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch – 21.1%
- Arizona Republic – 18.2%
- Sarasota Herald-Tribune – 15.8%
- Boston Herald – 15.2%
- Dayton Daily News – 13.8%
Here are the top gainers during the month of August by number of fans.
- New York Times – 30,765
- Wall Street Journal – 13,280
- Washington Post – 3,367
- Arizona Republic – 2,683
- Denver Post – 2,482
- Los Angeles Times – 2,008
- Louisville Courier-Journal – 1,544
- USA Today – 1,500
- Chicago Tribune – 926
- Indianapolis Star – 898
Biggest slackers
Here are the papers with the smallest percentage of fan growth during the month of August.
- St. Petersburg Times – 0.3%
- Honolulu Advertiser - 0.6%
- San Antonio Express-News – 0.7%
- Knoxville News Sentinel – 1.3%
- Los Angeles Daily News – 1.5%
- Oklahoman – 1.6%
- State (Columbia, S.C.) – 1.8%
- Albuquerque Journal – 1.9%
- Grand Rapids Press – 1.9%
- Oregonian – 2.0%
Full list
Here’s the full list of the Top 100 newspapers (sorted by total Facebook fans). View the August list.
| Circ | Newspaper | Circulation | Fans 8/10 | Fans 9/10 | % growth | # growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | New York Times | 951,063 | 686,401 | 717,166 | 4.5% | 30,765 |
| 1 | Wall Street Journal | 2,092,523 | 109,322 | 122,602 | 12.1% | 13,280 |
| 5 | Washington Post | 578,482 | 57,842 | 61,209 | 5.8% | 3,367 |
| 14 | Denver Post | 333,675 | 24,612 | 27,094 | 10.1% | 2,482 |
| 2 | USA Today | 1,826,622 | 23,308 | 24,808 | 6.4% | 1,500 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Times | 616,606 | 15,880 | 17,888 | 12.6% | 2,008 |
| 9 | Chicago Tribune | 516,032 | 16,911 | 17,837 | 5.5% | 926 |
| 11 | Arizona Republic | 433,731 | 14,721 | 17,404 | 18.2% | 2,683 |
| 52 | Times-Picayune | 157,068 | 10,384 | 10,985 | 5.8% | 601 |
| 73 | Des Moines Register | 113,597 | 8,639 | 9,017 | 4.4% | 378 |
| 66 | Palm Beach Post | 122,611 | 8,241 | 8,835 | 7.2% | 594 |
| 83 | Knoxville News Sentinel | 100,441 | 7,643 | 7,744 | 1.3% | 101 |
| 43 | Miami Herald | 170,769 | 6,587 | 7,433 | 12.8% | 846 |
| 7 | New York Post | 525,004 | 6,599 | 7,252 | 9.9% | 653 |
| 24 | San Francisco Chronicle | 241,330 | 6,158 | 6,974 | 13.3% | 816 |
| 61 | Tennessean | 133,997 | 6,079 | 6,907 | 13.6% | 828 |
| 6 | Daily News | 535,059 | 5,872 | 6,668 | 13.6% | 796 |
| 55 | Detroit News | 149,872 | 6,240 | 6,588 | 5.6% | 348 |
| 32 | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 196,200 | 5,698 | 6,391 | 12.2% | 693 |
| 57 | San Antonio Express-News | 146,230 | 6,148 | 6,194 | 0.7% | 46 |
| 72 | Birmingham News | 113,810 | 5,624 | 6,022 | 7.1% | 398 |
| 86 | Press-Register (Mobile) | 97,607 | 5,624 | 6,022 | 7.1% | 398 |
| 25 | Star-Ledger | 236,017 | 5,503 | 5,879 | 6.8% | 376 |
| 40 | South Florida Sun-Sentinel | 180,273 | 4,717 | 5,248 | 11.3% | 531 |
| 22 | Detroit Free Press | 252,017 | 4,850 | 5,035 | 3.8% | 185 |
| 58 | Austin American-Statesman | 143,760 | 4,569 | 4,895 | 7.1% | 326 |
| 8 | San Jose Mercury News | 516,701 | 4,704 | 4,841 | 2.9% | 137 |
| 33 | Indianapolis Star | 193,525 | 3,867 | 4,765 | 23.2% | 898 |
| 64 | Richmond Times-Dispatch | 125,011 | 4,412 | 4,760 | 7.9% | 348 |
| 30 | Baltimore Sun | 201,830 | 4,311 | 4,754 | 10.3% | 443 |
| 10 | Houston Chronicle | 494,131 | 4,291 | 4,717 | 9.9% | 426 |
| 13 | Newsday | 334,809 | 4,371 | 4,669 | 6.8% | 298 |
| 84 | Grand Rapids Press | 99,642 | 4,564 | 4,652 | 1.9% | 88 |
| 35 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 192,279 | 4,270 | 4,547 | 6.5% | 277 |
| 36 | Orlando Sentinel | 191,191 | 4,215 | 4,517 | 7.2% | 302 |
| 49 | Virginian-Pilot | 160,609 | 4,160 | 4,347 | 4.5% | 187 |
| 16 | St. Petersburg Times | 278,888 | 4,325 | 4,338 | 0.3% | 13 |
| 26 | Boston Globe | 232,432 | 3,776 | 4,035 | 6.9% | 259 |
| 75 | Honolulu Advertiser | 109,479 | 3,939 | 3,962 | 0.6% | 23 |
| 39 | Louisville Courier-Journal | 180,377 | 2,335 | 3,879 | 66.1% | 1,544 |
| 29 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 209,839 | 3,095 | 3,749 | 21.1% | 654 |
| 44 | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | 170,538 | 3,281 | 3,634 | 10.8% | 353 |
| 45 | Columbus Dispatch | 170,179 | 3,376 | 3,537 | 4.8% | 161 |
| 46 | Charlotte Observer | 166,546 | 3,315 | 3,455 | 4.2% | 140 |
| 15 | Star Tribune | 295,438 | 3,313 | 3,427 | 3.4% | 114 |
| 92 | Sarasota Herald-Tribune | 89,097 | 2,948 | 3,415 | 15.8% | 467 |
| 78 | Morning Call | 103,845 | 3,197 | 3,396 | 6.2% | 199 |
| 31 | Orange County Register | 196,684 | 3,075 | 3,366 | 9.5% | 291 |
| 34 | St. Paul Pioneer Press | 193,054 | 3,089 | 3,339 | 8.1% | 250 |
| 21 | Dallas Morning News | 260,659 | 3,086 | 3,221 | 4.4% | 135 |
| 80 | Dayton Daily News | 102,357 | 2,749 | 3,129 | 13.8% | 380 |
| 96 | The Times of Northwest Indiana | 85,342 | 2,734 | 3,028 | 10.8% | 294 |
| 20 | Seattle Times | 263,468 | 2,651 | 2,824 | 6.5% | 173 |
| 41 | Las Vegas Review-Journal | 174,876 | 2,713 | 2,819 | 3.9% | 106 |
| 94 | News Tribune (Tacoma) | 87,315 | 2,649 | 2,804 | 5.9% | 155 |
| 37 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 186,433 | 2,690 | 2,791 | 3.8% | 101 |
| 70 | Asbury Park Press | 114,655 | 2,615 | 2,790 | 6.7% | 175 |
| 68 | Toledo Blade | 117,704 | 2,452 | 2,733 | 11.5% | 281 |
| 28 | Sacramento Bee | 214,219 | 2,491 | 2,715 | 9.0% | 224 |
| 23 | San Diego Union-Tribune | 249,630 | 2,364 | 2,565 | 8.5% | 201 |
| 63 | Investor’s Business Daily (Los Angeles) | 131,959 | 2,353 | 2,545 | 8.2% | 192 |
| 82 | Tulsa World | 101,508 | 2,429 | 2,502 | 3.0% | 73 |
| 56 | Commercial Appeal | 148,763 | 2,215 | 2,271 | 2.5% | 56 |
| 90 | Post-Standard (Syracuse) | 89,819 | 2,130 | 2,235 | 4.9% | 105 |
| 19 | Oregonian | 263,600 | 2,050 | 2,092 | 2.0% | 42 |
| 67 | Fresno Bee | 118,978 | 1,978 | 2,062 | 4.2% | 84 |
| 95 | Journal News (White Plains) | 87,205 | 1,795 | 1,962 | 9.3% | 167 |
| 59 | Hartford Courant | 139,166 | 1,751 | 1,941 | 10.9% | 190 |
| 12 | Philadelphia Inquirer | 356,189 | 1,796 | 1,929 | 7.4% | 133 |
| 47 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | 165,252 | 1,721 | 1,865 | 8.4% | 144 |
| 60 | The News & Observer (Raleigh) | 137,804 | 1,769 | 1,836 | 3.8% | 67 |
| 88 | News Journal (Wilmington) | 92,501 | 1,782 | 1,831 | 2.7% | 49 |
| 79 | Akron Beacon Journal | 102,981 | 1,718 | 1,797 | 4.6% | 79 |
| 42 | Cincinnati Enquirer | 172,536 | 1,651 | 1,729 | 4.7% | 78 |
| 85 | Providence Journal | 99,573 | 1,604 | 1,729 | 7.8% | 125 |
| 71 | Riverside Press-Enterprise | 114,556 | 1,590 | 1,706 | 7.3% | 116 |
| 27 | Kansas City Star | 216,446 | 1,632 | 1,700 | 4.2% | 68 |
| 17 | Chicago Sun-Times | 268,803 | 1,502 | 1,636 | 8.9% | 134 |
| 12 | Philadelphia Daily News | 356,189 | 1,557 | 1,605 | 3.1% | 48 |
| 69 | Florida Times-Union | 117,416 | 1,484 | 1,576 | 6.2% | 92 |
| 50 | Tampa Tribune | 159,813 | 1,469 | 1,575 | 7.2% | 106 |
| 62 | Boston Herald | 132,551 | 1,354 | 1,560 | 15.2% | 206 |
| 97 | Gazette (Colorado Springs) | 85,305 | 1,414 | 1,497 | 5.9% | 83 |
| 65 | Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester) | 124,987 | 1,324 | 1,377 | 4.0% | 53 |
| 53 | Omaha World-Herald | 152,522 | 1,157 | 1,271 | 9.9% | 114 |
| 54 | Oklahoman | 151,264 | 1,213 | 1,232 | 1.6% | 19 |
| 98 | La Opinión (Los Angeles) | 83,558 | 1,176 | 1,227 | 4.3% | 51 |
| 48 | Buffalo News | 162,213 | 852 | 1,123 | 31.8% | 271 |
| 18 | Cleveland Plain Dealer | 267,888 | 1,041 | 1,070 | 2.8% | 29 |
| 81 | Lexington Herald-Leader | 102,324 | 955 | 985 | 3.1% | 30 |
| 99 | State (Columbia, S.C.) | 83,392 | 893 | 909 | 1.8% | 16 |
| 77 | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) | 106,287 | 804 | 887 | 10.3% | 83 |
| 93 | Post and Courier (Charleston) | 88,939 | 652 | 873 | 33.9% | 221 |
| 74 | Salt Lake Tribune | 113,474 | 806 | 830 | 3.0% | 24 |
| 89 | Wisconsin State Journal | 91,575 | 662 | 722 | 9.1% | 60 |
| 100 | Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era | 80,842 | 652 | 668 | 2.5% | 16 |
| 51 | Record (Hackensack) | 158,105 | 609 | 631 | 3.6% | 22 |
| 87 | Albuquerque Journal | 95,469 | 575 | 586 | 1.9% | 11 |
| 76 | Arizona Daily Star | 108,612 | 474 | 514 | 8.4% | 40 |
| 91 | Los Angeles Daily News | 89,804 | 453 | 460 | 1.5% | 7 |
| 38 | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | 185,222 | 233 | 303 | 30.0% | 70 |
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