12/05/2008

As predicted on Friday, on allmediascotland.com, the gap between the top two-selling daily newspapers in Scotland has slightly widened, following publication of the latest monthly sales figures.

On average, during April, a gap of 35,910 separated the Scottish Sun from its nearest rival, the Daily Record, according to net circulation figures released from auditors, ABC.

During March, the gap was 32,716. In February, it was 33,907.

The April ABCs reveal an average net circulation of 399,321  (up from an average 397,806 in March) for the Scottish Sun and 363,411 for the Daily Record (compared to 365,090 the previous month).

Meanwhile, the Sunday Mail continues to be the biggest-selling newspaper in Scotland, though its average was yet again down, from 452,936 in February, and 450,880 in March, to 445,678 in April.

Average Net Circulation figures include free give-aways.

The other figures, at a glance:

Scottish News of the World 279,073 (compared to 290,914 for March), Sunday Post 271,795 (compared to 272,424), Scottish Daily Mail 126,542 (125,839), Scottish Mail on Sunday 115,903 (111,553), Scottish Daily Star 84,864 (85,745), Scottish Daily Express 75,212 (75,878), Sunday Times Scotland 66,735 (67,407), The Herald 65,286 (66,261), Scotland on Sunday 63,500 (67,681), The Scotsman 50,790 (51,850 ), Sunday Herald 47,610 (49,544), Scottish Sunday Express 43,172 (43,512), Scottish Daily Mirror 32,161 (32,818), Scottish Sunday Mirror 28,965 (29,980), Scottish Daily Star - Sunday 28,350 (29,180), The Times 27,987 (27,958), The Daily Telegraph 23,945 (23,648), The Observer 22,377 (23,105), The People 20,889 (20,875), Sunday Telegraph 20,627 (20,636), The Guardian 16,825 (16,135), The Independent 9819 (9883), The Independent on Sunday 9771 (9753) and Financial Times 5321 (5435).

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