| Rank | Newspaper | Circulation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | USA Today (Arlington, Va.) | 2,528,437 |
| 2. | Wall Street Journal (New York, N.Y.) | 2,058,342 |
| 3. | Times (New York, N.Y.) | 1,683,855 |
| 4. | Times (Los Angeles) | 1,231,318 |
| 5. | Post (Washington, DC) | 960,684 |
| 6. | Tribune (Chicago) | 957,212 |
| 7. | Daily News (New York, N.Y.) | 795,153 |
| 8. | Inquirer (Philadelphia) | 705,965 |
| 9. | Post/Rocky Mountain News (Denver) | 704,806 |
| 10. | Chronicle (Houston) | 692,557 |
| 11. | Post (New York, N.Y.) | 691,420 |
| 12. | News/Free Press (Detroit) | 669,315 |
| 13. | Morning News (Dallas) | 649,709 |
| 14. | Star Tribune (Minneapolis) | 606,698 |
| 15. | Globe (Boston) | 604,068 |
| 16. | Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.) | 599,628 |
| 17. | Journal-Constitution (Atlanta) | 561,405 |
| 18. | Arizona Republic (Phoenix) | 556,465 |
| 19. | Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) | 488,825 |
| 20. | Chronicle (San Francisco) | 451,504 |
| 21. | Plain Dealer (Cleveland) | 450,875 |
| 22. | Times/Post-Intelligencer (Seattle) | 435,581 |
| 23. | Post-Dispatch (St. Louis) | 423,291 |
| 24. | Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.) | 422,410 |
| 25. | Union-Tribune (San Diego) | 408,392 |