Between January and June of this year, The Independent managed to boost its readership by 19% from 647,000 to 769,000 readers, according to the figures, recording the only gain.
The Daily Star recorded the largest drop over the six-month period, down by 18% from 1,820,000 to 1,498,000. The Daily Mirror fell by 14% from 4,234,000 to 3,651,000 and The Daily Express dropped 14% from 2,038,000 to 1,760,000 readers.
The Sun fell by 2% from 7,940,000 readers to 7,806,000, as did The Times, which was down the same percentage from 1,821,000 to 1,781,000. There was worse news for The Daily Telegraph -- it was down 11% to 2,002,000 from 2,254,000.
The Guardian fell 5% from 1,238,000 to 1,171,000. There was better news for Sunday sister title The Observer, which recorded a readership hike from 1,281,000 readers to 1,471,000, up 15% during the first six months of the year.
The only other performer in the sector was regional paper Scotland on Sunday, which was up by 12% from 320,00 readers to 358,000.
Underperformers included the Daily Star on Sunday, down 14% from 1,063,000 to 913,000, and the Sunday Telegraph, down 12% from 2,134,000 to 1,867,000..
The Independent on Sunday failed to do as well as its daily sister title, dropping 2% to 762,000 from 777,000.
The Sunday Mirror dropped from 4,609,000 to 4,123,000 readers, while the Sunday Express fell from a 2,225,000 readership to 1,980,000, each recording an 11% drop.
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