The Social Media Newspaper Tracker is a monthly report chronicling the topline statistics of each of the nation's Top 25 newspapers and Texas' Top 25 newspapers.  Neil Foote, veteran journalist and Principal Lecturer at the Mayborn School of Journalism, compiles the statistics from the individual newspapers' social media websites. The Top 25 newspapers is based on the circulation figures obtained from March 2013 report from Alliance for Audited Media (http://www.auditedmedia.com/news/blog/top-25-us-newspapers-for-march-2013.aspx). The Top 25 Texas newspapers are pulled from the circulation figures posted at http://www.texasinsider.org/texas-newspaper-info/.

1. Social Media Newspaper
Tracking Report®: June 2013
Compiled by Neil Foote
Principal Lecturer, Mayborn School of Journalism
President/CEO
Foote Communications, LLC

2. e Social Media Newspaper Tracker is a monthly report chronicling
the topline statistics of each of the nation's Top 25 newspapers and
Texas' Top 25 newspapers. Neil Foote, veteran journalist and Principal
Lecturer at the Mayborn School of Journalism, compiles the statistics
from the individual newspapers' social media websites.
e Top 25 newspapers is based on the circulation figures obtained
from March 2013 report from Alliance for Audited Media (
http://www.auditedmedia.com/news/blog/top-25-us-newspapers-for-
march-2013.aspx).
e Top 25 Texas newspapers are pulled from the circulation figures
posted at http://www.texasinsider.org/texas-newspaper-info/.
If you are interested in receiving the data from all Top 25 Newspapers in
the country or Texas, please email: Neil Foote

3. -­‐
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
3,500,000
NEW
YORK
TIMES
WALL
STREET
JOURNAL
WASHINGTON
POST
USA
TODAY
LOS
ANGELES
TIMES
DENVER
POST
HONOLULU
STAR-­‐ADVERTISER
NEW
YORK
POST
BOSTON
GLOBE
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE
NEW
YORK
TIMES
WALL
STREET
JOURNAL
WASHINGTON
POST
USA
TODAY
LOS
ANGELES
TIMES
DENVER
POST
HONOLULU
STAR-­‐
ADVERTISER
NEW
YORK
POST
BOSTON
GLOBE
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE
Facebook
Likes
3,074,310
852,509
636,348
560,151
484,783
223,082
158,138
103,939
81,930
75,208
Na#on's
Top
25
Largest
Newspapers
by
Circula#on
Top
10
-­‐
Facebook
Likes
–
June
2013
Source:
CirculaQon
figures
obtained
from
March
2013
report
from
Alliance
for
Audited
Media
h[p://www.auditedmedia.com/news/blog/
top-­‐25-­‐us-­‐newspapers-­‐for-­‐march-­‐2013.aspx

4. -­‐
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
9,000,000
NEW
YORK
TIMES
WALL
STREET
JOURNAL
WASHINGTON
POST
USA
TODAY
LOS
ANGELES
TIMES
NEW
YORK
POST
BOSTON
GLOBE
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE
NEW
YORK
DAILY
NEWS
ATLANTA
JOURNAL-­‐CONSTITUTION
NEW
YORK
TIMES
WALL
STREET
JOURNAL
WASHINGTO
N
POST
USA
TODAY
LOS
ANGELES
TIMES
NEW
YORK
POST
BOSTON
GLOBE
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE
NEW
YORK
DAILY
NEWS
ATLANTA
JOURNAL-­‐
CONSTITUTIO
N
Twi[er
Followers
8,604,326
2,928,300
1,716,961
611,766
549,015
454,273
247,033
142,040
136,094
89,090
Na#on's
Top
25
Largest
Newspapers
by
Circula#on
Top
10
TwiBer
Followers
–
June
2013
Source:
CirculaQon
figures
obtained
from
March
2013
report
from
Alliance
for
Audited
Media
h[p://www.auditedmedia.com/news/blog/
top-­‐25-­‐us-­‐newspapers-­‐for-­‐march-­‐2013.aspx

5. 0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
NEW
YORK
TIMES
WALL
STREET
JOURNAL
LOS
ANGELES
TIMES
NEW
YORK
POST
WASHINGTON
POST
BOSTON
GLOBE
USA
TODAY
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE
NEW
YORK
DAILY
NEWS
NEWARK
STAR-­‐LEDGER
NEW
YORK
TIMES
WALL
STREET
JOURNAL
LOS
ANGELES
TIMES
NEW
YORK
POST
WASHINGTO
N
POST
BOSTON
GLOBE
USA
TODAY
CHICAGO
TRIBUNE
NEW
YORK
DAILY
NEWS
NEWARK
STAR-­‐LEDGER
Youtube
Subscribers
250,936
112,933
31,940
24,416
24,004
17,723
6,248
5,973
5,625
1,767
Na#on's
Top
25
Largest
Newspapers
by
Circula#on
Top
10
-­‐
YouTube
Subscribers
–
June
2013
Source:
CirculaQon
figures
obtained
from
March
2013
report
from
Alliance
for
Audited
Media
h[p://www.auditedmedia.com/news/blog/
top-­‐25-­‐us-­‐newspapers-­‐for-­‐march-­‐2013.aspx

6. 0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
90000
Media
Name
DALLAS
MORNING
NEWS
AUSTIN
AMERICAN-­‐STATESMAN
HOUSTON
CHRONICLE
SAN
ANTONIO
EXPRESS-­‐NEWS
Fort
Worth
Star-­‐Telegram
El
Paso
Times
Bryan
College
StaQon
Eagle
The
McAllen
Monitor
Waco
Tribune-­‐Herald
Amarillo
Globe-­‐News
Media
Name
DALLAS
MORNING
NEWS
AUSTIN
AMERICAN-­‐
STATESMAN
HOUSTON
CHRONICLE
SAN
ANTONIO
EXPRESS-­‐
NEWS
Fort
Worth
Star-­‐
Telegram
El
Paso
Times
Bryan
College
StaQon
Eagle
The
McAllen
Monitor
Waco
Tribune-­‐
Herald
Amarillo
Globe-­‐News
Twi[er
0
85,492
79,990
56,269
23,084
21,594
15,800
8,000
7,486
7027
6,617
Texas'
Top
25
Largest
Newspapers
by
Circula#on
Top
10
TwiBer
Followers
-­‐
June
2013
Source:
h[p://www.texasinsider.org/texas-­‐newspaper-­‐info/

7. 0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Media
Name
AUSTIN
AMERICAN-­‐STATESMAN
Longview
News-­‐Journal
Bryan
College
StaQon
Eagle
Victoria
Advocate
SAN
ANTONIO
EXPRESS-­‐NEWS
Corpus
ChrisQ
Caller-­‐Times
Laredo
Morning
Times
Texarkana
Gaze[e
The
McAllen
Monitor
San
Angelo
Standard-­‐Times
Media
Name
AUSTIN
AMERICAN-­‐
STATESMAN
Longview
News-­‐Journal
Bryan
College
StaQon
Eagle
Victoria
Advocate
SAN
ANTONIO
EXPRESS-­‐
NEWS
Corpus
ChrisQ
Caller-­‐Times
Laredo
Morning
Times
Texarkana
Gaze[e
The
McAllen
Monitor
San
Angelo
Standard-­‐
Times
YouTube
0
649
555
507
156
155
101
87
73
45
42
Texas'
Top
25
Largest
Newspapers
by
Circula#on
Top
10
YouTube
Subscribers
Source:
h[p://www.texasinsider.org/texas-­‐newspaper-­‐info/

8. -­‐
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
El
Paso
Times
Fort
Worth
Star-­‐Telegram
AUSTIN
AMERICAN-­‐STATESMAN
SAN
ANTONIO
EXPRESS-­‐NEWS
Waco
Tribune-­‐Herald
San
Angelo
Standard-­‐Times
HOUSTON
CHRONICLE
The
Herald
Democrat
(Sherman)
Amarillo
Globe-­‐News
Wichita
Falls
Times-­‐Record
News
El
Paso
Times
Fort
Worth
Star-­‐Telegram
AUSTIN
AMERICAN-­‐
STATESMAN
SAN
ANTONIO
EXPRESS-­‐
NEWS
Waco
Tribune-­‐
Herald
San
Angelo
Standard-­‐
Times
HOUSTON
CHRONICLE
The
Herald
Democrat
(Sherman)
Amarillo
Globe-­‐News
Wichita
Falls
Times-­‐Record
News
Facebook
Likes
38,936
32,727
32,395
27,942
24,131
23,027
21,526
18,320
17,941
13,730
Texas'
Top
25
Largest
Newspapers
by
Circula#on
Top
10
Facebook
Likes-­‐
June
2013
Source:
h[p://www.texasinsider.org/texas-­‐newspaper-­‐info/