The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts now believe the U.S. will have lost one-third of the newspapers it had as of 2005 by the end of next year — rather than in 2025, as originally predicted.
Most communities that lose a local newspaper in America usually don't get a replacement, even online.
Over the past two years, newspapers continued to vanish at an average rate of more than two per week, leaving 204 U.S. counties, or 6.4%, without any local news outlet. Roughly half of all U.S. counties (1,562) are now only served with one remaining local news source — typically a weekly newspaper.
- The country has lost nearly 2,900 newspapers since 2005 (overwhelmingly weeklies), and “on the current trajectory, by the end of next year, the country will have lost a third of its newspapers since 2005.”
- That leaves “only 6,000 newspapers in the country, approximately 1,200 dailies and 4,790 weeklies.”
- Sara Fischer, author ofAxios Media Trends
One-third of U.S. newspapers as of 2005 will be gone by 2024
The decline of local newspapers accelerated so rapidly in 2023 that analysts now believe the U.S. will have lost one-third of the newspapers it had as of 2005 by the end of next year — rather than in 2025, as originally predicted.
Why it matters: Most communities that lose a local newspaper in America usually do not get a replacement, even online.
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