It cost a halfpenny at a time when other London dailies cost one penny, and was more populist in tone and more concise in its coverage than its rivals.
The Daily Mail has been awarded the National Newspaper of the Year in 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2016 and 2019
Figures shown are average circulations for January of each year. Regardless of immediate source, all figures originate from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK) (ABC) is a non-profit organisation owned and developed by the media industry. ABC delivers industry-agreed standards for media brand measurement of print publications, digital channels and events. The company also verifies data, processes and good practice to these and other industry-agreed standards
| Title | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Metro | 1,419,614 |
| The Sun | 1,206,595 |
| Daily Mail | 1,134,184 |
| Evening Standard | 787,447 |
| Daily Mirror | 441,934 |
| The Times | 359,96 |
| Daily Telegraph | ? |
| Daily Express | 289,679 |
| Daily Star | 274,808 |
| i | 215,932 |
| Financial Times | 155,009 |
| The Guardian | 126,879 |
| Daily Record | 103,222 |
| City A.M. | 85,738 |
Continental and Overseas Daily Mail
Two foreign editions were begun in 1904 and 1905; the former titled the Overseas Daily Mail, covering the world, and the latter titled the Continental Daily Mail, covering Europe and North Africa.
Mail Today
The newspaper entered India on 16 November 2007 with the launch of Mail Today, a 48-page compact size newspaper printed in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida with a print run of 110,000 copies. Based around a subscription model, the newspaper has the same fonts and feel as the Daily Mail and was set up with investment from Associated Newspapers and editorial assistance from the Daily Mail newsroom.