March ABCs: Sunday Herald Scotland's lone year-on-year riser

Newquest's Sunday Herald was the only Scottish newspaper to record a year-on-year circulation rise in March, up 4.6%, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures released today. Three other papers – Trinity Mirror's Daily Record and Sunday Mail, and the Sunday Herald's Johnston Press rival, Scotland on Sunday – recorded month-on-month rises. The Sunday Mail, however, was also the fastest year-on-year faller among the Scottish titles, down 9.98%. Daily Record Headline circulation: 333,359 Month-on-month change: +1.58% Year-on-year change: -6.96% Scottish headline circulation: 308,846 UK full price circulation: 320,256 (96% of total) Overseas: 10,392 Bulks: 1,955 The Herald Headline circulation: 55,579 Monthly: -0.24% Yearly: -6.66% Scottish headline circulation: 55,387 UK full price circulation: 50,509 (91% of total) Subscription: 4,718 Overseas: 2 The Scotsman Headline circulation: 45,518 Monthly: -0.39% Yearly: -7.32% Scottish headline circulation: 44,449 UK full price circulation: 38,102 (84% of total) Subscription: 3,439 Overseas: 3 Bulks: 3,773 Sunday Mail Headline circulation: 399,000 Monthly: +0.39% Yearly: -9.98% Scottish headline circulation: 372,229 UK full price circulation: 385,684 (97% of total) Overseas: 10,696 Bulks: 764 Sunday Post Headline circulation: 337,052 Monthly: -0.19% Yearly: -6.73% Scottish headline circulation: 233,934 UK full price circulation: 335,811 (99.6% of total) Overseas: 422 Scotland on Sunday Headline circulation: 58,554 Monthly: +0.47% Yearly: -7.3% Scottish headline circulation: 55,717 UK full price circulation: 43,398 (74% of total) Subscriptions: 3,582 Overseas: 9 Bulks: 2,609 Sunday Herald Circulation: 42,933 Monthly: +2.33% Yearly: +4.6% Scottish headline circulation: 42,786 UK full price circulation: 38,072 (89% of total) Subscriptions: 4,799 Overseas: 4 FREESHEET DISTRIBUTION Metro UK Average daily distribution: 1,334,959 Monthly: -0.5% City AM Average daily distribution: 102,813 Monthly: +8.72% Headline circulation includes subscriptions, bulks – copies sold to airlines, rail companies, hotels and gyms for a nominal fee and given free to the public – and distribution in Ireland and overseas • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. • If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".