Regional daily newspapers in the United Kingdom (UK) 2020-2023, by circulation

In the first half of 2023, the leading regional daily newspaper in the United Kingdom was Irish News, with a total circulation of just over 25 thousand. Despite its leading position in the ranking, the newspaper suffered an eight percent drop in circulation compared to the first half of 2022. Liverpool Echo was hit particularly hard with a year over year decline of 27 percent. All the top ten daily regional newspapers saw a year-over-year decrease, and the first six months of 2023 marked the first period in which the majority of leading regionals had a circulation of under 10 thousand. Meanwhile, Manchester Evening News dropped out of the top 10 in the first half of 2023 after Reach chose to end free copies of the publication due to increasing newsprint costs and paper's significant online audience making free print copies unnecessary.