Hello、munejyuka。

Do you all read newspapers?

If you live at home、Because the newspaper was taken at home、There may be a pattern of people reading it at the same time.。

Still, I think the chances of seeing people reading newspapers on the train have decreased dramatically these days.。

Almost all of the people are using their smartphones.。

Because these are the times、I can imagine that the circulation of newspapers is decreasing.。

Early September 2021、How is the circulation of newspapers this time compared to before?

I was curious so I looked into it.。

The circulation of newspapers has drastically decreased compared to 20 years ago!

There is a place called the Japan Newspaper Association.、Data on newspaper circulation was published there.。

October 2020、October 2010、Introducing the number of copies published in October 2000.。

October 2020 35.091.944

October 2010 49.321.840

October 2000 53.708.831

It's decreasing to a scary degree...

The amount of decrease is incredible.。

From 53.7 million copies in 2000 to 35.09 million copies in 2020、The number of copies has decreased by 18.61 million.。

It's a little hard to believe。Maybe 2000 years was too many.。

If it decreases by this much、I wonder what it feels like。

I don't know much about the newspaper industry.、What kind of response are you taking?。

I use it normally when talking in conversation、I think many people have switched to the electronic version that can be read on smartphones and tablets.。

So、I don't think people stopped reading newspapers because the circulation decreased.。

Using a smartphone or tablet is convenient because you don't have to carry a separate newspaper.。

Interesting data on the ratio of copies per household by prefecture

I'm a little off topic.、At the same time, there was some interesting data released by the Japan Newspaper Association, so I would like to write about it.。

The number of copies per household was listed by prefecture.。

According to it、The national average is said to be 0.61.。

This is、There are considerable differences between prefectures.、いちばん比率が高かったのが、

富山県と島根県の０.９１

so、いちばん低かったのが、

鹿児島県の０.４２

was。この差って凄くないですか？こんなに差があるんですね。

倍以上違うってことですもんね。どうしてこんなに差が出てくるのでしょうか…

興味がありますが、調べようがありませんね。

このデータから読み取れるのは、富山県と島根県の方は新聞を読む、または新聞に触れる機会が多く、鹿児島県の方はそうではなく、比率でいくと、富山県と島根県の半分以下ということです。

That's interesting。地域によってこんなに差があるなんて。

日本は広いですね！！

Summary

・２０２０年１０月の新聞の発行部数は約３.５０９万部

・１０年前より約１.４２２万部、２０年前より１.８６１万部減っている

・世帯数の比率だと、鹿児島県は低く、富山県と島根県は高い。その差は倍以上。

personally、i like reading newspaper。

ネットニュースだと、どうしても自分の好きな記事、興味のある記事しか読まなくなってしまいます。

新聞を読むメリットとして、自分の興味の無い記事でも目に入ってくるということがあげられます。

目に入ってくるだけでも全然違ってきますからね。

これから急激に新聞の発行部数が増えるということは考えにくいです。

ますます電子版に置き換えられていくものと思われます。

from now on、どうなっていくのか？

引き続き注意していきたいと思います！

※テレビによく出演されておられる池上さんが新聞に関する本を出されておられます。気になるので読んでみたいと思います。