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.、The highest proportion was、

0.91 in Toyama and Shimane prefectures

so、The lowest one was、

0.42 in Kagoshima Prefecture

was。Isn't this difference amazing? There's such a difference。

That's more than twice the difference.。Why is there such a difference?

I'm interested、There's no way to find out.。

What can be read from this data is、People in Toyama and Shimane prefectures read newspapers.、Or have many opportunities to read newspapers、This is not the case in Kagoshima Prefecture.、In terms of ratio、That's less than half of Toyama and Shimane prefectures.。

That's interesting。There are so many differences depending on the region。

Japan is so big! !

Summary

・The circulation of newspapers in October 2020 was approximately 35,090,000 copies.

・About 14,220,000 copies compared to 10 years ago、18.61 million fewer copies than 20 years ago

・The ratio of the number of households、Kagoshima prefecture is low、Toyama and Shimane prefectures are expensive.。The difference is more than double。

personally、i like reading newspaper。

If it's internet news、My favorite article、I end up only reading articles that interest me.。

The benefits of reading newspapers、This means that even articles that you are not interested in will come to your attention.。

Just seeing it makes a huge difference.。

It is difficult to imagine that the circulation of newspapers will increase rapidly in the future.。

It is expected that more and more will be replaced by electronic versions.。

from now on、What will happen?

I will continue to be careful!

*Mr. Ikegami, who often appears on TV, has published a book about newspapers.。I'm curious and would like to read it。