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The top 10 Italian newspapers have shown a less consistent trend (but we can broaden the discussion to the top 20): they are all down, some even by double-digit percentages or close to them, except Il Fatto Quotidiano , which is growing. This is the verdict issued by the latest ADS data ( total individual sales ) in a year-on-year comparison, i.e., June 2025 (estimated) vs. June 2024 .

Newspaper trends year-over-year: June 2025 (estimated) vs. June 2024

Corriere della Sera confirms its leadership in the rankings but falls below the 200,000 mark in terms of total individual sales, going from 211,377 to 198,504 (-6.1%)

In second place is La Repubblica which loses the threshold of 100 thousand copies: from 107,851 to 95,732 (-11.2%)

Third place goes to La Gazzetta dello Sport , which contained the decline: from 89,435 to 87,248 (-2.4%)

At the foot of the podium is Il Sole 24 Ore which in June 2024 was at 85,867 and for a year has remained above the 80,000 mark with 80,792 (-5.9%)

La Stampa maintains its 60,000 copies, but drops from 67,329 to 60,095 (-10.7%)

Il Fatto Quotidiano , as mentioned, is the only newspaper with a + sign thanks to its 52,771 copies compared to 51,502 in 2024 (+2.5%)

Qn - IL Resto del Carlino follows, going from 54,009 to 47,921 (-11.3%)

Il Messaggero drops from 46,708 to 42,173 (-9.7%)

Il Gazzettino drops by 8.6% with the current 32,819 compared to 35,892 twelve months ago.

Following in its wake is Corriere dello Sport , which has gained 32,294 readers, losing little compared to the 33,592 of June 2024 (-4.9%).

And that's not all. Here's a look at this month's ad trends compared to the previous month, both in print and digital.

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