This is a list of newspapers in Scotland.
Daily newspapers {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Title !! Market type !! Print !! Location !! Format !! Scottish circulation2017 !! Scottish circulation2016 !! Scottish circulation2015 !! Foundation date |- | The Herald || Scottish – Quality || Morning || Scottish || Broadsheet || 25,869 || 28,872 || 32,141 || 1783 |- | The Scotsman || Scottish – Quality || Morning || Scottish || Compact || 19,792 || 19,449 || 22,740 || 1817 |- | The National || Scottish – Mid Market || Morning || Scottish || Compact || 9,746 || 8,496 || 12,124 || 2014 |- | Daily Record || Scottish – Popular || Morning || Scottish || Tabloid || || || || 1895 |- | The Press and Journal || Regional || Morning || Scottish || Compact || 48,208 || 51,880 || 56,422 || 1747 |- | The Courier || Regional || Morning || Scottish || Compact || 35,813 || 39,324 || 43,031 || 1801 |- | Greenock Telegraph || Local || Morning || Scottish || Tabloid || 8,959 || 9,555 || 10,511 || 1857 |- | Paisley Daily Express || Local || Morning || Scottish || Tabloid || 4,508 || 4,800 || 5,109 || 1874 |- | Evening Express || Local – Aberdeen || Evening || Scottish || Tabloid || 22,736 || 25,744 || 28,802 || 1879 |- | Glasgow Times || Local – Glasgow || Evening || Scottish || Tabloid || 20,874 || 23,696 || 27,733 || 1876 |- | Edinburgh Evening News || Local || Evening || Scottish || Tabloid || 16,660 || 18,362 || 21,803 || 1873 |- | Evening Telegraph || Local – Dundee || Evening || Scottish || Tabloid || 13,321 || 14,971 || 16,855 || 1877 |- | The Times (Scottish edition) || UK – Quality || Morning || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Compact || || || || 1785 |- | The Daily Telegraph (Scottish edition) || UK – Quality || Morning || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Broadsheet || || || || 1855 |- | i || UK – Quality || Morning || UK newspaper widely available in Scotland || Compact || || || || 2010 |- | The Guardian || UK – Quality || Morning || UK newspaper widely available in Scotland || Tabloid || || || || 1821 |- | The Financial Times || UK – Quality || Morning || UK newspaper widely available in Scotland || Broadsheet || || || || 1888 |- | Scottish Daily Mail || UK – Mid Market || Morning || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Tabloid || || || || 1896 |- | Scottish Daily Express || UK – Mid Market || Morning || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Tabloid || || || || 1900 |- | The Scottish Sun || UK – Popular || Morning || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Tabloid || || || || 1964 |- | Daily Star of Scotland || UK – Popular || Morning || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Tabloid || || || || 1978 |- | Scottish Daily Mirror || UK – Popular || Morning || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Tabloid || || || || 1903 |- | Metro, Scottish Edition || UK – Free || Morning || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Tabloid || || || || 1999 |- | The Morning Star || UK – Mid Market || Morning || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Tabloid || || || || 1930
Traditionally newspapers could be divided into 'quality', serious-minded newspapers (usually referred to as 'broadsheets' due to their large size) and 'tabloids', or less serious newspapers. However, these definitions no longer apply, as several 'quality' papers in Scotland have followed the lead of The Independent by adopting a tabloid format (which some prefer to refer to as 'compact' to avoid being associated with their more downmarket peers). In Scotland, two broadsheet newspapers have made the switch to 'compact' format. The Scotsman did so in August 2004, and the Sunday Herald followed in November 2005.
In addition to newspapers published in Scotland, including Scottish editions of United Kingdom newspapers, a number of local newspapers published in other parts of the British Isles are widely available.
Sunday newspapers {| class="sortable wikitable" ! Title !! Market type !! Location !! Format !! Scottish circulation |- | Scotland on Sunday || Scottish – Quality || Scottish || Broadsheet || style="text-align: right;" | 16,289 |- | The Sunday Post || Scottish – Mid Market || Scottish || Tabloid || style="text-align: right;" | 123,393 |- | Sunday Mail || Scottish – Popular || Scottish || Tabloid || style="text-align: right;" | 140,743 |- | Sunday National || Mid Market (pro-independence) || Scottish || Broadsheet || style="text-align: right;" | |- | The Sunday Times Scotland || UK – Quality || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Broadsheet || style="text-align: right;" | 46,593 |- | The Observer || UK – Quality || UK newspaper widely available in Scotland || Tabloid || style="text-align: right;" | 11,772 |- | The Sunday Telegraph Scotland || UK – Quality || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Broadsheet || style="text-align: right;" | 11,234 |- | Mail on Sunday Scotland || UK – Mid Market || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Tabloid || style="text-align: right;" | 63,290 |- | Scottish Sunday Express || UK – Mid Market || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Tabloid || style="text-align: right;" | 21,661 |- | Sun on Sunday || UK – Popular || UK newspaper widely available in Scotland || Tabloid || style="text-align: right;" | 142,272 |- | Daily Star Sunday || UK – Popular || UK newspaper widely available in Scotland || Tabloid || style="text-align: right;" | 19,299 |- | Scottish Sunday Mirror || UK – Popular || Scottish edition of UK newspaper || Tabloid || style="text-align: right;" | 7,523 |- | The Sunday People || UK – Popular || UK newspaper widely available in Scotland || Tabloid || style="text-align: right;" | 4,656
Local weekly newspapers Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
Banffshire Journal The Buchanie Deeside Piper Donside Piper Ellon Times & East Gordon Advertiser Fraserburgh Herald Huntly Express Inverurie Herald Kincardineshire Observer Mearns Leader
Angus
Angus County Press
Argyll and Bute
Campbeltown Courier & Argyllshire Advertiser Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard Helensburgh Advertiser Isle of Bute News The Ileach Oban Times
Clackmannanshire
Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser
Dumfries and Galloway
Annandale Herald & Moffat News Annandale Observer Dumfries & Galloway Standard (bi-weekly) Dumfries Courier Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser Galloway Gazette Galloway News Stranraer and Wigtownshire Free Press
Dundee
East Ayrshire
Cumnock Chronicle Kilmarnock Standard
East Dunbartonshire
Kirkintilloch Herald Milngavie & Bearsden Herald
East Lothian
East Lothian Courier
East Renfrewshire
Barrhead News
Edinburgh
Linlithgow Gazette - incorporating Bo'ness Journal and Queensferry Gazette
Falkirk
Linlithgow Gazette - incorporating Bo'ness Journal and Queensferry Gazette Falkirk Herald - the largest local weekly newspaper in Scotland in terms of circulation and readership
Fife
Central Fife Times and Advertiser – weekly tabloid newspaper and classified advertiser in the Cowdenbeath, Kelty and Lochgelly area Dunfermline Press – weekly tabloid newspaper for West Fife East Fife Mail – tabloid weekly sister paper of Fife Free Press for the Levenmouth area Fife Free Press – weekly tabloid newspaper for the Kirkcaldy area Fife Herald Glenrothes Gazette (Leslie and Markinch News) – tabloid sister weekly paper of Fife Free Press St Andrews Citizen
Glasgow
The Digger – scandal sheet with stories of minor trials and arrests and gossip about local gangs Glasgow South & Eastwood Extra Glasgow Eyes – a picture news magazine featuring street/reportage photography/news/music and showbiz
Highlands
Caithness Courier The Inverness Courier (bi-weekly) John O'Groat Journal Oban Times incorporating the Lochaber Times The Northern Times Rossshire Journal Strathspey & Badenoch Herald Ullapool News West Highland Free Press
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Midlothian Advertiser (formerly Dalkeith Advertiser)
Moray
Banffshire Advertiser Banffshire Journal Forres Gazette Northern Scot
North Ayrshire
Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald Arran Banner Irvine Herald & Kilwinning Chronicle Irvine Times Largs and Millport Weekly News
North Lanarkshire
Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser Cumbernauld News & Kilsyth Chronicle Motherwell Times & Bellshill Speaker Wishaw Press
Orkney
The Orcadian
Perth and Kinross
Blairgowrie Advertiser Perthshire Advertiser (bi-weekly) Strathearn Herald
Renfrewshire
Gryffe Advertizer Paisley and Renfrewshire Gazette
Scottish Borders
Berwickshire News Border Telegraph The Hawick Paper Peeblesshire News Southern Reporter
Shetland
Shetland Times
South Ayrshire
Ayr Advertiser incorporating Carrick Gazette & Troon Times Ayrshire Post
South Lanarkshire
East Kilbride News Hamilton Advertiser Lanark & Carluke Gazette Rutherglen Reformer Strathaven Echoes
Stirling
Stirling News Stirling Observer (bi-weekly)
West Dunbartonshire
Clydebank Post Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter Lennox Herald
West Lothian
Linlithgow Gazette - incorporating Bo'ness Journal and Queensferry Gazette West Lothian Courier
Western Isles
Stornoway Gazette
Specialist newspapers The i-Witness - Muslim paper in English The Pink Paper - Edinburgh soccer paper, which shares its name with a separate gay and lesbian publication Scots Independent - mainly supporting the Scottish National Party (SNP) Scottish Catholic Observer Scottish Socialist Voice - printed by the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) Third Force News - newspaper serving the voluntary sector, non-party-political
UK-wide specialist newspapers widely available in Scotland The Economist - weekly news-focused magazine owned by Pearson PLC, founded by Scot James Wilson PinkNews - LGBT online newspaper Private Eye - Fortnightly satirical current affairs news magazine The Jewish Chronicle - aimed at Britain's Jewish community Racing Post – daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper
University newspapers Brig – University of Stirling Gaudie – University of Aberdeen (see: Aberdeen University Students' Association) The Glasgow Guardian – University of Glasgow The Journal – University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Napier University, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Strathclyde and the University of Glasgow The EDIT - Glasgow Caledonian University The Magdalen – University of Dundee (see: Dundee University Students' Association) qmunicate – University of Glasgow's Queen Margaret Union The Saint – University of St Andrews Strathclyde Telegraph – University of Strathclyde Student – University of Edinburgh Veritas – Napier University
Defunct newspapers
Aberdeen Citizen Allanwater Herald An Gàidheal Ùr - for speakers of Scottish Gaelic (monthly) Arbroath Herald Brechin Advertiser The Bulletin Business am The Buteman Carnoustie Guide & Gazette The Citizen East Lothian News Edinburgh Advertiser Edinburgh Courant Ellon Advertiser Fife & Kinross Extra Forfar Dispatch Glasgow Argus Glasgow Evening News The Gourock Times Hawick News The Highlander Highland News Inverness Herald Inverurie Advertiser Kirriemuir Herald Lothian and Peebles Times Mercurius Caledonius Montrose Review Nairnshire Telegraph North Ayrshire World The North Briton North Star Paisley People Perth Shopper Rossshire Herald Scottish Daily News Scottish Guardian Scottish Leader (3 January 1887 – 4 July 1894) - Edinburgh-based daily, Liberal and pro-home rule, established in competition with The Scotsman Scottish Standard Selkirk Advertiser Strathkelvin Advertiser Sunday Scot Sunday Standard Turriff Advertiser West Lothian Herald & Post
See also List of newspapers in the United Kingdom List of magazines published in Scotland Media in Scotland Newspapers List of Scotland-related topics History of British newspapers List of left-wing publications in the United Kingdom