Daily Audience

The Washington Post Reaches Over 1.5 Million DMA Adults Daily

 

 

Total Daily Readers1

% Audience Composition

Index2

Total Adults

1,543,000

100%

 

Age:

 

 

 

Median Age

51

 

 

Age 18-34

272,900

17.7%

59

Age 18-49

709,400

46.0%

77

Age 25-49

589,700

38.2%

78

Age 25-54

783,200

50.8%

86

Age 35-54

630,100

40.8%

100

Age 35-64

951,700

61.7%

110

Household Income:

 

 

 

Median Household Income

$110,133

 

 

$250K+

185,500

12.0%

162

$150K-$250K

313,200

20.3%

131

$100K-$150K

342,200

22.2%

113

$75K-$100K

236,800

15.3%

96

$50K-$75K

197,100

12.8%

85

Gender:

 

 

 

Men

793,900

51.5%

107

Women

749,000

48.5%

94

Marital Status:

 

 

 

Married

955,500

61.9%

107

Single (Never Married)

358,900

23.3%

84

Widowed/Separated/Divorced

228,600

14.8%

103

Occupation Summary:

 

 

 

Management, Business & Financial Operations

327,300

21.2%

117

Professional and Related Occupations

375,700

24.3%

113

Service

101,200

6.6%

73

Sales and Office

170,800

11.1%

90

Farming, Fishing and Forestry

3,300

0.2%

172

Construction, Extraction and Maintenance

54,900

3.6%

62

Production, Transportation and Material Moving

36,100

2.3%

59

Military Specific

5,000

0.3%

62


1 Readership of one average weekday issue
2 Index based on WashingtonDMA adults (DMA. = 100)
Source: Scarborough 2009,  Release 1