The Sunday Times

For other uses, see The Sunday Times (disambiguation).

The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times cover (13 July 2014)
TypeSunday newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)News UK
Founder(s)Henry White
EditorBen Taylor[1]
Founded18 February 1821; 203 years ago (1821-02-18) (as The New Observer)
Political alignmentCentre-right[2]
HeadquartersThe News Building, 1 London Bridge Place, London, SE1 9GF
Circulation647,622 (as of March 2020)[3]
Sister newspapersThe Times
ISSN0956-1382
Websitethetimes.co.uk
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The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as The New Observer. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK (formerly News International), which is owned by News Corp. Times Newspapers also publishes The Times. The two papers, founded separately and independently, have been under the same ownership since 1966. They were bought by News International in 1981.

In March 2020, The Sunday Times had a circulation of 647,622, exceeding that of its main rivals, The Sunday Telegraph and The Observer, combined.[4][5] While some other national newspapers moved to a tabloid format in the early 2000s, The Sunday Times retained the larger broadsheet format and has said that it intends to continue to do so. As of December 2019, it sold 75% more copies than its sister paper, The Times, which is published from Monday to Saturday.[6]

The paper publishes The Sunday Times Rich List and The Sunday Times Fast Track 100.

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  3. ^ Tobitt, Charlotte; Majid, Aisha (25 January 2023). "National press ABCs: December distribution dive for freesheets Standard and City AM". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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  5. ^ "The Sunday Telegraph – Data – ABC". Abc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  6. ^ "The Times – Data – ABC". Abc.org.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2021.