This list includes newspaper currently printed and circulating in South Australia. Circulation data has been sourced from the Audited Media Association of Australia in May 2016 (unless otherwise cited). Many of these newspapers are printed weekly or twice weekly.
Newspaper | Town/region | Circulation | Digital subscribers | Retail price | Owner | |
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Sunday Mail | Adelaide, Statewide | 202,567 | $2.70 | Advertiser Newspapers Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | ||
The Advertiser (Monday-Saturday) | Adelaide, Statewide | 132,068 | $1.40 | Advertiser Newspapers Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | ||
Northern Messenger | 86,669 | $0.00 | Messenger Newspapers Pty Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | |||
Weekly Times Messenger | 65,812 | $0.00 | Messenger Newspapers Pty Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | |||
Guardian Messenger | Adelaide Metropolitan | 68,540 | $0.00 | Messenger Newspapers Pty Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | ||
Southern Times Messenger | 65,220 | $0.00 | Messenger Newspapers Pty Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | |||
Eastern Courier Messenger | Adelaide Metropolitan | 48,001 | $0.00 | Messenger Newspapers Pty Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | ||
Leader Messenger | Adelaide Metropolitan | 41,679 | $0.00 | Messenger Newspapers Pty Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | ||
City North Messenger | Adelaide Metropolitan | 36,864 | $0.00 | Messenger Newspapers Pty Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | ||
Portside Messenger | Port Adelaide | 32,050 | $0.00 | Messenger Newspapers Pty Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | ||
East Torrens Messenger | Adelaide Metropolitan | 30,648 | $0.00 | Messenger Newspapers Pty Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | ||
Mitcham & Hills Messenger | Adelaide Metropolitan | 27,182 | $0.00 | Messenger Newspapers Pty Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | ||
City, The | Adelaide Metropolitan | 23,614 | $0.00 | Messenger Newspapers Pty Ltd (a Newscorp subsidiary) | ||
Barossa & Light Herald | Barossa Valley, Tanunda, Nuriootpa, Angaston and Lyndoch, Gawler, Kapunda, Eudunda, Mount Pleasant, Kersbrook, Williamstown, Roseworthy, Hamley Bridge, Riverton | 20,174 | $0.00 | Barossa News Pty Ltd | ||
Adelaide Hills Herald | Adelaide hills region | 15,000 | $0.00 | |||
Adelaide East Herald | council areas of Mitcham, Burnside, Unley and Campbelltown | 15,000 | $0.00 | |||
Flinders News, The | Port Pirie, Mid North, northern Yorke Peninsula, Far North | 12,526 | $0.00 | Northern Argus | ||
Courier, The | Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills | 12,000 | $1.30 | |||
Stock Journal | Statewide | 10,721 | 0 | $3.60 | Fairfax Regional Media | |
Bunyip, The | Gawler | 8,750[1] | $1.50 | Murray Pioneer group | ||
Leader, The | Barossa Valley | 8,030 | $1.40 | |||
Yorke Peninsula Country Times | Yorke Peninsula | 7,700[2] | $1.50 | Yorke Peninsula Country Times | ||
Times, The | Victor Harbor | 5,804 | 51 | $1.70 | Fairfax Regional Media | |
The Border Watch | Mount Gambier | 5,803 | 115 | $1.20 | Border Watch Pty Ltd | |
Murray Pioneer, The | Renmark, Riverland, Northern Mallee | 5,550 | $1.40 | Murray Pioneer group[3] | ||
Port Lincoln Times | Port Lincoln | 4,639 | 153 | $1.70 | Fairfax Regional Media | |
Northern Argus | Balaklava, Burra, Clare, Jamestown, Peterborough, Riverton | 3,814[4] | $1.50 | |||
Transcontinental, The | Port Augusta, Quorn, Flinders Ranges | 3,295[5] | $1.50 | Fairfax Regional Media | ||
Monitor, The | Roxby Downs, Olympic Dam, Andamooka, Woomera | 3,000[6] | $0.00 | The Monitor | ||
Recorder, The | Port Pirie | 2,817 | 26 | $1.70 | Fairfax Regional Media | |
Southern Argus, The | 2,800 | $1.00 | ||||
Murray Valley Standard, The | Murray Bridge | 2,752 | 47 | $1.70 | Fairfax Regional Media | |
Whyalla News | Whyalla | 2,559 | 52 | $1.70 | Fairfax Regional Media | |
Naracoorte Herald, The | Naracoorte | 2,433 | 39 | $1.70 | SA Regional Media t/a Naracoorte Herald Pty Ltd | |
South Eastern Times, The | Millicent, Tantanoola, Beachport, Robe | 2,300 | $1.10 | |||
Loxton News, The | Loxton | 2,300[7] | $1.50 | Murray Pioneer group | ||
Plains Producer, The | Balaklava | 2,300[8] | $1.50 | |||
River News, The | Waikerie | 2,250[9] | $1.40 | Murray Pioneer group | ||
West Coast Sentinel | Ceduna, Streaky Bay, Elliston, Wudinna | 2,024[10] | $1.50 | |||
Border Chronicle | Bordertown | 1,480 | 15 | $1.70 | SA Regional Media t/a Naracoorte Herald Pty Ltd | |
Islander, The | Kangaroo Island | 1,484[11] | 65 | $1.70 | Fairfax Regional Media | |
Eyre Peninsula Tribune | Cleve, Kimba, Lock, Arno Bay, Cowell, Port Neill | 1,293 | 47 | $1.70 | Fairfax Regional Media | |
Pennant, The | Penola, Coonawarra | 1,000 | $1.10 | |||
Coastal Leader | Kingston, Robe and Coorong | 953 | 0 | $1.70 | SA Regional Media t/a Coastal Leader Pty Ltd |