Berliner Newspaper Size

The Berliner format is slightly taller and marginally wider than the tabloid/compact format; and is both narrower and shorter than the broadsheet format.

According to Berliner newspaper format size, the width of the newspaper is 315mm(12.4 inches) and the height is 470mm(18.5 inches), as shown in the picture on the right.

Format/name	Berliner
Width(mm)	315 mm
Width(in)	12.4 inches
Height(mm)	470 mm
Height(in)	18.5 inches

The average length of a normal adult man’s arm is 25 inches (63.5 cm). If we compare this, the width of Berliner newspaper is about 0.5 times that of an arm, and the height of a newspaper is about 7.4 times that of an arm.

315mm

470 mm

Common Newspaper Sizes

Format/name	Width × Height (cm)	Width × Height (mm)	Width × Height (in)
Berliner	31.5 × 47 cm	315 × 470 mm	12.4 × 18.5 in
Compact	28 × 43 cm	280 × 430 mm	11 × 16.9 in
Nordisch	40 × 57 cm	400 × 570 mm	15.7 × 22.4 in
Broadsheet	59.7 × 74.9 cm	597 × 749 mm	23.5 × 29.5 in
US Broadsheet	38.1 × 57.8 cm	381 × 578 mm	15 × 22.8 in
British Broadsheet	37.5 × 59.7 cm	375 × 597 mm	14.8 × 23.5 in
South African Broadsheet	41 × 57.8 cm	410 × 578 mm	16.1 × 22.8 in
Tabloid	28 × 43 cm	280 × 430 mm	11 × 16.9 in
Canadian Tabloid	26 × 36.8 cm	260 × 368 mm	10.2 × 14.5 in
Norwegian Tabloid	28 × 40 cm	280 × 400 mm	11 × 15.7 in
Ciner	35 × 50 cm	350 × 500 mm	13.8 × 19.7 in
Rhenish	35 × 52 cm	350 × 520 mm	13.8 × 20.5 in
Swiss	32 × 47.5 cm	320 × 475 mm	12.6 × 18.7 in
New York Times	30.5 × 55.9 cm	305 × 559 mm	12 × 22 in
Wall Street Journal	30.5 × 57.8 cm	305 × 578 mm	12 × 22.8 in