Newspaper Sizes

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There is no uniform standard for the size of newspapers in the world, so newspapers have a variety of size formats from country to country. The most commonly used are Broadsheet, Berliner, Tabloid and Compact. Among them, Broadsheet is the most used, and there are differences in the size of Broadsheet in different countries.

The average length of a normal adult man’s arm is 25 inches (63.5 cm). If we compare this, the width of a newspaper is about 0.5-1 times that of an arm, and the height of a newspaper is about 0.7-1.1 times that of an arm.

The sizes of commonly used newspaper formats and the sizes of some well-known newspapers are listed below.

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

Comparison with ISO 216 (1.414)

Standard/format	size(mm)	size(inch)
A2	594 mm × 420 mm	23.4 in × 16.5 in
A3	420 mm × 297 mm	16.5 in × 11.7 in
A4	297 mm × 210 mm	11.7 in × 8.3 in
B3	500 mm × 353 mm	19.7 in × 13.9 in
C3	458 mm × 324 mm	18.0 in × 12.8 in