20 Minutes leads in French readership
French free daily 20 Minutes was the best-read national daily in France in 2007 with 2,526,000 daily readers. Metro is second with 2,323,000 million before sports paper L’Equipe (2,302,000 readers). Paid papers Le Monde and Le Parisien follow with just over 2 million readers.
Metro saw the biggest increase (+46%) compared to last year; 20 Minutes increased readership with 17%. The readership increase of Metro is a result of increased circulation (from 636,000 to 740,000). 20 Minutes distributes 716,000 copies. (Le Point)