METRO

Metro Facts

It is 5.30am in Stockholm and Metro distributors hit the city’s busy commuter spots to hand out Sweden’s most read newspaper. At the same time in New York, it’s still 11.30pm the previous evening and Metro journalists are gathering the final stories for the next morning’s edition. Metro is published in over 100 cities, in 19 countries, on 4 continents and is read by over 17 million people every day.

Metro has become a global tour de force, yet it has always remained what it set out to be: a local newspaper, delivering local content to a local audience. Every morning, during their commute, young, career minded metropolitans pick up Metro for the city’s best news, views and entertainment. Fancy reading Metro’s Paris edition today (or any of our other editions for that matter) visit www.readmetro.com. All you need is a cup of tea and a few minutes to spare!

•    Over 17 million people read Metro a day
•    66% of Metro readers are aged 18-39 years old
•    74% are employed
•    48% went to University
•    Metro has over 37 million readers a week
•    Metro has over 55 editions in 19 countries
•    Metro is published in 15 languages around the world
•    Metro is distributed at 30,000 distribution points over 2,000 hand distributors each day

Source: NRSs (2008-09), GMS 2008 (GfK)      

*Metro International only. Over 21 million daily readers including commercial partners