This data has been collected from Jonathan Dube's monthly NetRatings posts and summarized by Jon Garfunkel as part of the TimesSelect Reader series.
(All numbers in in thousands below.)
| NYT | WashPost | Gannett | CNN | Yahoo | ALL | |
| Sep-02 | 8684 | 5463 | 7173 | 18058 | 14958 | 54925 |
| Oct-02 | 9254 | 6797 | 8419 | 21068 | 16031 | 63478 |
| Nov-02 | 7670 | 5129 | 7654 | 16823 | 14817 | 61532 |
| Dec-02 | 7192 | 5135 | 7124 | 15168 | 14818 | |
| Jan-03 | 7690 | 6056 | 7780 | 15271 | 16297 | 64084 |
| Feb-03 | 8349 | 6194 | 7301 | 17283 | 16214 | 63079 |
| Mar-03 | 9546 | 7079 | 7389 | 23184 | 18724 | 67132 |
| Apr-03 | 9969 | 6046 | 8530 | 20981 | 17153 | 63168 |
| May-03 | 8618 | 6026 | 8329 | 19180 | 15527 | 62008 |
| Jun-03 | 9195 | 6302 | 7947 | 17536 | 16025 | 65737 |
| Jul-03 | 8283 | 5801 | 9555 | 21258 | 17755 | 67069 |
| Aug-03 | 8590 | 5914 | 8535 | 23089 | 16734 | 65860 |
| Sep-03 | 9109 | 5360 | 8672 | 20302 | 17348 | 67630 |
| Oct-03 | 9056 | 6084 | 8620 | 21227 | 17431 | 68566 |
| Nov-03 | 8654 | 5232 | 8683 | 19802 | 16197 | 69786 |
| Dec-03 | 9549 | 5115 | 9685 | 19970 | 18134 | 70056 |
| Jan-04 | 10097 | 5359 | 11546 | 23534 | 19819 | 78223 |
| Feb-04 | 9834 | 6222 | 10905 | 22399 | 22530 | 77955 |
| Mar-04 | 8866 | 5717 | 12224 | 24315 | 21648 | 76005 |
| Apr-04 | 9299 | 5210 | 11500 | 23444 | 20773 | 75498 |
| May-04 | 9027 | 6690 | 11092 | 22316 | 23050 | 76720 |
| Jun-04 | 9337 | 5796 | 10423 | 22405 | 20966 | 73158 |
| Jul-04 | 8476 | 5455 | 11132 | 21007 | 21273 | 71952 |
| Aug-04 | 8549 | 5170 | 11608 | 22898 | 22003 | 74549 |
| Sep-04 | 9113 | 5655 | 11797 | 23338 | 21337 | 76370 |
| Oct-04 | 9875 | 6287 | 11280 | 23914 | 20324 | 74914 |
| Nov-04 | 9546 | 7046 | 11393 | 26587 | 22596 | 77133 |
| Dec-04 | 8998 | 5064 | 10154 | 21257 | 21337 | 73207 |
| Jan-05 | 9774 | 5864 | 12353 | 22047 | 23220 | 78966 |
| Feb-05 | 9537 | 5403 | 10727 | 20641 | 20837 | 75195 |
| Mar-05 | 10009 | 6667 | 11361 | 21911 | 23434 | 80633 |
| Apr-05 | 10476 | 6639 | 11596 | 20783 | 23337 | 77288 |
| May-05 | 11255 | 7387 | 11468 | 19987 | 23825 | 80289 |
| Jun-05 | 11157 | 8475 | 11351 | 21353 | 24917 | 79913 |
| Jul-05 | 10437 | 7883 | 11222 | 22697 | 23210 | 79844 |
| Aug-05 | 12482 | 10367 | 12576 | 23567 | 25849 | 83195 |
| Sep-05 | 13165 | 8816 | 12859 | 26010 | 25632 | 83006 |
| Oct-05 | 11405 | 8067 | 12065 | 22427 | 25356 | 82688 |
| Nov-05 | 11647 | 8161 | 12761 | 22111 | 24670 | 82840 |
| Dec-05 | 10947 | 7745 | 11514 | 20,934 | 24626 | 80517 |
| Jan-06 | 12145 | 8814 | 13754 | 24780 | 27549 | 85860 |
| Feb-06 | 12702 | 8244 | 12346 | 24163 | 26421 | 84891 |
| Mar-06 | 12960 | 9091 | 14417 | 23924 | 29016 | 87391 |
| Apr-06 | 11918 | 7702 | 13164 | 23691 | 25728 | 83628 |
| May-06 | 12355 | 8046 | 12489 | 21510 | 27034 | 86268 |
| Jun-06 | 11565 | 7572 | 12800 | 22800 | 27421 | 85300 |
| Jul-06 | 11507 | 6894 | 12125 | 23319 | 26945 | 86723 |
| Aug-06 | 12322 | 7368 | 13261 | 23,599 | 29178 | 87542 |
| Sep-06 | 12600 | 7425 | 12641 | 24676 | 29689 | 90162 |
| Oct-06 | 12936 | 8401 | 12603 | 27570 | 29113 | 90909 |
| Nov-06 | 12495 | 8143 | 13140 | 27892 | 31615 | 92391 |
| Dec-06 | 13221 | 7618 | 12475 | 23737 | 31608 | 90873 |
| Jan-07 | ||||||
| Feb-07 | 12960 | 8030 | 11537 | 24634 | 32483 | 95891 |
| Mar-07 | 14547 | 7935 | 12082 | 25652 | 32413 | 97141 |
| Apr-07 | 13735 | 8253 | 13022 | 27919 | 33123 | 97552 |
| May-07 | 12775 | 8613 | 12645 | 29094 | 30451 | 94573 |
| Jun-07 | 12535 | 8181 | 12279 | 28321 | 32293 | 95577 |
| Jul-07 | 14149 | 9157 | 13812 | 29757 | 32674 | 96064 |
| Aug-07 | ||||||
| Sep-07 | 14666 | 9081 | 12347 | 30920 | 32382 | 88806 |
| Oct-07 | 17502 | 8681 | 13650 | 30218 | 33171 | 95701 |