FIELD STUDY / DATA SHEET MATRIZ POPULAR ARCHIVE
1937—1977 PLATE 07
07 Reach / public print

The takeaway / circulation before polish

The street carried the message.

Reading the ledger

Format mattered less than where the sheet could travel.

Archive sample / 18 editions

Reach is a
street metric.

Cheap stock, quick hands, wide walls. The largest runs followed the formats built to leave the room.

UNIT / THOUSAND IMPRESSIONS Median estimated circulation
Estimated reach by print format Posters lead at 44 thousand impressions, followed by leaflets at 38 thousand, handbills at 32 thousand, wall sheets at 29 thousand, and broadsides at 25 thousand. ESTIMATED REACH / THOUSANDS 50 40 30 20 10 0 32K 25K 44K 38K 29K HAND BILLS BROADSIDE POSTERS LEAFLETS WALL SHEETS
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