Newspapers have a separate set of sizes.
- Berliner
- Broadsheet
- Compact
- Rhenish
- Tabloid (newspaper format)
In a recent trend many newspapers have been undergoing what is known as “web cut down”, in which the publication is redesigned to print using a narrower (and less expensive) roll of paper. In extreme examples, some broadsheet papers are nearly as narrow as traditional tabloids.
Newspaper Paper Sizes
| Standard | Short side × Long side (mm) |
Short side × Long side (inches: in) |
|---|---|---|
| Berliner | 12.4 × 18.5 in | 315 × 470 mm |
| Broadsheet | 23.5 × 29.5 in | 597 × 749 mm |
| US Broadsheet | 15 × 22.8 in | 381 × 578 mm |
| British Broadsheet | 14.8 × 23.5 in | 375 × 597 mm |
| South African Broadsheet | 16.1 × 22.8 in | 410 × 578 mm |
| Ciner | 13.8 × 19.7 in | 350 × 500 mm |
| Compact | 11 × 16.9 in | 280 × 430 mm |
| Nordisch | 15.7 × 22.4 in | 400 × 570 mm |
| Rhenish | 13.8 × 20.5 in | 350 × 520 mm |
| Swiss | 12.6 × 18.7 in | 320 × 475 mm |
| Tabloid | 11 × 16.9 in | 280 × 430 mm |
| Canadian Tabloid | 10.2 × 14.5 in | 260 × 368 mm |
| Norwegian Tabloid | 11 × 15.7 in | 280 × 400 mm |
| New York Times | 12 × 22 in | 305 × 559 mm |
| Wall Street Journal | 12 × 22.8 in | 305 × 578 mm |
Newspaper formats vary substantially, with different formats more common in different countries. The size of a newspaper format refers to the size of the paper page; the printed area within that can vary substantially depending on the newspaper.
In some countries, particular formats have associations with particular types of newspaper; for example, in the United Kingdom, there is a distinction between “tabloid” and “broadsheet” as references to newspaper content quality, which originates with the more popular newspapers using the tabloid format; hence “tabloid journalism”.
| A series | B series | C series | US sizes | US Envelope |
| International Envelope | Photography Paper | Canadian | Japanese | Books |
| Newspaper | Chinese | Billboard | Imperial | Colombian |
| French | Raw | Transitional |
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