Tabloid paper Blesk tops circulation figures

The tabloid Blesk lost some 33,000 readers in the first half of 2018 but is still the most widely read newspaper, with a circulation of 926,000, according to a new survey.

The broadsheet Mladá fronta dnes had 569,000 readers during that period, a drop in circulation of 3,000 year on year. In third place was the left-leaning daily Právo, with a readership of 253,000.

Rounding out the top five spots were the specialised daily Sport (240,000) and the right-leading national paper Lidové noviny (223,000), followed by another tabloid, Aha! (195,000), and the business daily Hospodářské noviny (182,000).