# United Kingdom 09.5.2 Newspapers; books & stationery Newspapers & periodicals CVM NAYear NSA £m ()

United Kingdom 09.5.2 Newspapers; books & stationery Newspapers & periodicals CVM NAYear NSA £m () was down 7.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −7.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 1,015.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.4% (Q1 2021) to 2.1% (Q1 2020), averaging −6.4%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-2.MEASURE-CVM`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1985-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (166 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/09-5-2-newspapers-books-and-stationery-newspapers-and-periodicals-cvm-uk-hhcons-q-nsa-coicop-09-5-2-measure-cvm

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 1,015.0 £m | −7.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 1,014.0 £m | −7.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 1,041.0 £m | −7.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 1,129.0 £m | −7.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,101.0 £m | −10.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,094.0 £m | −9.3 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,119.0 £m | −10.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,217.0 £m | −7.4 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,226.0 £m | −3.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,206.0 £m | −0.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,253.0 £m | −5.4 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,314.0 £m | −4.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,269.0 £m | −6.7 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,216.0 £m | −9.0 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,325.0 £m | −7.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,375.0 £m | −6.2 |
| Q2 2022 | 1,360.0 £m | −0.7 |
| Q1 2022 | 1,336.0 £m | −0.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,426.0 £m | −8.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 1,466.0 £m | −8.3 |
| Q2 2021 | 1,369.0 £m | −2.4 |
| Q1 2021 | 1,343.0 £m | −21.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 1,555.0 £m | −9.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 1,598.0 £m | −6.8 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-2.MEASURE-CVM"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.HHCONS.Q.NSA.COICOP-09-5-2.MEASURE-CVM",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```