As of 2026, a weekday copy of The Sun costs £1.20, the Saturday edition is priced at £1.60, and The Sun on Sunday costs £1.90. Buying every edition for a full week totals £9.50. The weekday price increased from £1.10 to £1.20 following a rise announced in June 2025, with retailers maintaining a 21% margin per copy.
Print prices and where to buy
The Sun is sold at newsagents, supermarkets, and convenience stores across the UK at the standard cover price. The June 2025 price increase gave retailers 25.2p per copy, up 2.1p from the previous selling price.
For readers buying daily, a month of weekday-only copies (Monday to Friday) costs approximately £24. Add Saturdays and Sundays, and the monthly total reaches around £38. Over a year, that’s £494 for full seven-day coverage.
Digital subscription options
The Sun offers a digital subscription that provides access to a replica edition of the print paper. The digital subscription includes full access to The Sun and The Sun on Sunday newspapers, the TV Mag, Fabulous Magazine, puzzles including crosswords and word slides, and access to the previous two weeks’ editions. Papers can be downloaded to read offline.
The digital edition is available through mobile and tablet apps for iOS and Android devices. The app provides simple navigation so you can turn each page just like the real paper.
News UK does not publicly disclose the exact monthly or annual pricing for The Sun’s digital subscription on their main website or app store listings. The pricing structure appears to vary based on promotional periods and may include introductory offers. For current digital subscription rates, readers should contact The Sun’s customer services team directly via their live chat (available 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm weekends), email help@thesun.co.uk, or call (+44) 0207 860 1129.
Sun Club membership programme
Beyond the standard digital subscription, The Sun operates Sun Club, a paid-for membership programme which gives readers access to exclusive content on everything from sports to news, lifestyle and money, as well as columnists. Members also enjoy access to offers and competitions, including Sun Superdays and holiday deals.
The Sun Club represents a separate tier from the basic digital newspaper subscription. Specific pricing for Sun Club membership is not listed on News UK’s commercial pages, so prospective members should contact The Sun directly for current rates and what’s included.
How newspaper prices have changed
UK national newspaper cover prices increased by an average of 10.2% between January 2025 and January 2026, nearly three times the rate of consumer price inflation, which stood at 3.6% in the year to December 2025. Daily newspapers’ weekday editions saw prices rise by an average of 11.2% compared to a year ago, while Saturday editions increased by 8.4% and Sunday editions were up by 11.2%.
In the past decade since 2016, national newspaper prices have gone up by an average of 178%. The average prices for daily newspapers saw a higher increase at 200%, while Sunday titles grew by 107.8% on average.
Industry context
In percentage terms, the biggest price increase was at the Daily Star, which increased by 27.3% to £1.40. Reach applied a 21.4% price increase across its Sunday titles: Sunday Express, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People, with all papers seeing a cost rise from £2.80 to £3.40.
The pricing strategy across the newspaper industry reflects the sector’s response to changing reader habits and circulation patterns. Higher cover prices help publishers maintain revenue as print sales volumes decline, though they also contribute to the ongoing shift towards digital readership.
The Sun’s reach and readership
The Sun is one of Britain’s most famous and widely consumed media brands, reaching almost 8 million readers in the UK every day. Overall readership stands at 22.2 million across all platforms, with 21.1 million digital readers per month.
The publication was first launched as a broadsheet on 15 September 1964), and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owner). The Sun is published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lachlan Murdoch’s News Corp).
The paper became a seven-day operation when The Sun on Sunday was launched in February 2012). In March 2020, the average circulation for The Sun was 1.21 million, The Sun on Sunday 1,013,777).
Comparing print and digital costs
For a reader who buys The Sun every day, the annual cost is £494 based on current cover prices. This calculation assumes purchasing all seven editions each week throughout the year.
For occasional readers who buy the paper once or twice a week, the print option remains straightforward. For daily readers, evaluating the cost difference between print and digital subscriptions can help determine the most economical choice, though you’ll need to request current digital pricing directly from The Sun to make an accurate comparison.
The lack of publicly listed digital subscription prices is common across UK newspaper publishers. Many operate flexible pricing models with promotional rates for new subscribers, student discounts, or bundled offers that change throughout the year. This approach allows publishers to test different price points and respond to market conditions, but it does mean readers need to contact customer services for the most current information.
How to get pricing information
For the latest digital subscription rates and any current promotional offers, contact The Sun’s customer services team. The team is available via live chat on the Help Hub home page (open between 9am and 6pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, and 10am to 4pm at weekends), by email at help@thesun.co.uk, or by phone on (+44) 0207 860 1129.
Print prices remain consistent at retail locations nationwide, making them easy to compare. Digital pricing requires direct enquiry, but this also gives you the opportunity to ask about any trial periods, bundle deals with other News UK titles, or promotional rates that might not be advertised publicly.
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