section_path: History/Post-independence/2023 circulation scandal
section_name: 2023 circulation scandal
paragraph_text: 2023 circulation scandal
  
  Following a 2023 leak published on socio-political website Wake Up, Singapore, the Straits Times revealed that SPH Media inflated its circulation figures in 2022 by 85-95,000 copies daily across all publications, or 10-12% of the reported daily average circulation. The numbers were inflated by means such as including copies that were printed and counted for circulation but destroyed, fictitious counts, and double-counting subscriptions.