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1690

In what year did the first known newspaper advice column, in The Athenian Mercury, appear?

Readers wrote in with personal problems and the paper printed answers, a format still used today.

Source: Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org

over 500 newspapers

By 2000, in how many newspapers did the famous 'Dear Abby' advice column appear?

Dear Abby became one of the most widely syndicated columns in American newspaper history.

Source: Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org

about 65 million readers

In the 1970s, about how many people read the 'Dear Abby' column daily?

At its peak, Dear Abby reached a huge share of the American newspaper-reading public every day.

Source: Wikipedia (2025) en.wikipedia.org

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