Are There Still Paperboys?

Today, they are mainly used by weekly community newspapers and free shopper papers, which still tend to be delivered in the afternoons. Alternatively, sometimes paperboys are only employed once a week to deliver the paper on Sunday. Many deliveries these days are by adults in cars, known as newspaper carriers.

What happened to paperboys?

The paperboy has largely disappeared. Newspapers are delivered by adults who throw the papers out of the windows of their vehicles. No one even tries to get the newspaper next to the door with the name of the paper right side up.

When did paperboys end?

By the mid 1990s, “paperboys” and “papergirls” were replaced by adult men and women. The shift in carriers' age was due partly to the disappearance of evening newspapers that provided student-friendly delivery times.