Like the Northern District Times, the paper is one of News Limited's community newspapers in New South Wales. It is delivered for free to homes and businesses every Wednesday and Friday. The Wednesday publication of The North Shore Times was established in 1960 and the Friday publication was established in 1989.
At present, the circulation of both the Wednesday and Friday publications of the North Shore Times reaches approximately 75,000 homes and businesses with the estimated total number of people who read the newspaper being around 112,000. The majority of North Shore Times' readers are in the 35-49 and 50-64 age groups.12