[5][6] The paper was published six days per week, Monday — Saturday until September 2003, when its frequency was switched to daily.

[3] Fréttablaðið has been described as siding politically with the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) and for favouring Icelandic membership of the European Union.

[9] Forty percent of Iceland respondents to a Gallup survey stated that they read the paper.

[10] In 2017, 365 Miðlar sold most of its assets to Fjarskipti ehf, the parent company of Vodafone Iceland, including the website visir.is.

[3] After the sale to fjarskipti, 365 Miðlar moved operations to Fréttablaðið, Glamour magazine and frettabladid.is under Torg ehf., its subsidiary.