List of newspapers by circulation

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This is a list of paid daily newspapers in the world by average circulation. Worldwide newspaper circulation figures are compiled by the International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations and World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. This list shows the latest figures that are publicly available through either organisation.

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Some figures are disputed; the numbers for Japanese newspapers have been subjected to claims of "oshigami" (exaggeration by over-supplying papers to businesses). [1] Free newspapers are not counted.

Top newspapers by circulation

This list below shows paid newspaper dailies by circulation worldwide. The data is compiled from WAN-IFRA's World Press Trends 2016 report. [2] [3] [note 1]

PositionNewspaperCountryLanguageCirculation
(thousands)
1 The Yomiuri Shimbun JapanJapanese9 101
2 The Asahi Shimbun JapanJapanese6 622
3 USA Today USAEnglish4 139
4 Dainik Bhaskar IndiaHindi3 818
5 Dainik Jagran IndiaHindi3 308
6 The Mainichi Newspapers JapanJapanese3 166
7 Cankao Xiaoxi ChinaChinese3 073
8 Amar Ujala IndiaHindi2 935
9 The Times of India IndiaEnglish2 836
10 The Nikkei JapanJapanese2 729
11 People's Daily ChinaChinese2 603
12 The Chunichi Shimbun JapanJapanese2 452
13 Hindustan IndiaHindi2 410
14 Malayala Manorama IndiaMalayalam2 343
15 The Wall Street Journal USAEnglish2 276
16 Bild GermanyGerman2 220
17 The New York Times USAEnglish2 134
18 Guangzhou Daily ChinaChinese1 880
19 Nanfang City News ChinaChinese1 853
20 Rajasthan Patrika IndiaHindi1 812

Historical data

Worldwide circulation figures for previous years can be seen from WAN-IFRA and IFABC here.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Some figures are disputed; the numbers for Japanese newspapers have been subjected to claims of "oshigami" or exaggeration by over-supplying papers to businesses.

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References

  1. ↑ The Australian: Omens from the shrinking Japanese newspaper business
  2. ↑ Milosevic, Mira (2016). "World Press Trends 2016" (PDF). WAN-IFRA. p. 58. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "World Press Trends 2016: Facts and Figures". wptdatabase.org. WAN-IFRA. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ Milosevic, Mira; Chishlom, Jim; Kilman, Larry; Teemu, Henriksson (2014). "World Press Trends 2014" (PDF). WAN-IFRA. p. 37. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Summaries | World Press Trends Database" . wptdatabase.org. WAN-IFRA. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
  6. ↑ "National Newspapers Total Circulation" (XLS). ifabc.org. International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Certification. December 20, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
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