List of newspapers in India by circulation

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This is a list of the top newspapers in India by circulation. These figures include both print and digital subscriptions, are compiled by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The figures include normal print editions, branded print editions (e.g., regional editions or editions tailored for commuters), and digital subscriptions (e.g., for tablet computers or restricted-access).

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Circulation figures try to estimate the number of copies sold, while readership figures are usually higher as they tend to estimate the number of people who actually read the newspaper. Typically, readership tends to be 2.5 times circulation, though this may be higher or lower depending on individual cases. [1] [2]

List of newspapers by circulation

Average qualifying sales [3]
S.no.NewspaperLanguageHeadquartersJuly-Dec. 2022Jan.-Jun. 2022OwnerNameplate
1 Dainik Bhaskar Hindi Bhopal 3,566,617875,259 DB Corp Dainik Bhaskar Logo.svg
2 Malayala Manorama Malayalam Kottayam 1,920,0961,971,773Malayala Manorama Company Limited
Malayalamanorama.png
3 The Times of India English Mumbai 1,872,4421,590,784 The Times Group The times of india.svg
4 Amar Ujala Hindi Noida 1,744,5121,845,983Amar Ujala Ltd. Amar Ujala Logo.png
5 Hindustan Hindi New Delhi 1,666,7241,572,359 HT Media Hindustan Newspaper Logo.png
6 Rajasthan Patrika Hindi Jaipur 1,385,5611,414,267 Patrika Group Rajasthan Patrika Logo.svg
7 Eenadu Telugu Hyderabad 1,351,9561,223,862 Ramoji Group Eenadu front page logo new.png
8 Dainik Jagran Hindi Kanpur 1,277,6052,667,808 Jagran Prakashan Limited
Dainik Jagran newspaper logo.jpg
9 Dina Thanthi Tamil Chennai 1,137,0411,131,279Thanthi Trust
Dinathanthilogo.png
10 Mathrubhumi Malayalam Kozhikode 1,084,2151,058,533The Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Company Ltd
Mathrubhumilogo.png
11 Daily Sakal Marathi 1,064,721-Sakal Media Group Sakal Masthead.jpg
12 Sakshi Telugu Hyderabad 1,002,585951,292Jagathi Publications Ltd. Sakshi newspaper logo.png
13 Ananda Bazar Patrika Bengali Kolkata 800,675802,289 ABP Group aanndbaajaar ptrikaar logo.svg
14 Hindustan Times English 738,15415,889 HT Media Hindustan Times logo.svg
15 Dinamalar Tamil Chennai 693,742689,773Family ownership
Dinamalarlogo.jpg
16 Lokmat Marathi 692,768-Lokmat Media Limited LokmatLogo.jpg
17 Deshabhimani Malayalam Trivandrum 605,561622,276Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Deshabhimani-logo.png
18 Vijayavani Kannada Hubli 551,994542,457 VRL Group Vijayavani-logo.jpg
19 Divya Bhaskar Gujarati 511,871-DB Corp Divya Bhaskar (2019-11-01).svg
20 Vijaya Karnataka Kannada Bengaluru 503,688473,786 The Times Group Vijaya-Karnataka-Logo.jpg
21 Pudhari Marathi 503,304-Pudhari Publications Pudhari Newspaper Logo.png
22 Bartaman Bengali 472,423-Bartaman Pvt. Ltd. Bartaman head.jpg
24 Akila Daily Gujarati Rajkot 300,000300,000Akila Publications Akila Daily.jpg
25 Andhra Jyothi Telugu Hyderabad 386,797375,611Aamoda Publications Pvt. Ltd. Andhra Jyothi newspaper logo.png
26 Prajavani Kannada Bengaluru 347,132-The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.
27 The Economic Times English Mumbai 269,882262,114 The Times Group The Economic Times logo.svg

By readership

According to the Registrar of Newspapers for India, there are 1,10,851 registered publications in the Republic of India as of 31 March 2016. [4] This is a list of the newspapers in India by readership according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) Q4 2019.

Methodology

These figures are compiled by Media Research Users Council (MRUC) in the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) Q4 2019. [5]

List of newspapers by readership

RankNewspaperLanguageCity Average issue readership [6]
2019 (in millions)
Owner
1 Dainik Jagran Hindi Various cities and states16.872 Jagran Prakashan Limited
2 Dainik Bhaskar Hindi Various cities and states15.566 D B Corp Ltd.
3 Hindustan Hindi Various cities and states13.213 HT Media
4 Amar Ujala Hindi Various cities and states9.657Amar Ujala Ltd.
5 Malayala Manorama Malayalam Various cities and states, Dubai and Bahrain 8.478Malayala Manorama Company Ltd.
6 Dina Thanthi Tamil Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Pondicherry, Mumbai and Dubai 7.379Founded by S. P. Adithanar
7 Lokmat Marathi Various cities in Maharashtra and Goa 6.285Lokmat Media Limited
8 Rajasthan Patrika Hindi Various cities in Rajasthan & Delhi 5.863Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd.
9 The Times of India English Various cities and states5.560 The Times Group
10 Mathrubhumi Malayalam Kerala, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi 4.849The Mathrubhumi Group
11 Eenadu Telugu Various cities and states4.569 Ramoji Group
12 Sakal Marathi Various cities in Maharashtra 4.101Sakal Media Group
13 Gujarat Samachar Gujarati 7 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai and New York City 3.265Lok Prakashan Ltd.
14 Sakshi Telugu Various cities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana 3.247Jagati Publications Ltd.
15 Ananda Bazar Patrika Bengali West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India3.032 Ananda Publishers
16 Dinamalar Tamil Various cities in Tamil Nadu 2.905Dinamalar Publications Ltd.
17 Sandesh Gujarati 5 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai 2.884The Sandesh Ltd.
18 Prabhat Khabar Hindi Various cities in Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal 2.872Neutral Publishing House Ltd.
19 Bartaman Bengali West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India2.750Bartaman Pvt. Ltd
20 Divya Bhaskar Gujarati Various cities in Gujarat 2.679 D B Corp Ltd.
21 Pudhari Marathi Various cities in Maharashtra 2.591Pudhari Publications
22 Vijaya Karnataka Kannada Various cities in Karnataka 2.588 The Times Group
23 Dinakaran Tamil Various cities in Tamil Nadu 2.502 Sun Group
24 Punya Nagari Marathi Various cities in Maharashtra 2.455Punya Nagari Newsgroup
25 Prajavani Kannada Various cities in Karnataka 2.135The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited
26 Deshabhimani Malayalam Various cities in Kerala 2.094Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
27 Maharashtra Times Marathi Various cities in Maharashtra 1.701 The Times Group
28 Andhra Jyothi Telugu Various cities in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh 1.628Aamoda Publications Pvt. Limited
29 Punjab Kesari Hindi Various cities in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh 1.138
28 Teenmaar News Paper Telugu Various cities in Telangana 1.628The Teenmaar News Publication
30 Hindustan Times English Various cities and states1.543 HT Media

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