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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. [1] This is a list of the newspapers in India by readership according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) Q4 2019.

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Readership versus circulation

Readership figures tend to estimate the number of people who actually read the newspaper, via circulation figures that try to estimate the number of copies sold. Typically, readership tends to be 2.5 times circulation, though this may be higher or lower depending on individual cases. [2]

Note: The details specified on this page may not be up to date.

Methodology

These figures are compiled by Media Research Users Council (MRUC) in the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) Q4 2019. [3]

List of newspapers

RankNewspaperLanguageCity Average issue readership [4]
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 1.611The Hindsamachar Ltd.
30 Hindustan Times English Various cities and states1.543 HT Media

See also

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<i>The Siasat Daily</i> Indian Urdu-language newspaper

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<i>Deshabhimani</i> Indian newspaper

Deshabhimani is a Malayalam newspaper and the organ of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M). It started as a weekly in Kozhikode on 6 September 1942 and converted to a daily in 1946. The paper now has ten different printing centres: Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Kottayam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Alappuzha, Kollam and Malappuram. At present, Puthalath Dinesan State Secretariat Member of the CPI(M) is the Chief Editor of the paper, K.J. Thomas, CPI(M), secretariat member of the CPI(M), the General Manager and V. B Parameshwaran, the Resident Editor.

<i>Dainik Bhaskar</i> Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper

Dainik Bhaskar is a Hindi-language daily newspaper in India which is owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. According to the World Association of Newspapers, it ranked fourth in the world by circulation in 2016 and per the Indian Audit Bureau of Circulations was the eleventh largest newspaper in India by circulation as of 2022. Started in Bhopal in 1958, it expanded in 1983 with the launch of Dainik Bhaskar's Indore edition. The Dainik Bhaskar Group is present in 12 states with 65 editions in Hindi, Marathi, and Gujarati.

<i>Prajavani</i> Kannada daily newspaper

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<i>Business Standard</i> Indian English-language daily newspaper

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<i>Hindustan</i> (newspaper) Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper

Hindustan Dainik is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper. According to WAN-IFRA, it ranked 13th in the world by circulation in 2016 and per the Audit Bureau of Circulations was 6th in India in 2022. Madan Mohan Malaviya launched it in 1936. It is published by Hindustan Media Ventures Limited. Earlier it was part of HT Media Ltd group, which spun off its Hindi business into a separate company named Hindustan Media Ventures Limited in December 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hindi media</span>

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<i>Sakshi</i> (newspaper) Telgu language newspaper in india

Sakshi is an Indian Telugu language daily newspaper of India sold mostly in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It is also the second largest circulated Telugu daily newspaper in the country.

<i>Hari Bhoomi</i> Indian newspaper

Hari Bhoomi is a daily newspaper published in North and Central India. Established on 5 September 1996 as a weekly Hindi language newspaper, in November 1997, it was converted into a daily newspaper and was started in Haryana as the Hari Bhoomi 'Rohtak’ edition. With this edition the newspaper covered news from the whole state of Haryana.

References

  1. Office of the Registrar of the newspapers for India Archived 6 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine website
  2. "Circulation vs readership". The basics of selling newspaper advertising. McLinnis and associates. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. IRS 2019 Q4 Highlights Archived 2 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine