List of newspapers in India by readership
According to the Registrar of Newspapers for India, there are 1,10,851 registered publications in 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 vs Circulation
Readership figures tend to estimate the number of people who actually read the news paper, vis a vis 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
| Rank | Newspaper | Language | City | Average Issue Readership[4] 2019 (in millions) |
Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dainik Jagran
(दैनिक जागरण) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 16.872 | Jagran Prakashan Limited |
| 2 | Dainik Bhaskar
(दैनिक भास्कर) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 15.566 | D B Corp Ltd. |
| 3 | Hindustan
(हिंदुस्तान) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 13.213 | HT Media |
| 4 | Amar Ujala (अमर उजाला) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 9.657 | Amar Ujala Ltd. |
| 5 | Malayala Manorama (മലയാള മനോരമ) |
Malayalam | Various cities and states, Dubai and Bahrain | 8.478 | Malayala Manorama Company Ltd. |
| 6 | Dina Thanthi (தினத்தந்தி) |
Tamil | Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Pondicherry, Mumbai and Dubai | 7.379 | Founded by S. P. Adithanar |
| 7 | Lokmat (लोकमत) |
Marathi | Various cities in Maharashtra and Goa | 6.285 | Lokmat Media Limited |
| 8 | Rajasthan Patrika (राजस्थान पत्रिका) |
Hindi | Various cities in Rajasthan & Delhi | 5.863 | Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. |
| 9 | The Times of India | English | Various cities and states | 5.560 | The Times Group |
| 10 | Mathrubhumi (മാതൃഭൂമി) |
Malayalam | Kerala, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi | 4.849 | The Mathrubhumi Group |
| 11 | Eenadu (ఈనాడు) |
Telugu | Various cities and states | 4.569 | Ramoji Group |
| 12 | Sakal (सकाळ) |
Marathi | Various cities in Maharashtra | 4.101 | Sakal Media Group |
| 13 | Gujarat Samachar (ગુજરાત સમાચાર) |
Gujarati | 7 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai and New York City | 3.265 | Lok Prakashan Ltd. |
| 14 | Sakshi (సాక్షి) |
Telugu | Various cities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | 3.247 | Jagati Publications Ltd. |
| 15 | Ananda Bazar Patrika (আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা) |
Bengali | West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India | 3.032 | Ananda Publishers |
| 16 | Dinamalar (தினமலர்) |
Tamil | Various cities in Tamil Nadu | 2.905 | Dinamalar Publications Ltd. |
| 17 | Sandesh (સંદેશ) |
Gujarati | 5 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai | 2.884 | The Sandesh Ltd. |
| 18 | Prabhat Khabar (प्रभात खबर) |
Hindi | Various cities in Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal | 2.872 | Neutral Publishing House Ltd. |
| 19 | Bartaman (বর্তমান) |
Bengali | West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India | 2.750 | Bartaman Pvt. Ltd |
| 20 | Divya Bhaskar (દિવ્ય ભાસ્કર) |
Gujarati | 2.679 | D B Corp Ltd. | |
| 21 | Pudhari (पुढारी) |
Marathi | Various cities in Maharashtra | 2.591 | Pudhari Publications |
| 22 | Vijaya Karnataka (ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ) |
Kannada | Various cities in Karnataka | 2.588 | The Times Group |
| 23 | Dinakaran (தினகரன்) |
Tamil | Various cities in Tamil Nadu | 2.502 | Sun Group |
| 24 | Punya Nagari (पुण्य नगरी) |
Marathi | Various cities in Maharashtra | 2.455 | Punya Nagari Newsgroup |
| 25 | Prajavani (ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ) |
Kannada | Various cities in Karnataka | 2.135 | The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited |
| 26 | Deshabhimani (ദേശാഭിമാനി) |
Malayalam | Various cities in Kerala | 2.094 | Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 27 | Maharashtra Times (महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स) |
Marathi | Various cities in Maharashtra | 1.701 | The Times Group |
| 28 | Andhra Jyothi
(ఆంధ్రజ్యోతి) |
Telugu | Various cities in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh | 1.628 | Aamoda Publications Pvt. Limited |
| 29 | Punjab Kesari (पंजाब केसरी) |
Hindi | Various cities in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh | 1.611 | The Hindsamachar Ltd. |
| 30 | Hindustan Times | English | Various cities and states | 1.543 | HT Media |
See also
- List of newspapers in India
- List of Indian newspapers by circulation
References
- Office of the Registrar of the newspapers for India Archived 6 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine website
- "Circulation vs readership". The basics of selling newspaper advertising. McLinnis and associates. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- "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) - https://bestmediainfo.in/mailer/nl/nl/IRS-2019-Q4-Highlights.pdf Archived 2 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine
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