List of newspapers in India by readership
Also see List of Indian newspapers by circulation
According to the Registrar of Newspapers for India, there are 1,10,851 registered publication 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) 2019.
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) 2019.[3]
List of newspapers
| Newspaper | Language | City | Average Issue Readership[4] 2019 (in millions) |
Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindustan Dainik (हिन्दुस्तान दैनिक) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 14.746 | Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd. (part of HT Media Ltd) |
| 2 | Dainik Bhaskar
(दैनिक भास्कर) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 15.395 | D B Corp Ltd. |
| 3 | Dainik Jagran
(दैनिक जागरण) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 20.259 | Jagran Prakashan Ltd. |
| 4 | Amar Ujala (अमर उजाला) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 10.183 | Amar Ujala Publications Ltd. |
| 5 | Malayala Manorama (മലയാള മനോരമ) |
Malayalam | 10 cities in Kerala and in Bangalore, Mangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Dubai, and Bahrain | 9.758 | Malayala Manorama Company Ltd. |
| 6 | Rajasthan Patrika (राजस्थान पत्रिका) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 7.543 | Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. |
| 7 | Eenadu (ఈనాడు) |
Telugu | Various cities and states | 6.727 | Ramoji Group |
| 8 | Dina Thanthi (தினத்தந்தி) |
Tamil | In Tamil Nadu and in various cities including Bangalore, Pondicherry, Mumbai and Dubai | 6.572 | Founded by S. P. Adithanar |
| 9 | Mathrubhumi (മാതൃഭൂമി) |
Malayalam | 10 Cities in Kerala and in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi | 6.443 | The Mathrubhumi Group |
| 10 | Lokmat (लोकमत) |
Marathi | Various cities of Maharashtra and Goa | 6.085 | Lokmat Media Limited |
| 11 | The Times of India | English | Various cities and states | 5.646 | The Times Group |
| 12 | Gujarat Samachar (ગુજરાત સમાચાર) |
Gujarati | 7 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai and New York City | 4.477 | Lok Prakashan Ltd. |
| 13 | Prabhat Khabar (प्रभात खबर) |
Hindi | Various cities in Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal | 3.439 | Neutral Publishing House Ltd. |
| 14 | Ananda Bazar Patrika (আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা) |
Bengali | West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India | 3.436 | Ananda Publishers |
| 15 | Sandesh (સંદેશ) |
Gujarati | 5 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai | 3.384 | The Sandesh Ltd. |
| 16 | Punjab Kesari (पंजाब केसरी) |
Hindi | Various cities in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh | 3.323 | The Hindsamachar Ltd. |
| 17 | Sakal (सकाळ) |
Marathi | Various cities in Maharashtra | 3.092 | Sakal Media Group |
| 18 | Patrika (पत्रिका) |
Hindi | Various cities in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh | 3.038 | Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. |
| 19 | Sakshi (సాక్షి) |
Telugu | Various cities in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh | 2.988 | Jagati Publications Ltd. |
| 20 | Dinamalar (தினமலர்) |
Tamil | Various cities in Tamil Nadu | 2.886 | Dinamalar Publications Ltd. |
| 21 | Vijaya Karnataka (ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ) |
Kannada | Bangalore | 2.669 | The Times Group |
References
- Office of the Registrar of the newspapers for India website
- "Circulation vs readership". The basics of sellign newspaper advertising. McLinnis and associates. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- "MRUC" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2019.
- "Indian Readership Survey 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2016.