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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).

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

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Average qualifying sales[3]
S.no. Newspaper Language Headquarters July-Dec. 2022 Jan.-Jun. 2022 Owner Nameplate
1 Dainik Bhaskar Hindi Bhopal 3,566,617 875,259 DB Corp
2 Malayala Manorama Malayalam Kottayam 1,920,096 1,971,773 Malayala Manorama Company Limited
3 The Times of India English Mumbai 1,872,442 1,590,784 The Times Group
4 Amar Ujala Hindi Noida 1,744,512 1,845,983 Amar Ujala Ltd.
5 Hindustan Hindi New Delhi 1,666,724 1,572,359 HT Media
6 Rajasthan Patrika Hindi Jaipur 1,385,561 1,414,267 Patrika Group
7 Eenadu Telugu Hyderabad 1,351,956 1,223,862 Ramoji Group
8 Dainik Jagran Hindi Kanpur 1,277,605 2,667,808 Jagran Prakashan Limited
9 Dina Thanthi Tamil Chennai 1,137,041 1,131,279 Thanthi Trust
10 Mathrubhumi Malayalam Kozhikode 1,084,215 1,058,533 The Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Company Ltd
11 Daily Sakal Marathi 1,064,721 - Sakal Media Group
12 Sakshi Telugu Hyderabad 1,002,585 951,292 Jagathi Publications Ltd.
13 Ananda Bazar Patrika Bengali Kolkata 800,675 802,289 ABP Group
14 Hindustan Times English 738,154 15,889 HT Media
15 Dinamalar Tamil Chennai 693,742 689,773 Family ownership
16 Lokmat Marathi 692,768 - Lokmat Media Limited
17 Deshabhimani Malayalam Trivandrum 605,561 622,276 Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
18 Vijayavani Kannada Hubli 551,994 542,457 VRL Group
19 Divya Bhaskar Gujarati 511,871 - DB Corp
20 Vijaya Karnataka Kannada Bengaluru 503,688 473,786 The Times Group
21 Pudhari Marathi 503,304 - Pudhari Publications
22 Bartaman Bengali 472,423 - Bartaman Pvt. Ltd.
23 Andhra Jyothi Telugu Hyderabad 386,797 375,611 Aamoda Publications Pvt. Ltd.
24 Prajavani Kannada Bengaluru 347,132 - The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.
25 The Economic Times English Mumbai 269,882 262,114 The Times Group

By readership

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

Methodology

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

List of newspapers by readership

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Rank Newspaper Language City Average issue readership[6]
2019 (in millions)
Owner
1 Dainik Jagran Hindi Various cities and states 16.872 Jagran Prakashan Limited
2 Dainik Bhaskar Hindi Various cities and states 15.566 D B Corp Ltd.
3 Hindustan Hindi Various cities and states 13.213 HT Media
4 Amar Ujala Hindi Various cities and states 9.657 Amar Ujala Ltd.
5 Malayala Manorama Malayalam Various cities and states, Dubai and Bahrain 8.478 Malayala Manorama Company Ltd.
6 Dina Thanthi Tamil Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Pondicherry, Mumbai and Dubai 7.379 Founded by S. P. Adithanar
7 Lokmat Marathi Various cities in Maharashtra and Goa 6.285 Lokmat Media Limited
8 Rajasthan Patrika 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 Malayalam Kerala, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi 4.849 The Mathrubhumi Group
11 Eenadu Telugu Various cities and states 4.569 Ramoji Group
12 Sakal Marathi Various cities in Maharashtra 4.101 Sakal Media Group
13 Gujarat Samachar Gujarati 7 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai and New York City 3.265 Lok Prakashan Ltd.
14 Sakshi Telugu Various cities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana 3.247 Jagati Publications Ltd.
15 Ananda Bazar Patrika Bengali West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India 3.032 Ananda Publishers
16 Dinamalar Tamil Various cities in Tamil Nadu 2.905 Dinamalar Publications Ltd.
17 Sandesh Gujarati 5 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai 2.884 The Sandesh Ltd.
18 Prabhat Khabar Hindi Various cities in Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal 2.872 Neutral Publishing House Ltd.
19 Bartaman Bengali West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India 2.750 Bartaman Pvt. Ltd
20 Divya Bhaskar Gujarati Various cities in Gujarat 2.679 D B Corp Ltd.
21 Pudhari Marathi Various cities in Maharashtra 2.591 Pudhari 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 2.455 Punya Nagari Newsgroup
25 Prajavani Kannada Various cities in Karnataka 2.135 The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited
26 Deshabhimani Malayalam Various cities in Kerala 2.094 Kerala 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 1.628 Aamoda Publications Pvt. Limited
29 Punjab Kesari 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Circulation vs readership". The basics of selling newspaper advertising. McLinnis and associates. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Submission of circulation figures for the audit period Jul –Dec 2018" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  4. ^ Office of the Registrar of the newspapers for India Archived 6 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine website
  5. ^ "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)
  6. ^ IRS 2019 Q4 Highlights Archived 2 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine
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