List of newspapers in India by readership

This is a list of the newspapers in India by readership in the three-month period ended December 31, 2012. These figures are compiled by Media Research Users Council in the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2012 Q4. This data is based on sample survey and is modelled on internationally accepted annual sample spread. The IRS is the largest continuous readership research study in the world with an annual sample size exceeding 2.56 lakh respondents.

	Newspaper	Language	City	Daily Readership (in million)	Owner
1	Dainik Jagran दैनिक जागरण	Hindi	Various cities and states	16.370	Owned by Jagaran Prakashan Ltd.
2	Dainik Bhaskar दैनिक भास्कर	Hindi	Various cities and states	14.416	Owned by D B Corp Ltd.
3	Hindustan हिन्दुस्तान	Hindi	Various cities and states	12.246	Owned by Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd. which is owned by HT Media Ltd
4	Malayala Manorama മലയാള മനോരമ	Malayalam	10 cities in Kerala, Bangalore, Mangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Dubai, and Bahrain	9.760	Owned by Malayalam Manorama Group
5	Amar Ujala अमर उजाला	Hindi	Various cities and states	8.434	Owned by Amar Ujala Publications Ltd.
6	Times of India	English	Various cities and states	7.615	Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.
7	Daily Thanthi தினத்தந்தி	Tamil	Various cities in Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Pondicherry and Mumbai.	7.334	Founded by S. P. Adithanar
8	Lokmat	Marathi	Various cities of Maharashtra and Goa	7.313	Owned by Lokmat Media Limited
9	Rajasthan Patrika	Hindi	Various cities and states	6.837	Owned by Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd.
10	Mathrubhumi മാതൃഭൂമി	Malayalam	10 Cities in Kerala, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi	6.334	Owned by The Mathrubhumi Group
11	Eenadu ఈనాడు	Telugu	19 Cities in AP, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi	5.972	Founded in 1974, owned by Ramoji Group
12	Ananda Bazar Patrika আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা	Bengali	Various cities in West Bengal, Delhi and Mumbai	5.750	Owned by Ananda Publishers
13	Sakshi సాక్షి	Telugu	Various cities and states	5.379	Owned by Jagathi Publications
14	Gujarat Samachar ગુજરાત સમાચાર	Gujarati	Ahmedabad, Gujarat	5.114	Owned by Lok Prakashan Ltd.
15	Dinakaran தினகரன்	Tamil	Various cities in Tamil Nadu and a few other cities	4.816	Bought out by SUN TV group in 2005
16	Daily Sakal सकाळ	Marathi	Various cities in Maharashtra	4.469	Owned by Sakal Media Group
17	Hindustan Times	English	Various cities and states	3.820	Owned by HT Media Ltd
18	Punjab Kesari पंजाब केसरी	Hindi	States of Punjab, Haryana	3.323	Owned by Punjab Kesari Group
19	Prabhat Khabar	Hindi	States of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha	2.859	Owned by NPHL (Neutral Publishing House Ltd.)
20	Navbharat Times	Hindi	Various cities and states	2.633	Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.
21	The Hindu	English	Various cities and states	2.164	Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd.
22	Patrika	Hindi	Various cities	2.068	Owned by Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd.
23	Nai Dunia नईदुनिया	Hindi	Various cities and states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh	1.358	Owned by NaiDunia Media Ltd. which is owned by Jagaran Prakashan Ltd.
24	The Telegraph	English	Various cities and states	1.265	Owned by Ananda Publishers
25	Deccan Chronicle	English	Various cities	1.020	Owned by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd.
26	DNA	English	Various cities and states	0.972	Owned by Diligent Media Corporation which is a joint venture between D B Corp Ltd. (Dainik Bhaskar group) and Essel Group.
27	Mumbai Mirror	English	Various cities and states	0.819	Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.
28	Economic Times	English	Various cities and states	0.735	Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.
29	The Tribune	English	Various cities and states	0.671	Owned by Tribune Trust
30	The New Indian Express	English	Various cities and states	0.652	Owned by Express Publications Ltd.

See also

• List of newspapers
• Newspaper circulation
• List of newspapers in the World by circulation