List of newspapers in India by readership
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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.
Readership versus 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 | 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 | The Hans India | English | Various cities in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh & Delhi | 1.622 | The Hyderabad media house Ltd |
| 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
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) - ^ IRS 2019 Q4 Highlights Archived 2 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine