List of Malayalam-language newspapers

Rajyasamacharam was the first newspaper in Malayalam. This was started by Hermann Gundert under the Christian missionaries of Basel Mission in June 1847 from Illikkunnu in Thalassery. Pashchimodayam was the second newspaper in Malayalam. It started in October 1847 from Thalasseri. Deepika, the oldest Malayalam newspaper now in circulation, was established in 1887. Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhumi, Madhyamam, Deshabhimani, Janayugom, Siraj Daily, suprabhatham, Janmabhumi, Chandrika, Kerala Kaumudi, General, Veekshanam, and Madhyamam, Varthamaanam,

are the other major newspapers in Malayalam. Malayala Manorama holds the record for the largest selling regional language newspaper in India. It is also the 11th most circulating newspaper in the world.

List of newspapers (in circulation)

Morning dailies

No	Name	Areas of publication	Established
1	Aksharanadam	Kottayam	1995
2	Chandrika	Kannur, Malappuram, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, kottayam, Kozhikode, Doha, Dubai, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Bahrain	1934
3	Deepika	Kottayam, Kochi, Kannur, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode	1887
4	Deshabhimani	Kannur, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Thrissur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Bahrain, Kollam, Palakkad	1942
5	Janayugam	Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kannur, Kollam	1953
6	Janmabhumi	Kochi, Kottayam, Kannur, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Kollam, Pathanamthitta	1977
7	Kerala Kaumudi	Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Bangalore	1911
8	Siraj Daily	Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kannur, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Dubai, Oman, Qatar	1984
9	Malayala Manorama	Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Mangalore, Bahrain, Dubai	1888
10	Mangalam	Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Idukki, Kannur	1969
11	Mathrubhumi	Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Palakkad, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Alappuzha, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Bahrain	1923
12	Pravasi Express	Singapore	2012
13	Madhyamam	Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Malappuram, Kottayam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Mangalore, Mumbai, Bahrain, Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Abha, Oman	1987
14	Suprabhaatham Daily	Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kannur, Malappuram, Thrissur, Palakkad	2012
15	Karmasakthi	Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Thrissur	2009

Evening dailies

No	Name	Areas of publication	Established
1	General	Thrissur	1976
2	Kerala Kaumudi Flash	Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram	2006

List of newspapers (defunct)

• Al Ameen (edited and published by Mohammed Abdul Rahiman; 1929-1939)
• Deenabandhu (edited by V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan; 1941 - 1962)
• Kerala Mithram (edited by Kandathil Varghese Mappila and published by Devji Bhimji)
• Kerala Pathrika (edited by Chengalathu Kunhirama Menon; estd. 1885)
• Prathibhavam (edited by Sathish Kalathil; 2000)
• Rajyasamacharam (Hermann Gundert; 1847-1850)
• Swadeshabhimani (edited by Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai and published by Vakkom Abdul Khadir Moulavi)
• Thejas (edited by P. Koya)

See also

• List of Malayalam-language periodicals
• List of newspapers in India
• List of newspapers in the world by circulation

External links

• List of Malayalam newspapers
• Top 10 Malayalam newspaper websites
• Links to Malayalam newspapers and magazines