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 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) Q4 2019.
Readership vs CirculationEdit
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.
MethodologyEdit
These figures are compiled by Media Research Users Council (MRUC) in the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) Q4 2019.[3]
List of newspapersEdit
| Rank | Newspaper | Language | City | Average Issue Readership[4] 2019 (in millions) |
Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dainik Jagran
(दैनिक जागरण) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 16.872 | Jagran Prakashan Ltd. |
| 2 | Dainik Bhaskar
(दैनिक भास्कर) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 15.566 | D B Corp Ltd. |
| 3 | Hindustan
(हिंदुस्तान) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 13.213 | HT Media (Hindustan media ventures ltd.) |
| 4 | Amar Ujala (अमर उजाला) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 9.657 | Amar Ujala Publications Ltd. |
| 5 | Malayala Manorama (മലയാള മനോരമ) |
Malayalam | Various cities and states, Dubai and Bahrain | 8.478 | Malayala Manorama Company Ltd. |
| 6 | Dina Thanthi (தினத்தந்தி) |
Tamil | Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Pondicherry, Mumbai and Dubai | 7.379 | Founded by S. P. Adithanar |
| 7 | Lokmat (लोकमत) |
Marathi | Various cities of Maharashtra and Goa | 6.285 | Lokmat Media Limited |
| 8 | Rajasthan Patrika (राजस्थान पत्रिका) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 5.863 | Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. |
| 9 | The Times of India | English | Various cities and states | 5.560 | The Times Group |
| 10 | Mathrubhumi (മാതൃഭൂമി) |
Malayalam | Kerala, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi | 4.849 | The Mathrubhumi Group |
| 11 | Eenadu (ఈనాడు) |
Telugu | Various cities and states | 4.569 | Ramoji Group |
| 12 | Sakal (सकाळ) |
Marathi | Various cities in Maharashtra | 4.101 | Sakal Media Group |
| 13 | Gujarat Samachar (ગુજરાત સમાચાર) |
Gujarati | 7 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai and New York City | 3.265 | Lok Prakashan Ltd. |
| 14 | Sakshi (సాక్షి) |
Telugu | Various cities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | 3.247 | Jagati Publications Ltd. |
| 15 | Ananda Bazar Patrika (আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা) |
Bengali | West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India | 3.032 | Ananda Publishers |
| 16 | Dinamalar (தினமலர்) |
Tamil | Various cities in Tamil Nadu | 2.905 | Dinamalar Publications Ltd. |
| 17 | Sandesh (સંદેશ) |
Gujarati | 5 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai | 2.884 | The Sandesh Ltd. |
| 18 | Prabhat Khabar (प्रभात खबर) |
Hindi | Various cities in Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal | 2.872 | Neutral Publishing House Ltd. |
| 19 | Bartaman | Bengali | 2.750 | ||
| 20 | Divya Bhaskar (દિવ્ય ભાસ્કર) |
Gujarati | 2.679 | ||
| 21 | Pudhari | Marathi | 2.591 | ||
| 22 | Vijaya Karnataka (ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ) |
Kannada | Bangalore | 2.588 | The Times Group |
| 23 | Dinakaran | Tamil | 2.502 | ||
| 24 | Punya Nagari | Marathi | 2.455 | ||
| 25 | Praja Vani | Kannada | 2.135 | ||
| 26 | Deshabhimani (ദേശാഭിമാനി) |
Malayalam | 2.094 | ||
| 27 | Maharashtra Times | Marathi | 1.701 | ||
| 28 | Andhra Jyothi
(ఆంధ్రజ్యోతి) |
Telugu | 1.628 | ||
| 29 | Punjab Kesari (पंजाब केसरी) |
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 alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Office of the Registrar of the newspapers for India website
- ↑ "Circulation vs readership". The basics of selling newspaper advertising. McLinnis and associates. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ↑ (PDF) https://bestmediainfo.in/mailer/nl/nl/IRS-2019-Q4-Highlights.pdf.
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