List of newspapers in India by readership
Also see List of Indian newspapers by circulation
According to the Registrar of Newspapers for India, there are 1,10,851 registered publication in India as of 31st March 2016.[1] This is a list of the newspapers in India by readership according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2014.
Readership vs 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) 2014.[3]
List of newspapers
| Newspaper | Language | City | Average Issue Readership [4] 2014 (in millions) |
Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dainik Bhaskar
(दैनिक भास्कर) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 16.631 | D B Corp Ltd. |
| 2 | Hindustan Dainik (हिन्दुस्तान दैनिक) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 14.746 | Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd. (part of HT Media Ltd) |
| 3 | Dainik Jagran
(दैनिक जागरण) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 70.1 | Jagran Prakashan Ltd. |
| 4 | Malayala Manorama (മലയാള മനോരമ) |
Malayalam | 10 cities in Kerala and in Bangalore, Mangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Dubai, and Bahrain | 8.803 | Malayala Manorama Company Ltd. |
| 5 | Daily Thanthi (தினத்தந்தி) |
Tamil | In Tamil Nadu and in various cities including Bangalore, Pondicherry, Mumbai and Dubai | 8.283 | Founded by S. P. Adithanar |
| 6 | Rajasthan Patrika (राजस्थान पत्रिका) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 7.905 | Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. |
| 7 | Amar Ujala (अमर उजाला) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 7.808 | Amar Ujala Publications Ltd. |
| 8 | The Times of India | English | Various cities and states | 7.590 | Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. |
| 9 | Mathrubhumi (മാതൃഭൂമി) |
Malayalam | 10 Cities in Kerala and in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi | 6.020 | The Mathrubhumi Group |
| 10 | Lokmat (लोकमत) |
Marathi | Various cities of Maharashtra and Goa | 5.887 | Lokmat Media Limited |
| 11 | Ananda Bazar Patrika (আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা) |
Bengali | West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India | 5.653 | Ananda Publishers |
| 12 | Eenadu (ఈనాడు) |
Telugu | Various cities and states | 5.608 | Ramoji Group |
| 13 | Patrika (पत्रिका) |
Hindi | Various states | 4.847 | Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. |
| 14 | Gujarat Samachar (ગુજરાત સમાચાર) |
Gujarati | 7 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai and New York City | 4.642 | Lok Prakashan Ltd. |
| 15 | Hindustan Times | English | Various cities and states | 4.515 | HT Media Ltd |
| 16 | Sakal (सकाळ) |
Marathi | Various cities in Maharashtra | 4.007 | Sakal Media Group |
| 17 | Sandesh (સંદેશ) |
Gujarati | 5 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai | 3.849 | The Sandesh Ltd. |
| 18 | Nava Bharat (नव भारत) |
Hindi | Various cities in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh | 3.722 | Nava Bharat Press Ltd. |
| 19 | Sakshi (సాక్షి) |
Telugu | Various cities in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh | 3.694 | Jagati Publications Ltd. |
| 20 | Parichay Times (परिचय टाइम्स) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 1.500 | Parichay Publication Ltd. |
See also
References
- ↑ Office of the Registrar of the newspapers for India website
- ↑ "Circulation vs readership". The basics of sellign newspaper advertising. McLinnis and associates. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ↑ "MRUC website".
- ↑ "Indian Readership Survey 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2016.