List of newspapers in India by readership
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
This is a list of the newspapers in India by readership according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2014.
Methodology
These figures are compiled by media Research Users Council (MRUC) in the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2014.[1]
Please note that IRS estimates are range estimates and not point estimates. This implies that there is an "Error of Margin" associated with the IRS estimates and thus the estimates operate within the range at 90% confidence level. To calculate this range for any IRS estimate, visit the MRUC website > Statistical Significance.
List of newspapers
| Newspaper | Language | City | Daily Readership[2] 2014 (in millions) |
Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dainik Jagran (दैनिक जागरण) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 16.631 | Jagran Prakashan Ltd. |
| 2 | Hindustan (हिन्दुस्तान) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 14.746 | Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd. (part of HT Media Ltd) |
| 3 | Dainik Bhaskar (दैनिक भास्कर) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 13.830 | D B Corp 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 | Hindi | Various cities and states | 7.905 | Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. |
| 7 | Amar Ujala | 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 | Hindi | Various states | 4.847 | Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. |
| 14 | Gujarat Samachar (ગુજરાત સમાચાર) |
Gujarati | Various cities in Gujarat and Maharashtra | 4.642 | Lok Prakashan Ltd. |
| 15 | Hindustan Times | English | Various cities and states | 4.515 | HT Media Ltd |
| 16 | Daily Sakal (सकाळ) |
Marathi | Various cities in Maharashtra | 4.007 | Sakal Media Group |
| 17 | Sandesh (સંદેશ) |
Gujarati | Various cities in Gujarat | 3.849 | The Sandesh Ltd. |
| 18 | Sakshi (సాక్షి) |
Telugu | Various cities in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh | 3.694 | Jagati Publications Ltd. |
| 19 | Vijayavani (ವಿಜಯವಾಣಿ) |
Kannada | Various cities in Karnataka | 0.804 | VRL Media Ltd. |
