List of newspapers in India by circulation

This is a list of the top newspapers in India by circulation. These figures include both print and digital subscriptions, are compiled by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The figures include normal print editions, branded print editions (e.g., regional editions or editions tailored for commuters), and digital subscriptions (e.g., for tablet computers or restricted-access).

Circulation figures try to estimate the number of copies sold, while readership figures are usually higher as they tend to estimate the number of people who actually read the newspaper. Typically, readership tends to be 2.5 times circulation, though this may be higher or lower depending on individual cases.

List of newspapers by circulation + Average qualifying salesS.no. Newspaper Language Headquarters July-Dec. 2022 Jan.-Jun. 2022Owner Nameplate1Dainik BhaskarHindiBhopal3,566,617875,259DB Corp2Malayala ManoramaMalayalamKottayam1,920,0961,971,773Malayala Manorama Company Limited3The Times of IndiaEnglishMumbai1,872,4421,590,784 The Times Group4Amar UjalaHindiNoida1,744,5121,845,983Amar Ujala Ltd.5HindustanHindiNew Delhi1,666,7241,572,359HT Media6The HinduEnglishChennai 1,415,792The Hindu Group7Rajasthan PatrikaHindiJaipur1,385,5611,414,267 Patrika Group8EenaduTeluguHyderabad1,351,9561,223,862 Ramoji Group9Dainik JagranHindiKanpur1,277,6052,667,808Jagran Prakashan Limited10SakalMarathiPune1,263,955 Sakal Media Group11Dina ThanthiTamilChennai1,137,0411,131,279Thanthi Trust12MathrubhumiMalayalamKozhikode1,084,2151,058,533The Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Company Ltd13Daily SakalMarathi1,064,721 -Sakal Media Group14SakshiTeluguHyderabad1,002,585951,292Jagathi Publications Ltd. 15Ananda Bazar PatrikaBengaliKolkata1,206,7501,222,890ABP Group16Hindustan TimesEnglish738,15415,889HT Media17The TelegraphEnglishKolkata693,742689,773ABP Group18LokmatMarathi692,768 -Lokmat Media Limited19DeshabhimaniMalayalamTrivandrum605,561622,276Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)20VijayavaniKannadaHubli551,994542,457VRL Group21Divya BhaskarGujarati511,871 -DB Corp22Vijaya KarnatakaKannadaBengaluru503,688473,786The Times Group23PudhariMarathi503,304 -Pudhari Publications24BartamanBengali472,423 -Bartaman Pvt. Ltd.25Akila DailyGujaratiRajkot300,000300,000Akila Publications26Andhra JyothiTeluguHyderabad386,797375,611Aamoda Publications Pvt. Ltd. 27PrajavaniKannadaBengaluru347,132 -The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.28The Economic TimesEnglishMumbai269,882262,114The Times Group29Maalai Malar TamilChennai30DT NextEnglishChennaiThanthi Trust

List of newspapers by readership According to the Registrar of Newspapers for India, there are 1,10,851 registered publications in the Republic of India as of 31 March 2016.Office of the Registrar of the newspapers for India website The figures below were compiled by the Media Research Users Council in the fourth quarter of the 2019 Indian Readership Survey.

Rank Newspaper LanguageCity 2019 (in millions)Owner 1Dainik Jagran Hindi Various cities and states 16.872 Jagran Prakashan Limited 2Dainik Bhaskar Hindi Various cities and states 15.566D B Corp Ltd.3HindustanHindiVarious cities and states 13.213HT Media 4 Amar Ujala Hindi Various cities and states 9.657 Amar Ujala Ltd. 5Malayala 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 5.560The Times Group 10 Mathrubhumi Malayalam Kerala, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi 4.849 The Mathrubhumi Group 11 Eenadu Telugu Various cities and states 4.569Ramoji 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 BengaliWest Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India 3.032Ananda Publishers 16 DinamalarTamil 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.19BartamanBengaliWest Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India2.750Bartaman Pvt. Ltd20Divya BhaskarGujaratiVarious cities in Gujarat2.679D B Corp Ltd. 21PudhariMarathiVarious cities in Maharashtra 2.591Pudhari Publications 22Vijaya Karnataka KannadaVarious cities in Karnataka 2.588 The Times Group23DinakaranTamil Various cities in Tamil Nadu 2.502 Sun Group 24Punya NagariMarathiVarious cities in Maharashtra 2.455Punya Nagari Newsgroup25PrajavaniKannada Various cities in Karnataka 2.135The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited26DeshabhimaniMalayalam Various cities in Kerala 2.094Kerala State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) 27Maharashtra TimesMarathi Various cities in Maharashtra 1.701 The Times Group 28The Hindu English Various cities and states 1.635 The Hindu Group 29Andhra JyothiTelugu Various cities in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh 1.628Aamoda Publications Pvt. Limited 30 Punjab KesariHindi Various cities in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh 1.13831Teenmaar News PaperTelugu Various cities in Telangana 1.628The Teenmaar News Publication32Hindustan TimesEnglishVarious cities and states 1.543HT Media

Dailies in India Top 10 Hindi Dailies

Ref: Indian Readership Survey Q4 2019 pdf

Top 10 English dailies