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 Thalassery. Deepika, the oldest Malayalam newspaper now in circulation, was established in 1887. Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhumi, Madhyamam, Deshabhimani, Janayugom, Siraj Daily, Suprabhaatham, Janmabhumi, Chandrika, Kerala Kaumudi, General, Veekshanam, Madhyamam and Varthamanam are 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 Established1 Aksharanadam Kottayam 19952 Chandrika Kannur, Malappuram, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Doha, Dubai, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Bahrain 19343 Deepika Kottayam, Kochi, Kannur, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode 18874 Deshabhimani Kannur, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Thrissur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Bahrain, Kollam, Palakkad 19425 Janayugom Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kannur, Kollam 19536 Janmabhumi Kochi, Kottayam, Kannur, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Kollam, Pathanamthitta 19777 Kerala Kaumudi Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Bangalore 19118 Malayala Manorama Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Mangalore, Bahrain, Dubai 18889 Mangalam Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Idukki, Kannur 196910 Mathrubhumi Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Palakkad, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Alappuzha, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Bahrain 192311 Madhyamam Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Malappuram, Kottayam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Mangalore, Mumbai, Bahrain, Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Abha, Oman 198712 Siraj Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kannur, Kozhikode 198413 Suprabhaatham Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kannur, Malappuram, Thrissur, Palakkad 201214 Varthamanam Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Malappuram, Doha 200315 Veekshanam Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kannur, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kollam 197616Metro VaarthaKochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Alappuzha, Bhopal, Indore2008
Evening dailies No Name Areas of publication Established1 General Thrissur 19762 Kerala Kaumudi Flash Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram 20063Venad PathrikaThiruvananthapuram1090
List of newspapers (defunct) Al Ameen (edited and published by Mohammed Abdur Rahiman; 1929-1939) Deenabandhu (edited by V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan; 1941 - 1962) Kerala Janatha (edited by Pattom A. Thanu Pillai and K. Krishna Pillai, estd. 1957) Kerala Mithram (edited by Kandathil Varghese Mappila and published by Devji Bhimji) Kerala Pathrika (edited by Chengalathu Kunhirama Menon; estd. 1885) Kerala Sanchari (edited by Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar Kesari (edited by Kesari Balakrishna Pillai) Malayala Rajyam (edited by K. G. Shankar; estd. 1929) Mithavadi (edited by Moorkoth Kumaran, Mithavaadi Krishnan; estd. 1907) Paschimodayam (Hermann Gundert; estd. 1847) Prabhatham (edited by E. M. S. Namboodiripad) Prathibhavam (edited by Sathish Kalathil) Rajyasamacharam (Hermann Gundert; 1847-1850) Sahodaran (edited by Sahodaran Ayyappan) Swadeshabhimani (edited by Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai and published by Vakkom Moulavi) Thejas (edited by P. Koya)
List of Online journals oneindia.com (founded in 2006 by BG Mahesh) Pravasi Express (founded in 2012 by Pravasi Publications and edited by Rajesh Kumar) Thejas (defunct printed newspaper, established in 2006. Online newspaper started from 2019.)
See also List of Malayalam-language periodicals List of newspapers in India List of newspapers by circulation
References
External links Links to Malayalam newspapers and magazines