List of newspapers in India by readership
This is a list of the newspapers in India by readership according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS).
Methodology
These figures are compiled by Media Research Users Council (MRUC) in the Indian Readership Survey (IRS). IRS 2013 data is based on sample survey and is modelled on internationally accepted annual sample spread. The IRS is the largest continuous readership research study in the world with an annual sample size exceeding 2.56 lakh respondents.
The methodology for IRS 2013 was criticized by 18 top media houses in India, including Jagran, Bhaskar, India Today, Ananda Bazar Patrika, Lokmat, Outlook, Daily News and Analysis (DNA), Sakshi, The Hindu, The Times of India, Amar Ujala, The Tribune, Bartaman Patrika, Aaj Samaj, The Statesman, Mid Day, Nai Duniya and Dinakaran. The media houses rubbished the IRS report for 2013, calling it badly flawed. They pointed out that there were major anamolies in the findings. For example, the Chennai-based Hindu Business Line had thrice as many readers in Manipur as in Chennai according to the IRS. There were wild swings in the readership data from the previous survey; e.g. every major newspaper in Andhra Pradesh had lost readers by 30% to 65%.[1]
List of newspapers
| Newspaper | Language | City | Daily Readership, IRS 2013[2] (in million) |
Daily Readership, IRS 2012[3] (in million) |
Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dainik Jagran (दैनिक जागरण) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 15.526 | 16.370 | Owned by Jagran Prakashan Ltd. |
| 2 | Hindustan (हिन्दुस्तान) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 14.245 | 12.246 | Owned by Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd. which is owned by HT Media Ltd |
| 3 | Dainik Bhaskar (दैनिक भास्कर) |
Hindi | Various cities and states | 12.855 | 14.416 | Owned by D B Corp Ltd. |
| 4 | Malayala Manorama (മലയാള മനോരമ) |
Malayalam | 10 cities in Kerala, Bangalore, Mangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Dubai, and Bahrain | 8.565 | 9.760 | Owned by Malayala Manorama Company Ltd. |
| 5 | Daily Thanthi (தினத்தந்தி) |
Tamil | Various cities in Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Pondicherry and Mumbai. | 8.156 | 7.334 | Founded by S. P. Adithanar |
| 6 | Rajasthan Patrika | Hindi | Various cities and states | 7.665 | 6.837 | Owned by Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. |
| 7 | Times of India | English | Various cities and states | 7.253 | 7.615 | Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. |
| 8 | Amar Ujala | Hindi | Various cities and states | 7.071 | 8.434 | |
| 9 | Mathrubhumi (മാതൃഭൂമി) |
Malayalam | 10 Cities in Kerala, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi | 6.136 | 6.334 | Owned by The Mathrubhumi Group |
| 10 | Lokmat | Marathi | Various cities of Maharashtra and Goa | 5.601 | 7.313 | Owned by Lokmat Media Limited |
| 11 | Ananda Bazar Patrika (আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা) |
Bengali | All over West Bengal, Odisha,Jharkhand,Bihar,Delhi,Mumbai and many other cities in India | 5.515 | 5.750 | Owned by Ananda Publishers |
| 12 | Eenadu (ఈనాడు) |
Telugu | Various cities and states | 5.380 | 5.972 | Owned by Ramoji Group |
| 13 | Sakshi (సాక్షి) |
Telugu | Various cities and states | 5.343 | ----- | Owned by Jagati Publications Ltd. |
| 14 | Patrika | Hindi | Various states | 4.628 | 2.068 | Owned by Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. |
| 15 | Gujarat Samachar (ગુજરાત સમાચાર) |
Gujarati | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 4.339 | 5.114 | Owned by Lok Prakashan Ltd. |
| 16 | Hindustan Times | English | Various cities and states | 4.335 | 3.820 | Owned by HT Media Ltd |
| 17 | Divya Bhaskar | Gujarati | Gujarat, Mumbai | 3.770 | - | Owned by Owned by D B Corp Ltd. |
| 18 | Sandesh | Gujarati | Gujarat | 3.724 | - | Owned by The Sandesh Ltd. |
| 19 | Daily Sakal (सकाळ) |
Marathi | Various cities in Maharashtra | 3.707 | 4.469 | Owned by Sakal Media Group |
| 20 | Hari Bhoomi | Hindi | Haryana, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh | 2.757 | - | Owned by Hari Bhoomi group |
| 21 | Prabhat Khabar | Hindi | States of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Odisha | 2.718 | 2.859 | Owned by Neutral Publishing House Ltd. (NPHL) |
| 22 | Navbharat Times | Hindi | Various cities and states | 2.480 | 2.633 | Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. |
| 23 | Punjab Kesari (पंजाब केसरी) |
Hindi | States of Punjab, Haryana | 2.291 | 3.323 | Owned by Punjab Kesari Group |
| 24 | The Hindu | English | Various cities and states | 1.473 | 2.164 | Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd. |
| 25 | Mumbai Mirror | English | Various cities and states | 1.084 | 0.819 | Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. |
| 26 | The Telegraph | English | Various cities and states | 0.937 | 1.265 | Owned by Ananda Publishers |
| 27 | Economic Times | English | Various cities and states | 0.722 | 0.735 | Owned by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. |
| 28 | Mid Day | English | Mumbai, Pune | 0.500 | - | Owned by Mid Day Infomedia Limited, a subsidiary of Jagran Prakashan Limited |
| 29 | Deccan Herald | English | Karnataka, Delhi | 0.458 | - | Owned by The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited |
| 30 | The Tribune | English | Various cities and states | 0.453 | 0.671 | Owned by Tribune Trust |
| 31 | Deccan Chronicle | English | Various cities | 0.337 | 1.020 | Owned by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. |
See also
References
- ^ "18 top media houses rubbish readership survey findings". The Times of India. 2014-01-31.
- ^ "Indian Readership Survey
(IRS) 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-05-09. - ^ "Indian Readership Survey
(IRS) 2012 Q4" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-05-09.