Top Newspapers in India

by Sai on September 6, 2009

The Round 1 of 2009’s Indian Readership survey is out and it presents some important developments and state of Newspapers and Magazine’s in this ever increasing ‘online news reading’ times.

Dainik Jagran, the distant leader in newspapers market in India saw a 2% decrease in its readership compared to round 2 survey of 2008. Among those that saw an increase in their subscriber base are Hindustan (Hindi), Lokmat, Ananda bazaar patrika, Rajasthan patrika, Times of India, Malayalam Manorama, Punya Nagari, Gujarat Samachar and Pudhari.

Here are the over all top 10 daily news papers in India:

Dainik Jagran – 545.83 lakhs

Dainik Bhaskar – 335.50 lakhs

Amar Ujala – 286.74 lakhs

Hindustan – 267.69 lakhs

Lokmat – 206.48 lakhs

Daily Thanthi – 204.56 lakhs

Dinakaran – 166.33 lakhs

Ananda Bazar patrika – 155.14 lakhs

Rajasthana patrika – 140.51 lakhs

Eenadu – 139.91 lakhs

When it comes to English dailies, Times of India still maintains its leadership. In fact the second largest English daily’s subscriber base is not even half of what Times of India has. Here is the list of Top 10 English dailies in India:

The Times of India – 133.47 lakhs

Hindustan times – 63.41 lakhs

The Hindu – 53.73 lakhs

The Telegraph – 28.18 lakhs

Deccan Chronicle – 27.68 lakhs

The Economic Times – 19.17 lakhs

Mid-Day – 15.83 lakhs

The New Indian Express – 15.66

Mumbai Mirror – 15.57 lakhs

DNA – 14.89 lakhs

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