List of newspapers by circulation


This is a list of paid daily newspapers in the world by average circulation. Worldwide newspaper circulation figures are compiled by the International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations and World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. This list shows the latest figures that are publicly available through either organisation.
Some figures are disputed; the numbers for Japanese newspapers have been subjected to claims of "oshigami". Free newspapers are not included in the list.

Top newspapers by circulation

This list below shows paid newspaper dailies by circulation worldwide. The data is compiled from WAN-IFRA's World Press Trends 2016 report.
NewspaperCountryLanguageCirculation
Yomiuri ShimbunJapanJapanese9,101
Asahi ShimbunJapanJapanese6,622
USA TodayUSAEnglish4,139
Dainik BhaskarIndiaHindi3,818
Dainik JagranIndiaHindi3,308
The Mainichi NewspapersJapanJapanese3,166
Reference NewsChinaChinese3,073
Amar UjalaIndiaHindi2,935
The Times of IndiaIndiaEnglish2,836
The NikkeiJapanJapanese2,729
People's DailyChinaChinese2,603
Chunichi ShimbunJapanJapanese2,452
Hindustan DainikIndiaHindi2,410
Malayala ManoramaIndiaMalayalam2,343
The Wall Street JournalUSAEnglish2,379
BildGermanyGerman2,220
The New York TimesUSAEnglish2,134
Guangzhou DailyChinaChinese1,880
Nanfang DailyChinaChinese1,853
Rajasthan PatrikaIndiaHindi1,812

Historical data

Worldwide circulation figures for previous years can be seen from WAN-IFRA and IFABC here.