List of newspapers in India by readership


Also see List of Indian newspapers by circulation
According to the Registrar of Newspapers for India, there are 1,10,851 registered publication in India as of 31 March 2016. This is a list of the newspapers in India by readership according to the Indian Readership Survey 2019.

Readership vs Circulation

Readership figures tend to estimate the number of people who actually read the news paper, vis a vis circulation figures that try to estimate the number of copies sold. Typically, readership tends to be 2.5 times circulation, though this may be higher or lower depending on individual cases.
Note: The details specified on this page may not be up to date.

Methodology

These figures are compiled by Media Research Users Council in the Indian Readership Survey 2019.

List of newspapers

NewspaperLanguageCity
2019 		Owner
1Dainik Jagran
HindiVarious cities and states20.259Jagran Prakashan Ltd.
2Dainik Bhaskar
HindiVarious cities and states15.395D B Corp Ltd.
3Hindustan Dainik
HindiVarious cities and states14.746Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd.
4Amar Ujala
HindiVarious cities and states10.183Amar Ujala Publications Ltd.
5Malayala Manorama
Malayalam10 cities in Kerala and in Bangalore, Mangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Dubai, and Bahrain9.758Malayala Manorama Company Ltd.
6Rajasthan Patrika
HindiVarious cities and states7.543Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd.
7Punjab KesariHindiVarious cities in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh7.323The Hindsamachar Ltd.
8Dina Thanthi
TamilIn Tamil Nadu and in various cities including Bangalore, Pondicherry, Mumbai and Dubai6.572Founded by S. P. Adithanar
9Mathrubhumi
Malayalam10 Cities in Kerala and in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and New Delhi6.443The Mathrubhumi Group
10Lokmat
MarathiVarious cities of Maharashtra and Goa6.085Lokmat Media Limited
11The Times of IndiaEnglishVarious cities and states5.646Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.
12Gujarat Samachar
Gujarati7 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai and New York City4.477Lok Prakashan Ltd.
13Prabhat Khabar
HindiVarious cities in Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal3.439Neutral Publishing House Ltd.
14Ananda Bazar Patrika
BengaliWest Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other cities in India3.436Ananda Publishers
15Sandesh
Gujarati5 cities in Gujarat and in Mumbai3.384The Sandesh Ltd.
16Eenadu
TeluguVarious cities and states3.327-
17Sakal
MarathiVarious cities in Maharashtra3.092Sakal Media Group
18Patrika
HindiVarious cities in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh3.038Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd.
19Sakshi
TeluguVarious cities in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh2.988Jagati Publications Ltd.
20Dinamalar
TamilVarious cities in Tamil Nadu2.886Dinamalar Publications Ltd.