We will talk about the top ten newspapers in India based on circulation and readership. There are over 100,000 newspaper publications in India with over 240 million circulations, and to top it off, there are over 1300 million readers, making it the world’s second-largest market for newspapers. Unicom Advertising is one of the best Adverting agencies to Book Advertisement in Newspaper. It was Hindi language newspapers that topped the list by circulation and leadership, as they hold the largest number of readers in India.
Hindustan Times
There are two English newspapers in India that rank higher by readership than Hindustan Times, including The Times of India and The Hindu. In 1924, Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated the newspaper, which became a nationalist daily and a pro-Congress daily during the Indian Independence Movement. According to Forbes, Shobhana Bhartia is one of the most powerful women in India, who owns this newspaper. HT media, owned by the Birla family, is the publisher of the magazine.
Hindustan Dainik
As well as being the fourth most widely circulated newspaper in the country, Hindustan Dainik is also rated as the third most read daily. This newspaper has 21 editions across the Hindi belt, as well as epaper editions that are available online. In its early days, it was a part of HT media limited, but in 2009, Hindustan media ventures limited spun off Hindi business as a separate entity.
Amar Ujala
The Hindi language daily newspaper Amar Ujala is hands down the most popular in terms of popularity. With a circulation of 3 million copies and the highest readership in the country, it has the largest circulation in India. According to the Indian readership survey of 2017, it had the fourth largest readership in the country with 46.094 million.
Times of India
A Times of India newspaper is one of the oldest English language newspapers in India, making it the third largest newspaper in India by circulation. This newspaper stands out due to its history. BBC has ranked The Times of India among the top ten newspapers in the world, which is quite an accomplishment.
Dainik Jagran
Dainik Jagran, another Hindi daily, also makes the top 10 list. We found out on the internet that Dainik Jagran has one of the largest circulations in India. If this article had been written in 2017, it would have ranked number one. Jagran Prakashan limited, a publishing house listed on the Bombay stock exchange, owns this newspaper. A year ago, the company acquired Mid Day, and in 2012, Naiduniya.
Dainik Bhaskar
Dainik Bhaskar is on #1 and it is regarded as one of the country’s largest daily newspapers and as one of the top 10 Hindi-language newspapers as well. Dainik Bhaskar is the owner of this newspaper. According to the newspaper’s owner, Madhya Pradesh is the state where it is regulated and sold the most, and is one of the fastest-growing daily papers in India.
Malyala Manorama
Husband name suggest it’s a Malayalam published newspaper which is held by Malayala Manorama Company Limited. Malyala Manorama was published from Kottayam and came the alternate most popular newspaper in Kerala after Deepika, but when it comes down to rotation also you’ll be surprised to know that Malayala Manorama is the largest circulated newspaper in Kerala. The newspaper was first published as a daily in 1890 and presently holds a readership of over 20 million with roll base of over2.4 million duplicates.
Nav Bharat
Nav Bharat or NBT is considered to be one of the largest circulated and the largest Hindi journals in Delhi, Mumbai, and Lucknow. It came from the team of Bennett Coleman &Co. Ltd( BCCL) which is also said to be publishing other day-to-day journals like the Times of India, The profitable Times, Maharashtra Times, and along with some magazines like Filmfare and Femina. You ’d be surprised to know that NBT is one of the oldest products of the BCCL group.
The Hindu
The Hindu is an English language day-to-day newspaper that’s held by the Hindu group that has its headquarters in Chennai and Tamil Nadu. The newspaper started as a daily in 1878 and came a diurnal in 1889. It’s ranked as the alternate most circulated English language newspaper in India, after Times of India. As of 2018, The Hindu is reported to have published from 21 locales which were spread across 11 States in India.
Punjab Kesari
Punjab Kesar is a Hindi language newspaper of which is being published by numerous centres including Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh. The newspaper is possessed by the Punjab Kesari group, and is said to be one of the four newspaper started by this group, the other three are; Hind Samachar in Urdu, Jagbani in Punjabi languages and Navodaya Times in Hindi languages that comes from Delhi NCR.
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