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" (exaggeration by over-supplying papers to businesses).[1] 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.[2][3][note 1]
Newspaper | Country | Language | Circulation (thousands) |
---|---|---|---|
Yomiuri Shimbun | Japan | Japanese | 9,101 |
Dainik Jagran | India | Hindi | 6,866 |
Asahi Shimbun | Japan | Japanese | 6,480 |
Dainik Bhaskar | India | Hindi | 5,318 |
USA Today | USA | English | 2,600 |
The Mainichi Newspapers | Japan | Japanese | 3,166 |
Reference News | China | Chinese | 3,073 |
Amar Ujala | India | Hindi | 2,935 |
The Times of India | India | English | 2,836 |
The Nikkei | Japan | Japanese | 2,729 |
People's Daily | China | Chinese | 2,603 |
Chunichi Shimbun | Japan | Japanese | 2,452 |
Hindustan Dainik | India | Hindi | 2,410 |
Malayala Manorama | India | Malayalam | 2,343 |
The Wall Street Journal | USA | English | 2,379 |
Bild | Germany | German | 2,220 |
The New York Times | USA | English | 2,134 |
Guangzhou Daily | China | Chinese | 1,880 |
Nanfang Daily | China | Chinese | 1,853 |
Rajasthan Patrika | India | Hindi | 1,812 |
Historical data
Worldwide circulation figures for previous years can be seen from WAN-IFRA and IFABC here.
See also
Notes
- Some figures are disputed; the numbers for Japanese newspapers have been subjected to claims of "oshigami" or exaggeration by over-supplying papers to businesses.
References
- The Australian: Omens from the shrinking Japanese newspaper business
- Milosevic, Mira (2016). "World Press Trends 2016" (PDF). WAN-IFRA. p. 58. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- "World Press Trends 2016: Facts and Figures". wptdatabase.org. WAN-IFRA. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- Milosevic, Mira; Chishlom, Jim; Kilman, Larry; Teemu, Henriksson (2014). "World Press Trends 2014" (PDF). WAN-IFRA. p. 37. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- "Summaries | World Press Trends Database". wptdatabase.org. WAN-IFRA. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- "National Newpapers Total Circulation" (XLS). ifabc.org. International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Certification. December 20, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2018.