Tamil newspaper Daily Thanthi and Marathi newspaper Lokmat have broken the top order pushing Malayala Manorama to 3rd position. The Malayalam newspaper has long held the number one position among the newspapers of the region. Daily Thanthi IRS 2017 is the most widely read language daily in the country.
Telugu daily Eenadu is the fourth reading language followed by Bengali daily Anandabazar Patrika at number 5. Tamil daily Dinakaran, Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi, Gujarati daily Gujarat Samachar, Tamil daily Dinamalar and Marathi Daily Sakalare are among the top 10 regional newspapers in India.
{Number of readers (last month) in 000s}
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REGIONAL LANGUAGE
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IRS 2017
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Daily Thanthi
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23149
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Lokmat
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18066
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Malayalam Manorama (D)
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15999
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Eenadu
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15848
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Ananda Bazar Patrika
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12763
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Dinakaran
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12083
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Mathrubhumi
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11848
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Gujarat Samachar
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11784
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Dinamalar
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11659
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Sakal of the day
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10498
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Top 5 Newspapers of Assam
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ASSAMESE
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IRS 2017
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Asomiya Pratidi
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2162
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Asomiya Khabar
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814
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Niyamiya Barta
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782
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From Assam
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628
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Amar Asom
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583
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Top 5 Bengali Newspapers
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BENGAL
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IRS 2017
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Ananda Bazar Patrika
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12763
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Bartaman
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9674
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Sangbad Pratidi
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3270
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HiSamay
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2646
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Uttar Banga Sambad
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2007
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Top 5 Gujarati Newspapers
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GUJARAT
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IRS 2017
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Gujarat Samachar
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11784
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Sandesh
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10352
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Divya Bhaskar
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7841
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Kutch Mitra
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695
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Saurashtra Samachar
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647
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Top 5 Kannada Newspapers
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KANNADA
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IRS 2017
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Vijay Karnataka
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6925
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Vijayavani
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6482
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Prajavani
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6435
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Udayavani
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3098
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Kannada Prabha
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2263
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Top 5 Malayalam Newspapers
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MALAYALAM
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IRS 2017
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Malayalam Manorama
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15999
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Mathrubhumi
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11848
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Deshabhimani
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5406
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Madhyamam
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2214
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Kerala Kaumudi
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1293
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Top 5 Marathi Newspapers
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MARATHI
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IRS 2017
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Lokmat
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18066
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Sakal of the day
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10498
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Punya Nagari
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9520
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Pudhari
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7273
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Loksatta
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3794
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Top 5 Oriya dailies
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ORIYA
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IRS 2017
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Sambad
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6594
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Samaj
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5630
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Prameya
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3695
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to Dhari
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3542
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Samaya
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1097
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Top 5 Punjabi Newspapers
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PUNJABI
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IRS 2017
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Jag Bani
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4149
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Ajit
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4013
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Punjabi Tribune
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793
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In Punjabi Jagra
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628
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SachKahoon
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293
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Top 5 Tamil newspapers
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TAMIL
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IRS 2017
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Daily Thanthi
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23149
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Dinakaran
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12083
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Dinamalar
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11659
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Maalai Malar
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3074
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the hindu
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2890
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Top 5 Telugu dailies
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TELUGU
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IRS 2017
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Eenadu
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15848
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Sakshi
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9341
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Andhra Jyothi
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6354
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Namasthe Telangana
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3196
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Vaartha
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672
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Top 5 Urdu dailies
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URDU
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IRS 2017
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Inquilab
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778
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Roznama Rashtriya Sahara
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307
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Akbar-e-Mashriq
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284
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Munsif
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228
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politics
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221
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