Popularity ranking · India

The 100 most popular Newspapers in India

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in India, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 693 newspapers tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Algemeen Dagblad, The Times of India and Dainik Jagran lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 29M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.7M, and the largest, Algemeen Dagblad, reaches around 9.7M people in India. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with each newspaper, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across India and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in India who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in India. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in India, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in India. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Algemeen Dagblad 9.7M 43.4 60.3% Newspaper
2 The Times of India 9.4M 33.2 23.7% Newspaper
3 Dainik Jagran 9.4M 33.3 20.0% Newspaper
4 Navbharat Times 7.3M 35.3 21.4% Newspaper
5 Dainik Bhaskar 7M 34.0 21.6% Newspaper
6 Loksatta 6.8M 35.8 20.4% Newspaper
7 Manorama Online 6.7M 39.3 34.4% Newspaper
8 Amar Ujala 6.7M 35.2 18.3% Newspaper
9 The Economic Times 6M 34.5 21.8% Newspaper
10 Maharashtra Times 6M 35.0 22.5% Newspaper
11 Divya Bhaskar 5.9M 36.1 24.3% Newspaper
12 Anandabazar Patrika 5.7M 34.2 23.8% Newspaper
13 Dinamalar 5.6M 38.4 14.9% Newspaper
14 The Hindu 5.5M 32.9 19.3% Newspaper
15 Hindustan Times 5M 31.3 24.3% Newspaper
16 Eenadu 4.8M 33.0 15.1% Newspaper
17 The Indian Express 4.7M 32.2 23.0% Newspaper
18 Resumé (magazine) 4.7M 37.1 51.8% Newspaper
19 Rajasthan Patrika 3.6M 32.8 13.4% Newspaper
20 Sakshi (newspaper) 3.3M 33.4 19.9% Newspaper
21 Gujarat Samachar 3.3M 39.0 24.1% Newspaper
22 Maalai Malar 2.7M 35.9 16.9% Newspaper
23 Prajavani 2.5M 34.2 17.7% Newspaper
24 Kannada Prabha 2.1M 34.0 18.8% Newspaper
25 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 2.1M 33.4 27.5% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular newspapers compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across India and ranks each newspaper by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest newspaper in India?

Algemeen Dagblad currently leads with an estimated audience of 9.7M people in India.

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