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Top 100 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 677 newspapers tracked in India, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. The Times of India, Algemeen Dagblad and Dainik Jagran lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 29M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.8M, and the largest, The Times of India, 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
26 Kannada Prabha 2.1M 34.0 18.8% Newspaper
27 Madhyamam Daily 2M 41.2 21.6% Newspaper
28 Sakal 1.8M 34.7 19.9% Newspaper
29 Dinamani 1.7M 41.5 21.0% Newspaper
30 Deccan Herald 1.4M 39.0 22.3% Newspaper
31 Now (newspaper) 1.4M 24.5 4.2% Newspaper
32 The Stranger (newspaper) 1.3M 34.6 51.0% Newspaper
33 The Wall Street Journal 1.3M 36.7 17.7% Newspaper
34 Andhra Jyothy 1.3M 33.1 14.8% Newspaper
35 Business Standard 1.2M 33.7 15.7% Newspaper
36 Dagens Industri 1.2M 45.1 42.1% Newspaper
37 Pudhari 1.2M 36.7 18.1% Newspaper
38 Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 1.1M 41.8 55.0% Newspaper
39 Dawn News 1.1M 33.1 11.7% Newspaper
40 TheMarker Online 1.1M 31.2 45.0% Newspaper
41 Göteborgs-Posten 1M 44.7 52.3% Newspaper
42 Financial Times 934k 36.5 18.5% Newspaper
43 Kuwait Times 928k 30.6 0.0% Newspaper
44 Daily Mail 825k 33.5 21.6% Newspaper
45 The Guardian 802k 32.2 21.2% Newspaper
46 USA Today 631k 28.2 23.6% Newspaper
47 Prothom Alo 626k 29.1 29.1% Newspaper
48 China Times 585k 49.3 30.3% Newspaper
49 The Washington Post 584k 36.6 18.5% Newspaper
50 Udayavani 566k 34.8 17.5% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list 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?

The Times of India currently leads with an estimated audience of 9.7M people in India.

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