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
51 Sol (newspaper) 522k 22.8 16.8% Newspaper
52 National Catholic Reporter 512k 39.8 24.8% Newspaper
53 Prothom Alo 501k 29.1 29.1% Newspaper
54 Deshabhimani 460k 39.1 9.5% Newspaper
55 Helsingin Sanomat 435k 42.5 60.5% Newspaper
56 Saamana 403k 36.4 19.2% Newspaper
57 Jyllands-Posten 401k 46.5 53.6% Newspaper
58 Namasthe Telangana 389k 31.8 6.8% Newspaper
59 Atlanta Times 349k 30.2 26.1% Newspaper
60 The Independent 334k 33.8 19.6% Newspaper
61 Focus 318k Newspaper
62 The Times 315k 29.4 18.7% Newspaper
63 Morning star 314k 42.8 43.3% Newspaper
64 Business Line 303k 32.6 17.9% Newspaper
65 Deccan Chronicle 291k 29.3 22.1% Newspaper
66 South China Morning Post 268k 36.5 29.9% Newspaper
67 Fakt 263k 31.5 30.4% Newspaper
68 The Stranger (newspaper) 254k 41.8 61.1% Newspaper
69 The Telegraph 229k 31.6 27.5% Newspaper
70 Automotive news 226k 36.2 13.9% Newspaper
71 Daily Express 223k 33.5 19.3% Newspaper
72 Arab News 216k 34.1 13.5% Newspaper
73 Siraj Daily 209k 38.5 6.6% Newspaper
74 Evening Times 205k 30.8 53.7% Newspaper
75 The New York Times 164k 34.5 20.0% 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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