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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
51 Star-News 533k 32.4 9.7% Newspaper
52 Sol (newspaper) 514k 22.8 16.8% Newspaper
53 National Catholic Reporter 505k 39.8 24.8% Newspaper
54 Deshabhimani 455k 39.1 9.5% Newspaper
55 Helsingin Sanomat 428k 42.5 60.5% Newspaper
56 Saamana 415k 36.4 19.2% Newspaper
57 Namasthe Telangana 402k 31.8 6.8% Newspaper
58 Jyllands-Posten 396k 46.5 53.6% Newspaper
59 The Independent 339k 33.8 19.6% Newspaper
60 The Times 328k 29.4 18.7% Newspaper
61 Focus 313k Newspaper
62 Morning star 309k 42.8 43.3% Newspaper
63 Business Line 300k 32.6 17.9% Newspaper
64 Deccan Chronicle 300k 29.3 22.1% Newspaper
65 Fakt 263k 31.5 30.4% Newspaper
66 Tempo (Indonesian magazine) 259k 30.7 20.0% Newspaper
67 Evening Times 256k 30.8 53.7% Newspaper
68 Arab News 241k 34.1 13.5% Newspaper
69 South China Morning Post 237k 36.5 29.9% Newspaper
70 Daily News (Harare) 234k 35.8 48.0% Newspaper
71 Daily Express 231k 33.5 19.3% Newspaper
72 The Telegraph 230k 31.6 27.5% Newspaper
73 Automotive news 226k 36.2 13.9% Newspaper
74 Siraj Daily 209k 38.5 6.6% Newspaper
75 The New York Times 169k 34.5 20.0% 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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