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
76 The Moscow Times 161k 30.1 0.0% Newspaper
77 Daily News 159k 26.8 15.0% Newspaper
78 7days 156k 35.4 33.4% Newspaper
79 The Assam Tribune 153k 30.8 23.0% Newspaper
80 XPRESS (newspaper) 146k 30.7 25.5% Newspaper
81 Libération 137k 43.2 27.8% Newspaper
82 Verdens Gang 134k 43.0 57.2% Newspaper
83 Daily News (Harare) 133k 35.8 48.0% Newspaper
84 Bangalore Mirror 120k 34.0 25.0% Newspaper
85 The Times (Shreveport) 111k 43.4 60.9% Newspaper
86 Nepali Times 107k 36.1 20.6% Newspaper
87 China Daily 101k 28.7 17.6% Newspaper
88 Daily Star (United Kingdom) 99k 28.0 13.0% Newspaper
89 Times of Oman 94k 34.8 18.7% Newspaper
90 Posta (newspaper) 89k 23.8 35.1% Newspaper
91 The Sun News 88k 37.4 22.5% Newspaper
92 Defense News 88k 31.6 13.0% Newspaper
93 Al-Ittihad (Emirati newspaper) 88k 37.8 0.0% Newspaper
94 La Repubblica 87k 23.8 26.4% Newspaper
95 Mumbai Mirror 84k 37.9 20.8% Newspaper
96 Le Monde 82k 35.1 23.9% Newspaper
97 The Atlantic 79k 34.8 21.5% Newspaper
98 Marca (newspaper) 77k 30.2 38.8% Newspaper
99 Daily Mirror 74k 33.8 46.2% Newspaper
100 ekantipur 69k 31.4 21.7% 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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