World 100 Largest Newspapers

World 100 Largest Newspapers

Rank	Newspaper Name	Country	Circulation (000)
1.	Yomiuri Shimbun	Japan	14,067
2.	The Asahi Shimbun	Japan	12,121
3.	Mainichi Shimbun	Japan	5,587
4.	Nihon Keizai Shimbun	Japan	4,635
5.	Chunichi Shimbun	Japan	4,512
6.	Bild	Germany	3,867
7.	News of the World	UK	3,516
8.	The Sun	UK	3,149
9.	Sankei Shimbun	Japan	2,757
10.	Canako Xiaoxi	China	2,627
11.	USA Today	USA	2,528
12.	People’s Daily	China	2,509
13.	Tokyo Sports	Japan	2,425
14.	The Daily Mail	UK	2,390
15.	The Chosun Ilbo	South Korea	2,378
16.	The Mail on Sunday	UK	2,342
17.	Argumenty I Fakty	Russia	2,300
18.	The Joongang Ilbo	South Korea	2,084
19.	The Wall Street Journal	USA	2,058
20.	The Dong-A Ilbo	South Korea	2,052
21.	Nikkan Sports	Japan	1,965
22.	Hokkaido Shimbun	Japan	1,922
23.	Dainik Jagran	India	1,911
24.	Yangtse Evening Post	China	1,715
25.	Sports Nippon	Japan	1,711
26.	The Nikkan Gendai	Japan	1,686
27.	The New York Times	USA	1,684
28.	Times of India	India	1,680
29.	Guangzhou Daily	China	1,650
30.	Daily Mirror	UK	1,634
31.	Yukan Fuji	Japan	1,559
32.	Shizuoka Shimbun	Japan	1,479
33.	Sunday Mirror	UK	1,450
34.	Nanfang City News	China	1,410
35.	Dainik Bhaskar	India	1,405
36.	Sankei Sports	Japan	1,368
37.	Hochi Shimbun	Japan	1,354
38.	Yangcheng Evening News	China	1,320
39.	Malayala Manorama	India	1,309
40.	The Sunday Times	UK	1,303
41.	Liberty Times	Taiwan	1,300
42.	Los Angeles Times	USA	1,231
43.	Thai Rath	Thailand	1,200
44.	Hindustan Times	India	1,108
45.	Chutian Metro Daily	China	1,084
46.	Gujarat Samachar	India	1,051
47.	Ananda Bazar Patrika	India	1,046
48.	Xinmin Evening News	China	1,045
49.	Eenadu	India	1,039
50.	Nishinippon Shimbun	Japan	1,025
51.	Kronen Zeitung	Austria	1,009
52.	WAZ	Germany	1,001
53.	United Daily News	Taiwan	1,000
54.	China Times	Taiwan	1,000
55.	Daily Sports	Japan	999
56.	The Hindu	India	989
57.	The Washington Post	USA	961
58.	Chicago Tribune	USA	957
59.	Hindustan	India	957
60.	Beijing Evening News	China	950
61.	Mathrubhumi	India	904
62.	The Daily Telegraph	UK	900
63.	Daily News	Thailand	900
64.	Al-Ahram	Egypt	900
65.	Information Times	China	900
66.	Peninsula City News	China	860
67.	Kom Chad Luek	Thailand	850
68.	Segodnya	Ukraine	849
69.	Daily Express	UK	845
70.	The People	UK	838
71.	Kyoto Shimbun	Japan	825
72.	Kobe Shimbun	Japan	821
73.	Komsomolskaya Pravda	Russia	817
74.	Punjab Kesari	India	817
75.	Sunday Express	UK	809
76.	Rajasthan Patrika	India	804
77.	Dahe Newspaper	China	796
78.	New York Daily News	USA	795
79.	Chugoku Shimbun	Japan	789
80.	Daily Star	UK	786
81.	Daily Sakai	India	783
82.	Ouest France	France	783
83.	Jang	Pakistan	775
84.	Fakty i Kommentarii	Ukraine	761
85.	AJ	India	759
86.	De Telegraaf	The Netherlands	753
87.	Moskovsky Komsomolets	Russia	750
88.	Daily Thanthi	India	750
89.	Qianjiang Evening News	China	750
90.	Qilu Evening News	China	750
91.	Nanfang Daily	China	750
92.	Sandesh	India	743
93.	Sunday Telegraph	Australia	734
94.	Philadelphia Inquirer	USA	706
95.	Today Evening News	China	699
96.	Houston Chronicle	USA	693
97.	New York Post	USA	691
98.	Corriere della Sera	Italy	677
99.	The Sunday Telegraph	UK	665
100.	The Times	UK	664

Runner-ups

Rank	Newspaper Name	Country	Circulation (000)
101.	Wuhan Evening News	China	660
102.	Modern Express	China	651
103.	Dallas Morning News	USA	650
104.	Yanzhao Metro Daily	China	650
105.	Toronto Star	Canada	640
106.	Kahoku Shimpo	Japan	622
107.	La Repubblica	Italy	622
108.	Trud	Russia	613
109.	Minneapolis Star Tribune	USA	607
110.	Beijing Youth Daily	China	606
111.	Boston Globe	USA	604

Sources

World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005
Canadian Newspaper Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations UK
Audit Bureau of Circulations USA
BBC News - "The press in Russia", "The press in Ukraine"