World’s 100 Largest Newspapers-By Circulation

Right now, there are more than 7,000 newspapers published around the world, and about a quarter of them are American papers. Each day, Americans buy some 61 million copies of their favorite papers!
The largest-selling paper in the United States is the New York Daily News, which sells about two million copies each day. The Wall Street Journal is second, with about 1.5 million copies sold daily. The Los Angeles Times is third, and the New York Times is fourth.

world's 100 largest newspapers by circulation Japan and China take 9 of the top 10 spots; Greece enters at #17, the United States at #19.

Rank Title 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 Sankei Shimbun Japan 2,757 8 Canako Xiaoxi (Beijing) China 2,627 9 People’s Daily China 2,509 10 Tokyo Sports Japan 2,425 11 The Sun United Kingdom 2,419 12 The Chosun Ilbo South Korea 2,378 13 USA Today USA 2,310 14 The Wall Street Journal USA 2,107 15 Daily Mail UK 2,093 16 The Joongang Ilbo South Korea 2,084 17 The Dong-A Ilbo South Korea 2,052 18 Nikkan Sports Japan 1,965 19 Hokkaido Shimbun Japan 1,922 20 Dainik Jagran India 1,911 21 Yangtse Evening Post China 1,715 22 Sports Nippon Japan 1,711 23 The Nikkan Gendai Japan 1,686 24 Times of India India 1,680 25 Guangzhou Daily China 1,650 26 The Mirror UK 1,597 27 Yukan Fuji Japan 1,559 28 Shizuoka Shimbun Japan 1,479 29 Nanfang City News (Guangzhou) China 1,410 30 Dainik Bhaskar India 1,405 31 Sankei Sports Japan 1,368 32 Hochi Shimbun Japan 1,354 33 Yangcheng Evening News (Guangzhou) China 1,320 34 Malayala Manorama India 1,309 35 Liberty Times Taiwan 1,300 36 Thai Rath Thailand 1,200 37 New York Times USA 1,121 38 Hindustan Times India 1,108 39 Chutian Metro Daily (Wuhan) China 1,084 40 Gujarat Samachar India 1,051 41 Ananda Bazar Patrika India 1,046 42 Xinmin Evening News (Shanghai) China 1,045 43 Eenadu India 1,039 44 Nishi-Nippon Shimbun Japan 1,025 45 Kronen Zeitung Austria 1,009 46 WAZ Mediengruppe Germany 1,001 47 United Daily News Taiwan 1,000 48 China Times Taiwan 1,000 49 Daily Sports Japan 999 50 The Hindu India 989 51 Hindustan India 957 52 Beijing Evening News China 950 53 Mathrubhumi India 904 54 Los Angeles Times USA 902 55 Information Times China 900 56 Daily News Thailand 900 57 Al-Ahram Egypt 900 58 Peninsula City News China 860 59 Kom Chad Luek Thailand 850 60 Kyoto Shimbun Japan 825 61 Kobe Shimbun Japan 821 62 Punjab Kesari India 817 63 Komsomolskaya Pravda Russia 817 64 Rajasthan Patrika India 804 65 Dahe Newspaper China 796 66 Chugoku Shimbun Japan 789 67 Ouest France France 783 68 Daily Sakai India 783 69 Jang Pakistan 775 70 AJ India 759 71 De Telegraaf The Netherlands 753 72 Qianjiang Evening News China 750 73 Qilu Evening News China 750 74 Nanfang Daily China 750 75 Daily Thanthi India 750 76 Moskovskiy Komsomolets Russia 750 77 Sandesh India 743 78 Daily Express UK 720 79 New York Daily News USA 715 80 The Washington Post USA 708 81 Daily Star UK 705 82 Today Evening News China 699 83 New York Post USA 686 84 Corriere della Sera Italy 677 85 Wuhan Evening News China 660 86 Modern Express China 651 87 Yanzhao Metro Daily China 650 88 Metro Express China 650 89 Zeitungsgruppe Koln Germany 628 90 Kahoku Shimpo Japan 622 91 La Repubblica Italy 622 92 Trud Russia 613 93 Beijing Youth Daily China 606 94 Chicago Tribune USA 601 95 New Express China 600 96 Daily Sunshine China 600 97 Matichon Thailand 600 98 Khao Sod Thailand 600 99 Apple Daily Taiwan 600 100 Min Sheng Pao Taiwan 600

Source World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 www.wan-press.org/rubrique75.html ((Note: Newspapers in some countries do not submit their figures to independent Audit Bureaux of Circulation. In these cases, figures are provided by the publishers themselves or other sources and cannot be verified independently. Publication in this list does not imply that WAN endorses these figures.