| National Readership Survey 2006 |
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Magazines |
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Present Readership (2006) |
Previous readership (2005) |
Growth/Decline |
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Newspapers and Magazines |
222 million |
216 million |
(+) 7 million |
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| Magazine (mainstream) |
68 million |
75 million |
(-) 7.1 million |
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| Non-English dailies |
203.6 million |
191.0 million |
(+) 12.6 million |
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| English
dailies |
21 million |
21 million |
0 |
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Dailies |
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Title |
Readership |
Previous Position |
% decline-growth |
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| 1 |
Dainik Jagran |
21,200,000 |
1 |
(-) 0.37 |
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Dainik Bhaskar’ |
20,900,000 |
2 |
(+) 20.59 |
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| 3 |
Eenadu |
13,800,000 |
3 |
(+) 21.6 |
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| 4 |
Lokmat |
10,900,000 |
7 |
(+) 23.08 |
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AmarUjala |
10,800,000 |
5 |
(+) 3.61 |
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| 6 |
Hindustan |
10,400,000 |
4 |
(+) 1.13 |
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| 7 |
Daily Thanthi |
10,400,000 |
6 |
(+) 9.99 |
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| 8 |
Dinakaran |
9,639,000 |
39 |
(+) 549 |
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| 9 |
Rajastan Patrika |
9,391,000 |
8 |
(+) 8.55 |
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Malayala
Manorama |
8,409,000 |
10 |
(+) 5.3 |
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| Note: |
Times
of India' , the only English Daily, that was among the top 10 in NRS 2005,
has dropped to the number 11 this year. |
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English Dailies |
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Title |
Readership |
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| 1 |
The Times of
India |
7.4 million |
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| 2 |
The Hindu |
4.05 million |
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| 3 |
The Hindustan
Times |
3.85 million |
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Magazines |
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| Position |
Title |
Present
Readership |
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| 1 |
Saras Salil
(Hindi) |
7,139,000 |
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| 2 |
India Today
(English) |
5,150,000 |
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| 3 |
Vanitha
(Malayalam) |
4,115,000 |
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| 4 |
Grihashobha
(Hindi) |
3,788,000 |
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| 5 |
Kumudam |
3,698,000 |
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| 6 |
Kungmum |
3,347,000 |
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| 7 |
Swati Sap Vara
Pat |
3,408,000 |
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| 8 |
Sarita |
2,820,000 |
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| 9 |
Meri Saheli |
2,610,000 |
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| 10 |
Balarama |
2,526,000 |
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