This is a list of paid daily newspapers in the world by average circulation. Worldwide newspaper circulation figures are compiled by the International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations and World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers. This list shows the latest figures that are publicly available through either organisation.
Some figures are disputed; the numbers for Japanese newspapers have been subjected to claims of "oshigami" (exaggeration by over-supplying papers to businesses).[1] Free newspapers are not counted.
This list below shows paid newspaper dailies by circulation worldwide. The data is compiled from WAN-IFRA's World Press Trends 2016 report.[2] [3]
| Position | Newspaper | Country | Language | Circulation (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Yomiuri Shimbun | Japan | Japanese | 9 101 | |
| 2 | The Asahi Shimbun | Japan | Japanese | 6 622 | |
| 3 | USA Today | USA | English | 4 139 | |
| 4 | Dainik Bhaskar | India | Hindi | 3 818 | |
| 5 | Dainik Jagran | India | Hindi | 3 308 | |
| 6 | The Mainichi Newspapers | Japan | Japanese | 3 166 | |
| 7 | Cankao Xiaoxi | China | Chinese | 3 073 | |
| 8 | Amar Ujala | India | Hindi | 2 935 | |
| 9 | The Times of India | India | English | 2 836 | |
| 10 | The Nikkei | Japan | Japanese | 2 729 | |
| 11 | People's Daily | China | Chinese | 2 603 | |
| 12 | The Chunichi Shimbun | Japan | Japanese | 2 452 | |
| 13 | Hindustan | India | Hindi | 2 410 | |
| 14 | Malayala Manorama | India | Malayalam | 2 343 | |
| 15 | The Wall Street Journal | USA | English | 2 276 | |
| 16 | Bild | Germany | German | 2 220 | |
| 17 | The New York Times | USA | English | 2 134 | |
| 18 | Guangzhou Daily | China | Chinese | 1 880 | |
| 19 | Nanfang City News | China | Chinese | 1 853 | |
| 20 | Rajasthan Patrika | India | Hindi | 1 812 |
Worldwide circulation figures for previous years can be seen from WAN-IFRA and IFABC here.