Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Jagran tops IRS list, ToI at 10th

So, the list is out for people like us to relish.
Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran has retained its top position among top 10 dailies of the country whereas Times of India is the only English daily (though HT continues to say that it's readership is highest in northern region) to figure in the list on the 10th spot.
The readership for Dainik Jagran is 1.90 crore followed by Dainik Bhaskar with 1.4 crore. Daily Thanthi occupies third position with 1.02 crore readership. The top three dailies have registered some erosion in number of readers.Hindi daily Amar Ujala retains the fourth position with 98 lakh readers.There has been some reshuffle at the lower half where Malayala Manorama slipped from the number five spot to number six and Hindustan notching up to fifth position with 97.24 lakh readers.The other dailies occupying seventh to 10 position respectively include Lokmat, Eenadu, Mathrubhumi and Times of India (70.8 lakh readership).