Readership: more gains than losses
Seven out of the top ten English newspapers have registered a growth in readership over the year 2011 with the exception of the Mumbai Mirror. Five out of ten Hindi newspapers have shown a steady increase over the year.
An analysis by INDIRA AKOIJAM
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Seven out of the top ten English newspapers have registered a growth in readership over the year 2011 with the exception of the Mumbai Mirror.The Times of India and Hindustan Times are still the 1st and 2nd most widely read newspapers with an Average Issue Readership of 74.67 lakh and 37.33 lakh respectively, according to the IRS Q3 2011 results, though they lost 4,000 readers each in the last quarter. The Mumbai Mirror has declined from 7.8 lakh readers in the 1st quarter to 7.6 lakh in the third quarter.
Other English dailies such as The Hindu, The Telegraph, The New Indian Express, The Tribune, DNA, The Economic Times, Deccan Chronicle and Mumbai Mirror all registered growth. The highest growth has been registered by The Hindu among top English dailies, adding 92,000 readers with an AIR of 21.69 lakh in the third quarter.
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IRS 2011 (AIR)
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TOP 10 ENGLISH DAILIES
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DAILIES
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Q1
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Q2
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Q3
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1
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The Times of India
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74.42 lakh
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74.71 lakh
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74.67 lakh
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2
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Hindustan Times
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36.92 lakh
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37.37 lakh
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37.33 lakh
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3
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The Hindu
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20.95 lakh
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20.77 lakh
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21.69 lakh
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4
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The Telegraph
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12.03 lakh
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12.09 lakh
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12.66 lakh
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5
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Deccan Chronicle
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10.35 lakh
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10.88 lakh
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10.94 lakh
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6
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DNA
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8.22 lakh
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8.24 lakh
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8.63 lakh
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7
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TheEconomic Times
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7.69 lakh
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7.85lakh
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8.16 lakh
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8
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Mumbai Mirror
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7.80 lakh
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7.58 lakh
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7.60 lakh
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9
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The Tribune
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5.69 lakh
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5.67 lakh
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5.99 lakh
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The New Indian Express
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5.50 lakh
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5.59 lakh
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5.93 lakh
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IRS 2011 (AIR)
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TOP 10 HINDI DAILIES
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DAILIES
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Q1
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Q2
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Q3
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1
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Dainik Jagran
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159 lakh
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163 lakh
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164 lakh
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2
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Dainik Bhaskar
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140 lakh
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141 lakh
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148 lakh
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3
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Hindustan
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118 lakh
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120 lakh
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119 lakh
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4
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Amar Ujala
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87.47 lakh
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88.91 lakh
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88.36 lakh
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5
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Rajasthan Patrika
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70.33 lakh
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69.41 lakh
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69.18 lakh
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6
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Punjab Kesri
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34.79 lakh
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34.14 lakh
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33.26 lakh
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7
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Navbharat Times
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25.89 lakh
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25.81 lakh
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26.5 lakh
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8
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Prabhat Khabar
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18.12 lakh
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18.93 lakh
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20.63 lakh
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9
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Nai Dunia
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17.62 lakh
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17.14 lakh
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16.30 lakh
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10
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Patrika
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12.51 lakh
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14.3 lakh
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Five out of ten Hindi newspapers have shown a steady increase over the year.Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar continue to lead the Hindi dailies by occupying the 1st and 2nd positions respectively.
Hindustan lost one lakh readers compared to the last quarte, and ranks third. The highest growth that was registered among the Hindi dailies is that of Patrika (IRS Q1 2011-12.51 lakh and IRS Q2 2011-14.3 lakh) with 14.31% increase in Q3 as compared to the previous quarter. The newspaper did not figure in the top 10 list of Hindi dailies in the first quarter. But other dailies like Amar Ujala, Rajasthan Patrika, Punjab Kesari, Navbharat Times and Nai Dunia have seen a drop in their Average Issue Readerships in the Q3 results.
Jagran has topped the list of publications with an AIR of 164.58 lakhs, while Bhaskar is at 148.79 lakhs per IRS Q3 2011 results. Regional publications like the Malayala Manorama continues to lead while Tamil paper Daily Thanthi registered a growth in their AIR 74.47 lakhs which has seen an addition of 1,57,000 readers in this quarter. Among the English dailies, The Times of India is the only English daily that figures in the list of the top 10 publications with 74.67 lakhs at the 7th spo
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