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Newspaper circulation

Best-selling English language daily newspapers as of 2002, with circulation:

  1. The Sun 3,541,002 United Kingdom (tabloid)
  2. The Daily Mail 2,342,982 United Kingdom (tabloid)
  3. The Daily Mirror 2,148,058 United Kingdom (tabloid)
  4. The Times of India 2,144,842 India
  5. USA Today 2,120,357 United States
  6. The Hindustan Times 1,857,000 India
  7. The Wall Street Journal 1,800,607 United States
  8. The New York Times 1,113,000 United States
  9. The Los Angeles Times 965,633 United States
  10. The Daily Telegraph 923,815 United Kingdom
  11. The Daily Express 916,055 United Kingdom (tabloid)
  12. The Hindu 853,475 India
  13. The Daily Star 819,203 United Kingdom (tabloid)
  14. The Washington Post 746,724 United States
  15. The New York Daily News 715,070 United States
  16. The Times 619,682 United Kingdom
  17. The Chicago Tribune 613,429 United States

2003 circulation numbers for U.S. newspapers are listed here. For circulation about German newspapers, see the list of German newspapers.

Best-selling daily newspapers in any language as of 1998, with circulation:

  1. Yomiuri Shimbun 14,500,000 Japan
  2. Asahi Shimbun 12,600,000 Japan
  3. Sichuan Ribao 8,000,000 People's Republic of China
  4. Mainichi Shimbun 5,850,000 Japan
  5. Bild 5,670,000 Germany
  6. Chunichi Shimbun 4,320,000 Japan
  7. The Sun 3,720,000 United Kingdom
  8. Renmin Ribao 3,000,000 People's Republic of China
  9. Sankei Shimbun 2,890,000 Japan
  10. Nihon Keizai Shimbun 2,710,000 Japan
  11. Gongren Ribao 2,500,000 Japan
  12. The Daily Mail 2,390,000 United Kingdom
  13. The Daily Mirror 2,340,000 United Kingdom
  14. Chosun Ilbo 2,220,000 South Korea
  15. Dong-A Ilbo 2,150,000 South Korea
  16. Hokkaido Shimbun 1,960,000 Japan
  17. Eleftherotypia 1,860,000 Greece
  18. Xin Min Wan Bao 1,750,000 People's Republic of China
  19. The Wall Street Journal 1,740,000 United States
  20. Yangcheng Wanbao 1,730,000 People's Republic of China
  21. Kerala Kaumudi 1,720,000 India
  22. Wen Hui Bao Daily 1,700,000 People's Republic of China
  23. USA Today 1,650,000 United States
  24. Joong-Ang Daily News 1,550,000 South Korea
  25. Economic Daily 1,500,000 People's Republic of China
  26. Rodong Sinmun 1,500,000 North Korea
  27. Kyung-Hyang Daily News 1,480,000 South Korea
  28. Sports Nippon 1,450,000 Japan
  29. Shizuoka Shimbun 1,440,000 Japan
  30. Sankei Sports 1,360,000 Japan
  31. West Deutche Allgemeine 1,310,000 Germany
  32. United Daily News 1,300,000 Taiwan
  33. China Times 1,270,000 People's Republic of China
  34. O Estado de Sao Paulo 1,230,000 Brazil
  35. Jang Daily 1,200,000 Pakistan
  36. Jang Lahore 1,200,000 Pakistan
  37. Akhbar El Yom 1,160,000 Egypt
  38. Hankook Ilbo 1,160,000 South Korea
  39. Hochi Shimbun 1,120,000 Japan
  40. The Daily Express 1,120,000 United Kingdom
  41. The Los Angeles Times 1,070,000 United States
  42. The New York Times 1,070,000 United States
  43. Tokyo Shimbun 1,060,000 Japan
  44. The Daily Telegraph 1,050,000 United Kingdom
  45. Nishinippon Shimbun 1,040,000 Japan