List of newspapers by circulation

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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).[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/omens-from-the-shrinking-japanese-newspaper-business/story-e6frg996-1225809984734 The Australian: Omens from the shrinking Japanese newspaper business] Free newspapers are not counted.

==Top newspapers by circulation==

This list below shows paid newspaper dailies by circulation worldwide. The data is compiled from WAN-IFRA's World Press Trends 2016 report.{{cite web |url=http://anp.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/WAN-IFRA_WPT_2016_3.pdf|title=World Press Trends 2016|last=Milosevic|first=Mira|date=2016|publisher=WAN-IFRA|page=58|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115184445/http://anp.cl/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/WAN-IFRA_WPT_2016_3.pdf |access-date=January 15, 2018|archive-date=2018-01-15 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wptdatabase.org/world-press-trends-2016-facts-and-figures|title=World Press Trends 2016: Facts and Figures|website=wptdatabase.org|publisher=WAN-IFRA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706110804/http://www.wptdatabase.org/world-press-trends-2016-facts-and-figures|archive-date=July 6, 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=January 15, 2018}}{{NoteTag|Some figures are disputed; the numbers for Japanese newspapers have been subjected to claims of "oshigami" or exaggeration by over-supplying papers to businesses.}}

class="wikitable sortable" ! Position !! Newspaper !! Country !! Language !! Circulation (thousands)
1	The Times of India	India	English	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 Yomiuri Shimbun	Japan	Japanese	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