Following are the top five Kannada newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC).
Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers.
| TOP 5 KANNADA DAILIEs | |||
| Rank | Newspaper | IRS 2007 ROUND 2 | IRS 2008 ROUND 2 |
| 1 | Vijay Karnataka | 99.40 | 92.18 |
| 2 | Prajavani | 66.41 | 58.32 |
| 3 | Samyukta Karnataka | 30.10 | 27.35 |
| 4 | Udayavani | 29.09 | 25.10 |
| 5 | Kannada Prabha | 25.52 | 20.40 |
| (All figures are in lakhs) | |||
