Following are the top five Tamil 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 TAMIL DAILIEs | |||
| Rank | Newspaper | IRS 2007 ROUND 2 | IRS 2008 ROUND 2 |
| 1 | Daily Thanthi | 208.79 | 205.75 |
| 2 | Dinakaran | 160.76 | 168.25 |
| 3 | Dinamalar | 112.97 | 104.35 |
| 4 | Malai Malar | 31.60 | 32.62 |
| 5 | Dinamani | 27.44 | 24.82 |
| (All figures are in lakhs) | |||
