Following are the top ten daily newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research.
Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers.
| TOP 10 DAILIES | |||
| Rank | Newspaper | IRS 2009 R2 | IRS 2010 Q1 |
| 1 | Dainik Jagran (Hindi) | 160.96 | 163.13 |
| 2 | Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi) | 128.8 | 133.29 |
| 3 | Hindustan (Hindi) | 93.36 | 99.14 |
| 4 | Malayala Manorama (Malayalam) | 91.83 | 95.94 |
| 5 | Amar Ujala (Hindi) | 82.99 | 84.91 |
| 6 | Lokmat (Marathi) | 71.04 | 73.61 |
| 7 | Daily Thanthi (Tamil) | 75.17 | 73.53 |
| 8 | The Times Of India (English) | 71.42 | 70.35 |
| 9 | Mathrubhumi (Malayalam) | 66.78 | 66.98 |
| 10 | Rajasthan Patrika (Hindi) | 64.86 | 66.85 |
| (All figures are in lakhs; IRS 2009 R2: IRS 2009 Round 2; IRS 2010 Q1: IRS 2010 Quarter 1) | |||
