Following are the top ten language 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 LANGUAGE DAILIES | |||
| Rank | Newspaper | IRS 2009 R2 | IRS 2010 Q1 |
| 1 | Malayala Manorama (Malayalam) | 91.8 | 95.94 |
| 2 | Lokmat (Marathi) | 71.04 | 73.61 |
| 3 | Daily Thanthi (Tamil) | 75.17 | 73.53 |
| 4 | Mathrubhumi (Malayalam) | 66.78 | 66.98 |
| 5 | Ananda Bazar Patrika (Bangla) | 64.74 | 65.32 |
| 6 | Eenadu (Telugu) | 62.24 | 59.43 |
| 7 | Gujarat Samachar (Gujarati) | 52.09 | 52.17 |
| 8 | Dinakaran (Tamil) | 52.71 | 51.93 |
| 9 | Sakshi (Telugu) | 45.56 | 45.64 |
| 10 | Daily Sakal (Marathi) | 38.67 | 40.92 |
| (All figures are in lakhs; IRS 2009 R2: IRS 2009 Round 2; IRS 2010 Q1: IRS 2010 Quarter 1) | |||
