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This is a list of the top 100 newspapers in the World by average circulation.[1] These figures are compiled by the World Association of Newspapers, for 2005, and represent each paper's average circulation of the year. Some newspapers in some countries do not submit their figures to independent Audit Bureaux of Circulation. In these cases, figures are provided by the publishers themselves or other sources and cannot be verified independently.
| | Newspaper | Country | Circulation | Owner
|
| 1
| Yomiuri Shimbun
| Japan
| 14,067,000
| Yomiuri Group
|
| 2
| Asahi Shimbun
| Japan
| 12,121,000
| Michiko Murayama
|
| 3
| Mainichi Shimbun
| Japan
| 5,587,000
| The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd
|
| 4
| Nihon Keizai Shimbun
| Japan
| 4,635,000
| Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc
|
| 5
| Chunichi Shimbun
| Japan
| 4,512,000
| Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd
|
| 6
| Bild
| Germany
| 3,867,000
| Axel Springer AG
|
| 7
| Sankei Shimbun
| Japan
| 2,757,000
| Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd.
|
| 8
| Canako Xiaoxi
| China
| 2,627,000
|
|
| 9
| People’s Daily
| China
| 2,509,000
| Communist Party of China
|
| 10
| Tokyo Sports
| Japan
| 2,425,000
|
|
| 11
| The Sun
| United Kingdom
| 2,419,000
| News International
|
| 12
| The Chosun Ilbo
| South Korea
| 2,378,000
| Chosun Ilbo Co.
|
| 13
| USA Today
| United States
| 2,310,000
| Gannett Company
|
| 14
| The Wall Street Journal
| United States
| 2,107,000
| News Corporation
|
| 15
| Daily Mail
| United Kingdom
| 2,093,000
| Daily Mail and General Trust
|
| 16
| JoongAng Ilbo
| South Korea
| 2,084,000
| Joongang Media Network
|
| 17
| Dong-a Ilbo
| South Korea
| 2,052,000
| DongA Ilbo Co.
|
| 18
| Nikkan Sports
| Japan
| 1,965,000
| Asahi Shimbun
|
| 19
| Hokkaido Shimbun
| Japan
| 464,169
| The Hokkaido Shimbun Press
|
| 20
| Dainik Jagran
| India
| 1,911,000
|
|
| 21
| Yangtse Evening Post
| China
| 438,006
|
|
| 22
| Sports Nippon
| Japan
| 1,711,000
| Yomiuri Shimbun
|
| 23
| The Nikkan Gendai
| Japan
| 1,686,000
|
|
| 24
| The Times of India
| India
| 1,680,000
| Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
|
| 25
| Guangzhou Daily
| China
| 1,650,000
| Guangzhou Daily Newspaper Group
|
| 26
| Daily Mirror
| United Kingdom
| 1,597,000
| Trinity Mirror
|
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