Dainik Bhaskar Group is India's largest newspaper group covering 13 states accounting for 48% of India's land area, 32% of Indian GDP, 40% of market potential, and 41% of India's urban population. It publishes in 4 languages with 65 editions reaching over 1.37 crore urban readers daily, making it the most widely read newspaper group in India.
India's Largest Newspaper Group Reaches Nearly 200 Million Readers Across 13 States
1. Dainik Bhaskar Group
India’s Largest Newspaper Group
Covering 13 States, which account for
48% of India’s Land Area
32% of Indian GDP
40% of Market Potential (MPV) &
41% of India’s Urban Population
Trusted by 1.98 Cr readers everyday
In 4 Languages with 65 Editions
Reaches 1.37 Cr Urban readers
Sources: Indicus Analytics Market Skyline of India 2010 / indiastat.com / RK Swamy BBDO Guide to Market Planning 2008 / IRS 2012 Q4
2. The Top 5 Newspaper Groups
Dainik Bhaskar Group Dainik Jagran Group TOI Group HT Media Group
Malayala
Manorama Group
Publication AIR Publication AIR Publication AIR Publication AIR Publication AIR
Dainik Bhaskar 14416 Dainik Jagran 16370
The Times of
India
7615 Hindustan 12246
Malayala
Manorama
9760
Divya Bhaskar 3531 Nai Dunia 1358 Vijay Karnataka 3353
Hindustan
Times
3820
Divya Marathi 1024 I Next 514 Navbharat Times 2633 Mint 224
DB STAR 343 Midday (Eng) 379
Maharashtra
Times
1711
Saurashtra Samachar 223 Nav Dunia 304 Mumbai Mirror 819
Dainik Prabhat Kiran 100 Midday (Guj) 183
The Economic
Times (Eng)
735
Business Bhaskar 75 Inquilab 160 Bangalore Mirror 165
DNA (Ahmd-Sur-Jai-
Ind)
69 Sandhya Times 93
Ahmedabad
Mirror
58
Pune Mirror 57
Total 19781Total 19268Total 17239Total 16290Total 9760
Source: IRS 12 Q4
AIR figs (000’s)
* Does not include figs of DNA Mumbai, Pune & Bangalore
3. Dainik Bhaskar Group
Among India’s Largest Newspaper Groups
Dainik
Bhaskar
Group
Dainik Jagran
Group
TOI
Group HT Media
Group Malayala
Manorama
198
193
172
163
98
AIR Lakhs
Source: IRS 12 Q4AIR figs (lacs)
4. Sole Readership by Periodicity
Top 5 Newspaper Groups
Segment U+R URBAN
DB group 12828 8803
DJ group 11121 6016
HT group 8668 4737
MM group 8155 2226
TOI group 7195 5998
Source: IRS 12 Q4AIR figs (000’s)
5. Sole Readership by Periodicity
Top 5 Newspaper Groups
Segment Male Female
DB group 8205 4625
DJ group 8195 2928
HT group 6349 2319
MM group 3910 4246
TOI group 4669 2525
Source: IRS 12 Q4AIR figs (000’s)
6. Sole Readership by Periodicity
Top 5 Newspaper Groups
Source: IRS 12 Q4AIR figs (000’s)
Segment
Age Grp
12-19
Age Grp
20-39
Age Grp
40+
DB group 3376 5729 3722
DJ group 2821 5109 3191
HT group 2602 3480 2586
MM group 1396 3405 3354
TOI group 1483 3622 2091
7. Sole Readership by Periodicity
Top 5 Newspaper Groups
Source: IRS 12 Q4AIR figs (000’s)
Segment SEC - AB MHI - 10K+ WORKFORCE
DB group 4211 3458 5803
DJ group 3131 2564 5567
HT group 2814 2191 4099
MM group 654 2083 3152
TOI group 3604 3079 3439
8. Sole Readership by Periodicity
Top 5 Newspaper Groups
Segment NCCS – A NCCS – A URBAN
DB group 4642 3860
DJ group 3549 2688
HT group 2752 2452
MM group 1522 582
TOI group 3362 3244
Source: IRS 12 Q4AIR figs (000’s)
9. Sole Readership by Periodicity
Top 5 Newspaper Groups
Segment NCCS – AB NCCS – AB URBAN
DB group 7956 6317
DJ group 6058 4218
HT group 4380 3442
MM group 4040 1335
TOI group 5094 4635
Source: IRS 12 Q4AIR figs (000’s)
10. Dainik Bhaskar
is India’s
No.1 Urban
Newspaper
since IRS 10Q3 Dainik
Bhaskar
Dainik
Jagran
The Times
Of India
Hindustan Daily
Thanthi
9561
8545
7416
6019
4532
All India Urban Readership (000)
Source : IRS 2012 Q4
Urban Reach
12. MADHYA PRADESH
State-Level Readership
Dainik Bhaskar
alone is more than
5 other newspapers
put together, across
Madhya Pradesh!!
1 5Greater
than
IRS 2012 Q4
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
AIR Net Reach 000s
Dainik
Bhaskar
3,698 Nai Duniya+
Nav Dunia+
Patrika+
Raj Exp+
Dainik Jagran
3,578
13. MADHYA PRADESH
SEC-A Readership
1,37,000 more readers
than 5 other
newspapers put
together, across
Madhya Pradesh!!
1 5Greater
than
IRS 2012 Q4
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
SEC A Net Reach 000s
Dainik
Bhaskar
818
Nai Duniya+
Nav Duniya+
Patrika+
Raj Exp+
Dainik Jagran
681
14. MADHYA PRADESH
SEC-AB Readership
2.73 Lac more readers
than 5 other
newspapers put
together, across
Madhya Pradesh!!
1 5Greater
than
IRS 2012 Q4
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
SEC AB Net Reach 000s
Dainik
Bhaskar
1,735
Nai Duniya+
Nav Duniya+
Patrika+
Raj Exp+
Dainik Jagran
1,462
15. SEC A reach of Dainik Bhaskar
compared to the nearest
competitor
92% more reach in Bhopal
87% more reach in Indore
155% more reach in Gwalior
MADHYA PRADESH CITIES
Source: IRS 2012 Q4Figs 000s
DB Pat
DB
Lead
DB Pat
DB
Lead
DB Pat
DB
Lead
371 288 29% 426 282 51% 161 125 29%
SEC A 140 73 92% SEC A 166 89 87% SEC A 51 20 155%
Bhopal Indore Gwalior
16. MADHYA PRADESH
Sole Readership
Source: IRS 2012 Q4Figs 000s
DAINIK BHASKAR
Overall
Readership
Sole
Readership
% Sole
Readership
Madhya Pradesh 3698 2679 72%
Urban 2920 2042 70%
Bhopal 371 276 74%
Indore 426 232 54%
Gwalior 161 123 76%
26.8 Lac people read only Dainik Bhaskar
27. The only newspaper in Rajasthan to have a
10 Lakh+ reader-base in a city
Source: IRS 12 Q4
AIR figs (000’s)
Dainik Bhaskar-Jaipur
A
30%
lead!!0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Dainik Bhaskar RajasthanPatrika
1033
792
28. RAJASTHAN
13% more reach in the top 4 cities
Dainik Bhaskar
1.9L+ additional
readers in
Top 4 Cities
of the State
Top 4 Urban Centres
Dainik
Bhaskar
Rajasthan
Patrika
Jaipur 1,033 792
Jodhpur 269 301
Kota 237 246
Bikaner 140 150
All 4 Cities 1,679 1,489
Lead in Readership
Figures
190
Figs 000s
Source: IRS 2012 Q4
31. Source: IRS 12 Q4
AIR figs (000’s)
HARYANA
Continuing leadership for over a decade since Day 1
A 27% lead
over
nearest
competitor
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Dainik
Bhaskar
Dainik
Jagran
Punjab
Kesari
The
Tribune
1282
1006 975
146
32. Source: IRS 12 Q4
AIR figs (000’s)
HARYANA
Excluding Faridabad & Gurgaon
A 34% lead
over
nearest
competitor
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Dainik
Bhaskar
Punjab
Kesari
Dainik
Jagran
The
Tribune
1243
931
797
146
33. HARYANA
Sole Readership
Source: IRS 2012 Q4Figs 000s
DAINIK BHASKAR
Overall
Readership
Sole
Readership
% Sole
Readership
Haryana 1282 861 67%
Haryana Excl
Faridabad/Gurgaon
1243 837 67%
More than Two-third of our
readers, read only Dainik Bhaskar
35. Source: IRS 12 Q4
AIR figs (000’s)
PUNJAB
The No.2 Hindi Newspaper within 4 years
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Punjab
Kesari
Dainik
Bhaskar
DainikJagran
1074
794
657
36. Source: IRS 12 Q4
AIR figs (000’s)
PUNJAB
The No.2 Newspaper across URBAN PUNJAB
0
300
600
900
Punjab
Kesari
Dainik
Bhaskar
Dainik
Jagran
Jag Bani Ajit The
Tribune
Hindustan
Times
Punjabi
Tribune
882
673
578
403 393
278
159
92
Urban AIR
37. Source: IRS 12 Q4
AIR figs (000’s)
PUNJAB
The Leader across the Top 3 Cities
0
300
600
Dainik
Bhaskar
Punjab
Kesari
Dainik
Jagran
Jag Bani Ajit The
Tribune
Hindustan
Times
The Times
Of India
424
392
332
117 103 104 94
27
Jal+Amr+Lud
38. Source: IRS 12 Q4
AIR figs (000’s)
PUNJAB – (J-A-L)
The most preferred newspaper for SEC A readers
across the top 3 cities of the State
0
75
150
Dainik
Bhaskar
Punjab
Kesari
Dainik
Jagran
The Tribune Hindustan
Times
Ajit Jag Bani Times of
India
127
111
66 61 59
44
32 27
SEC A
Jal+Amr+Lud
39. PUNJAB
Sole Readership
Source: IRS 2012 Q4Figs 000s
DAINIK BHASKAR
Overall
Readership
Sole
Readership
% Sole
Readership
Punjab 794 682 86%
Urban 673 566 84%
Amritsar 144 127 88%
Jalandhar 138 112 81%
Ludhiana 142 123 87%
More than
80% Sole
Readership
in Punjab!!
41. Source: IRS 12 Q4
AIR figs (000’s)
CHANDIGARH BHASKAR
Continuing to be the City’s Local Hero
Dainik
Bhaskar
The
Tribune
Hindustan
Times
Amar
Ujala
Punjab
Kesari
Dainik
Jagran
170
102 94
73
38
16
42. CHANDIGARH
Sole Readership
Source: IRS 2012 Q4Figs 000s
DAINIK BHASKAR
Overall
Readership
Sole
Readership
% Sole
Readership
Chandigarh 170 93 55%
THE TRIBUNE
Overall
Readership
Sole
Readership
% Sole
Readership
Chandigarh 102 27 26%
43. CPH : Chandigarh Punjab Haryana
CPH 61% more SEC A readers in one
of the India’s most affluent regions!
Figs 000sSource: IRS 2012, Q4
Dainik
Bhaskar
Punjab
Kesari
Dainik
Jagran
CPH Total 2245 2087 1678
SEC A 493 306 289
SEC B 460 488 338
SEC AB 953 794 627
46. RANCHI – JAMSHEDPUR - DHANBAD
Dainik Bhaskar offers the most concentrated reach
in the 3 Top Cities
Figs 000’s Source: IRS 2012 Q4
JHARKHAND
Dainik
Bhaskar
Dainik
Jagran
Hindustan
Prabhat
Khabar
State 817 869 1678 1322
Top 3 Cities 423 330 484 544
% Proportion of
3-City Reach
52% 38% 29% 41%
47. Source: IRS 12 Q4
AIR figs (000’s)
JHARKHAND
The No.2 newspaper for SEC AB readers across 3
top cities of Jharkhand within 2 years
0
100
200
300
Prabhat
Khabar
Dainik
Bhaskar
Hindustan Dainik
Jagran
280 253 236
148
SECAB- Dhanbad-Jamshedpur-Ranchi
49. DIVYA BHASKAR
The Urban Newspaper for an Urban State
Figs 000’s
Source: IRS 2012 Q4
GUJARAT Divya Bhaskar*
Gujarat
Samachar
Sandesh
State 3720 4395 3201
Top 6 Cities 2169 2258 1383
Urban 2793 3279 2057
Rural 927 1115 1144
*Includes Saurashtra Samachar
50. The power of Divya Bhaskar
*Includes Saurashtra Samachar
Average Issue
Readership
Divya
Bhaskar*
Gujarat
Samachar
Sandesh
Ahmedabad 1097 848 468
Surat 466 573 412
Vadodara 261 341 275
Rajkot 209 244 158
Jamnagar 47 112 49
Bhavnagar 89 140 21
All 6 Cities 2169 2258 1383
Source: IRS 2012 Q4
Figs 000’s
Divya
Bhaskar
Gujarat
Samachar
Sandesh
58% 51% 43%
Proportion ofReadersin the
Top 6 CitiesofGujarat
Source: IRS 2012 Q4
51. About 30 L readers (80% of our
readers) read only Divya Bhaskar
22L readers of Divya
Bhaskar in Urban Gujarat
do not read any other
Gujarati newspaper.
17L readers of Divya
Bhaskar in the top 6
Cities do not read any
other Gujarati newspaper.
Gujarat U+R 2,964
Gujarat Urban 2,201
Top 6 Cities 1,713
Gujarat SEC AB 957
Sole Divya Bhaskar Readers
Divya Bhaskar or SaurashtraSamachar readers who
do not read any other Gujarati newspaper
Source: IRS 2012 Q4
Figs 000s
53. MAHARASHTRA
Divya Marathi registers the highest gain within 6
months
Source: IRS 2012 Q4Figs 000s
Divya
Marathi
Lokmat Sakal Pudhari
Punya
Nagari
Mahar
ashtra
Times
IRS 12 Q4 1024 7177 4443 2350 1676 1708
IRS 12 Q2 695 7358 4400 2568 1768 1495
Increase/Decrease 329 -181 43 -218 -92 213
Growth in % 47% -2% 1% -8% -5% 14%
54. AURANGABAD
Divya Marathi is the fastest growing Marathi Daily
in the City
Figs 000’s Source: IRS 2012 Q4
Divya Marathi Lokmat Sakal
Overall 176 270 130
Growth % (12Q4 vs 12Q2) 45% 3% 11%
SEC - A 21 21 3
Growth % (12Q4 vs 12Q2) 75% 17% -25%
SEC - B 49 52 25
Growth % (12Q4 vs 12Q2) 36% 11% 19%
55. AURANGABAD
40% of Divya Marathi readers belong to the upper
class of the City
Figs 000’s Source: IRS 2012 Q4
Profile (%) Divya Marathi Lokmat Sakal
Overall 176 270 130
SEC - A 12% 8% 2%
SEC - B 28% 19% 19%
SEC - C 26% 33% 34%
SEC - D 19% 26% 33%
SEC - E 14% 14% 13%
56. NASHIK
Divya Marathi is the fastest growing Marathi Daily
in the City
Figs 000’s Source: IRS 2012 Q4
Divya Marathi Lokmat Sakal
Overall 245 255 153
Growth % (12Q4 vs 12Q2) 43% 1% 6%
SEC - A 66 85 21
Growth % (12Q4 vs 12Q2) 65% - -9%
SEC - B 65 41 20
Growth % (12Q4 vs 12Q2) 55% -7% -5%
57. NASHIK
More than half (54%) of Divya Marathi readers
belong to the upper class of the City
Figs 000’s Source: IRS 2012 Q4
Profile (%) Divya Marathi Lokmat Sakal
Overall 245 255 153
SEC - A 27% 33% 14%
SEC - B 27% 16% 13%
SEC - C 29% 35% 42%
SEC - D 13% 9% 24%
SEC - E 6% 6% 7%
58. MAHARASHTRA
The strength of SOLE READERSHIP
Source: IRS 2012 Q4
Figs 000s
City
Overall
Readers
Sole
Readers
SEC-AB
Sole
Readers
% SEC-AB
Sole
Readers
Aurangabad 176 113 44 39%
Nashik 245 118 62 53%
Solapur 85 69 36 52%
DIVYA MARATHI
Overall
Readers
Sole
Readers
SEC-AB
Sole
Readers
% SEC-
AB Sole
Readers
270 176 39 22%
255 121 54 45%
154 115 60 52%
LOKMAT