Dainik Bhaskar

Dainik Bhaskar
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)D B Corp Ltd.
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948) (as Subah Savere in Bhopal and Good Morning India in Gwalior)
1957; 67 years ago (1957) (as Bhaskar Samachar)
1958; 66 years ago (1958) (as Dainik Bhaskar)
Political alignmentCentre-left
LanguageHindi
HeadquartersBhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
CountryIndia
Circulation3,566,617 Daily [1] (as of April 2023)
Sister newspapersDivya Bhaskar
Dainik Divya Marathi
Websitebhaskar.com

Dainik Bhaskar (lit.'The Daily Sun') is a Hindi-language daily newspaper in India which is owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group.[2] According to the World Association of Newspapers, it ranked fourth in the world by circulation in 2016 and per the Indian Audit Bureau of Circulations was the largest newspaper in India by circulation as of 2022.[3][4][5] Started in Bhopal in 1958, it expanded in 1983 with the launch of Dainik Bhaskar's Indore edition. The Dainik Bhaskar Group is present in 13 Indian states with 65 editions in Hindi, Marathi, and Gujarati.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. ^ Parsad, Chandan; Prashar, Sanjeev; Sahay, Vinita (1 January 2017). "Dainik Bhaskar: live no negative". Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies. 7 (3): 1–22. doi:10.1108/EEMCS-06-2016-0106. ISSN 2045-0621.
  3. ^ Milosevic, Mira (2016). "World Press Trends 2016" (PDF). WAN-IFRA. p. 58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ "World Press Trends 2016: Facts and Figures". wptdatabase.org. WAN-IFRA. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). Retrieved 5 January 2023.