The first newspaper was published in Austria in 1605.[1] Until 1940 there were 16 newspapers in Vienna, Austria, but six of them were shut down, leaving ten.[2] The number of national daily newspapers in Austria was 35 in 1950.[3] It decreased to 17 in 1965.[3]
The number of daily newspapers in Austria was 17 in 1995[4] and remained the same between 1996 and 2000.[5][6] Eight of them were nationwide newspapers and the remaining nine regional dailies.[6]
In the mid-2000s, daily newspapers were very popular in the country with a cumulative readership of 72.7%.[7][8] In 2009 the number of newspapers was 19 in Austria.[9]
Below is a list of newspapers published in Austria.