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Malayalam fortnightly magazine Vanitha continues to be the largest read regional language magazine in the country with a huge margin, according to the latest readership survey IRS 2017. Its total readership is 61,26,000.
The No. 2 magazine is Tamil Weekly AnandaVikatan, which had not featured in the top-10 list of regional language magazines in IRS 2014.
Malayalam monthly Mathrubhumi Arogya Masika is at No. 3 followed by Tamil weekly Kumudam at No. 4 and Malayalam Weekly Mathrubhumi Thozhilvartha at No. 5.
{Total readership (Last one month) in 000s}
|
REGIONAL |
Periodicity |
IRS 2017 |
|
Vanitha (Malayalam) |
Malayalam Fnly |
6126 |
|
Ananda Vikatan |
Tamil Weekly |
2708 |
|
Mathrubhumi Arogya Masika |
Malayalam Monthly |
2269 |
|
Kumudam |
Tamil Weekly |
2269 |
|
Mathrubhumi Thozhilvartha |
Malayalam Weekly |
2235 |
|
Kungumam |
Tamil Weekly |
2172 |
|
Grihalakshmi |
Malayalam Fnly |
2116 |
|
Balarama |
Malayalam Weekly |
1973 |
|
Manorama Thozil Veedhi |
Malayalam Weekly |
1844 |
|
Karmasangsthaan |
Bengali Weekly |
1702 |
Top 5 Assamese magazines:
|
ASSAMESE |
Periodicity |
IRS 2017 |
|
Bismoi |
Monthly |
516 |
|
Nandini |
Monthly |
513 |
|
PriyoSakhi |
Monthly |
410 |
|
Prantik |
Fnly |
334 |
|
Sadin |
Weekly |
236 |
Top 5 Bengali magazines:
|
BENGALI |
Periodicity |
IRS 2017 |
|
Karmasangsthaan |
Weekly |
1702 |
|
Karmakshetra |
Weekly |
1319 |
|
Sananda |
Fnly |
1287 |
|
Saptahik Bartaman |
Weekly |
937 |
|
Anandalok |
Fnly |
890 |
Top 4 Gujarati magazines:
|
GUJARATI |
Periodicity |
IRS 2017 |
|
Abhiyaan |
Weekly |
284 |
|
Chitralekha (Gujarati) |
Weekly |
272 |
|
GrihShobha (Gujarati) |
Monthly |
236 |
|
MaariSaheli |
Monthly |
134 |
Top 5 Kannada magazines:
|
KANNADA |
Periodicity |
IRS 2017 |
|
Sudha |
Weekly |
1307 |
|
Taranga |
Weekly |
1077 |
|
GrihShobha (Kan) |
Monthly |
441 |
|
Mayura |
Monthly |
374 |
|
Roopatara |
Monthly |
305 |
Top 5 Malayalam magazines:
|
MALAYALAM |
Periodicity |
IRS 2017 |
|
Vanitha (Malayalam) |
Fnly |
6126 |
|
Mathrubhumi Arogya Masika |
Monthly |
2269 |
|
Mathrubhumi Thozhilvartha |
Weekly |
2235 |
|
Grihalakshmi |
Fnly |
2116 |
|
Balarama |
Weekly |
1973 |
Top 5 Marathi magazines:
|
MARATHI |
Periodicity |
IRS 2017 |
|
Grihashobhika |
Monthly |
572 |
|
Noukari Sandarbha |
Weekly |
538 |
|
Saptahik Sakal |
Weekly |
505 |
|
Chitralekha |
Weekly |
369 |
|
Tanishka |
Monthly |
319 |
Top 5 Tamil magazines:
|
TAMIL |
Periodicity |
IRS 2017 |
|
Ananda Vikatan |
Weekly |
2708 |
|
Kumudam |
Weekly |
2269 |
|
Kungumam |
Weekly |
2172 |
|
Puthiya Thalaimurai |
Weekly |
1623 |
|
Aval Vikatan |
Fnly |
1104 |
Top 5 Telugu magazines:
|
TELUGU |
Periodicity |
IRS 2017 |
|
Swati Sapari Vara Patrika |
Weekly |
1098 |
|
Swati |
Monthly |
939 |
|
Annadata |
Monthly |
507 |
|
Navya |
Weekly |
384 |
|
Bala Bharatham |
Monthly |
288 |