Top 100 Dailies 1999
Title/Format/ Publisher Ciculation Readership
Country (000) (000)
1 Bild-Zeitung Axel Springer Verlag AG 4,256 11,330
Tabloid
Germany
2 The Sun News International Plc 3,554 9,799
Tabloid
United Kingdom
3 Daily Mail Associated Newspapers Ltd 2,367 5,820
Tabloid
United Kingdom
4 The Mirror Trinity Mirror Plc 2,262 6,095
Tabloid
United Kingdom
5 Zeitungsgruppe WAZ (BWZ)WAZ E. Brost 1,126 2,880
Broadsheet & J. Funke GmbH & Co.
Germany
6 Neue Kronen Zeitung Krone Verlags 1,084 2,832
198x265
Austria
7 Daily Express Express Newspapers Ltd 1,044 2,412
Tabloid
United Kingdom
8 Daily Telegraph Telegraph Group Ltd 1,033 2,468
Broadsheet
United Kingdom
9 De Telegraaf Holdingmij. De Telegraaf 808 2,393
Broadsheet
Netherlands
10 Moskovskiy ZAO Redakcia Gazeti MK 800 3,000
Komsomolets
Broadsheet
Russia
11 Ouest France Ouest France 783 2,226
Berlinois
France
12 Komsomolskaja ZAO ID Komsomolskaja 726 2,600
Pravda Pravda
Tabloid
Russia
13 The Times News International Plc 724 1,846
Broadsheet
United Kingdom
14 Corriere della Sera RCS Editori 685 2,738
Broadsheet
Italy
15 Sport-Express ZAO Sport Express 640 1,800
Broadsheet
Russia
16 Trud OOO ID Redakcia Gazeti Trud 613 2,800
Broadsheet
Russia
17 Repubblica Gruppo Edit. L''Espresso 612 2,685
Tabloid
Italy
18 Fakty I Kommentarii AT Fakty I Kommentarii 533 -
(Kiev)
Tabloid
Ukraine
19 Hurriyet Hurriyet Gaz. ve Matb. AS 526 1,640
Broadsheet
Turkey
20 Daily Star Express Newspapers Ltd 512 1,591
Tabloid
United Kingdom
21 Le Parisien/ Groupe Amaury 481 1,958
Aujourd''hui
Tabloid
France
22 Zeitungsgruppe WAZ-Gruppe (s.o.) 475 1,250
Thuringen
Broadsheet
Germany
23 Helsingin Sanomat Sanoma Osakeyhtio 455 1,244
Broadsheet
Finland
24 Sabah Sabah Yayincilik AS 454 1,216
Broadsheet
Turkey
25 El Pais Diario El Pais 450 1,427
Tabloid
Spain
26 Financial Times Pearson Plc 445 614
Broadsheet
United Kingdom
27 Gazeta Wyborcza Agora SA 443 17.2
Tabloid
Poland
28 Die Zeit Zeitverlag G. Bucerius GmbH 443 1,260
Tabloid
Germany
29 Trud WAZ 440 1,110
Tabloid
Bulgaria
30 Rossijskaja Gazeta ZAO IIC Rossijskaja Gazeta 440 1,300
Broadsheet
Russia
31 Gazzetta dello RCS Editori 432 3,217
Sport
Broadsheet
Italy
32 Freie Presse Chemnitzer Verlag und 428 1,080
Broadsheet Druck GmbH
Germany
33 Welt am Sonntag Axel Springer Verlag AG 425 940
Tabloid
Germany
34 Moskovskaja Pravda ZAO Redakcia Gazeti 420 900
Broadsheet Moskovskaja Pravda
Russia
35 Kolner Verlag M. DuMont 420 1,170
Stadt-Anzeiger Schauberg
Berliner
Germany
36 Marca Recoletos 417 2,239
Tabloid
Spain
37 Suddeutsche Zeitung Suddeutscher Verlag GmbH 416 1,110
Tabloid
Germany
38 Frankfurter Frankfurter Allgemeine 401 850
Allgemeine Zeitung Zeitung GmbH
Tabloid
Germany
39 Le Monde Le Monde 399 1,954
Berlinois
France
40 The Guardian Guardian Media Group 398 1,105
Broadsheet
United Kingdom
41 L''Equipe Groupe Amaury 393 2,532
Broadsheet
France
42 Il Sole 24 Ore Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A. 391 1,421
Broadsheet
Italy
43 La Stampa Edit. La Stampa 390 1,645
Broadsheet
Italy
44 Aftonbladet Aftonbladet Hierta AB 382 1,301
Tabloid
Sweden
45 Super Express Media Express 376 14.3
Tabloid
Poland
46 Verdens Gang Verdens Gang AS 374 1,342
Tabloid
Norway
47 Algemeen Dagblad PCM Uitgevers 370 1,116
Broadsheet
Netherlands
48 Le Figaro Socpresse 363 1,378
Broadsheet
France
49 Turkiye Ihlas Matbaacilik Gaz. 355 1,167
Broadsheet Yayincilik AS
Turkey
50 Mlada fronta DNES MAFRA, a.s. 354 1,333
255x380
Czech Republic
51 Expressen/GT AB Kvallstidningen Expressen 354 1,230
Tabloid
Sweden
52 De Volkskrant PCM Uitgevers 353 784
Broadsheet
Netherlands
53 Dagens Nyheter AB Dagens Nyheter 352 931
Broadsheet
Sweden
54 Sud Ouest Sud Ouest 345 1,097
Broadsheet
France
55 Milliyet Milliyet Gazetecilik AS 340 1,010
Broadsheet
Turkey
56 Voix du Nord Voix du Nord 331 1,119
Broadsheet
France
57 Taglich Alles Vereinigte Familiapress 328 616
213x278 Zeitungsv. + v.
Austria
58 Blick Ringier AG 317 760
Broadsheet
Switzerland
59 Kurier Kurier Zeitungsverlag 311 802
266x400
Austria
60 De Standaard V.U.M. 304 989
Nieuwsblad/
De Gentenaar
Broadsheet
Belgium
61 ABC Prensa Espanola 302 853
Tabloid
Spain
62 Star Ulusal Basin Gaz. Mat. 302 -
Broadsheet Yayincilik
Turkey
63 Vechernaja Moskva ZAO Concern Vechernaja Moskva 300 1,000
Broadsheet
Russia
64 Sovetskaja Rossija TOO Redakcia NNG Sovetskaja 300 900
Broadsheet Rossija
Russia
65 Kleine Zeitung Kleine Zeitung 292 844
212x285
Austria
66 Il Messaggero Soc. Ed. Il Messaggero 288 1,350
Broadsheet
Italy
67 Aftenposten Morgen Aftenposten AS 284 803
Broadsheet
Norway
68 Blesk Ringier CR, a.s. 284 1,167
261x375
Czech Republic
69 Le Progres Groupe Le Progres 282 -
Broadsheet
France
70 Tages-Anzeiger TA-Media AG 282 718
Broadsheet
Switzerland
71 Aksom Asli Gazetecilik Matbaacilik 279 670
Broadsheet AS
Turkey
72 Nice Matin Groupe Nice Matin 276 564
Broadsheet
France
73 Corriere dello Corriere dello Sport s.r.l. 274 1,706
Sport
Broadsheet
Italy
74 El Mundo del Siglo Unidad Editorial 272 916
XXI
Tabloid
Spain
75 NRC Handelsblad PCM Uitgevers 272 463
Broadsheet
Netherlands
76 Het Laatste Nieuws/ Hoste 269 760
De Nieuwe Gazet
Belge
Belgium
77 Le Dauphine Libere Dauphine Libere 266 -
Broadsheet Libere
France
78 Posta Simge Yayincilik AS 265 1,263
Broadsheet
Turkey
79 Izvestija OAO Redakcia Gaseti Izwestija 264 1,300
Broadsheet
Russia
80 Goteborgs-Posten Goteborgs-Postens Nya AB 260 608
Broadsheet
Sweden
81 Pravo Borgis, a.s. 249 852
282x425
Czech Republic
82 24 Hours WAZ 245 820
Tabloid
Bulgaria
83 Die Welt Axel Springer Verlag AG 234 530
Broadsheet
Germany
84 Il Giornale Soc. Europea di Edizioni 231 839
Broadsheet
Italy
85 Novy cas Vydavatelstvo casopisov a 230 1,200
Tabloid novin, a.s.
Slovakia
86 The Independent Independent News & Media Plc 225 587
Broadsheet
United Kingdom
87 Nepszabadsag Nepszabadsag Rt. 219 732
Broadsheet
Hungary
88 Ilta-Sanomat Sanoma Osakeyhtio 218 867
Tabloid
Finland
89 Rzeczpospolita Presspublica sp. z.o.o. 216 5.7
Broadsheet
Poland
90 Vecernji List Vecernji List d.d. 216 755
Tabloid
Croatia
91 La Vanguardia Vanguardia Ediciones 212 627
Tabloid
Spain
92 El Periodico de Ediciones Primera Plana 208 830
Catalunya
Tabloid
Spain
93 Dagbladet AS Dagbladet 207 913
Tabloid
Norway
94 Metro MTG Metro Gratis Kft. 207 431
Tabloid
Hungary
95 Taraftar Fotomac Sabah Yayincilik AS 202 517
Broadsheet
Turkey
96 Zaman Feza Gazetecilik AS 201 738
Broadsheet
Turkey
97 Golos Ukrainy Ukraine Parliament 200 -
(Kiev)
Tabloid
Ukraine
98 Il Resto del Poligrafici Editoriale 190 1,135
Carlino
Broadsheet
Italy
99 Fanatik Simge Yayincilik ve. 183 541
Broadsheet Dagitim AS
Turkey
100 Aftenposten Aften Aftenposten AS 180 481
Tabloid
Norway
