Indian Readership Survey findings for the first quarter of 2011 suggest that Gujarat Samachar continues to be No.1 daily in Gujarat. Following are the facts and figures that reflect from IRS Q1 2011 so far as Gujarat is concerned.

Top ten daily newspapers in Gujarat

No. 1
Gujarat Samachar with AIR(Average Issue Readership) of 44.49 lakh in IRS Q1 2011.

No. 2
Divya Bhaskar with AIR of 35.34 lakh.

No. 3
Sandesh with AIR of 32.32 lakh.

No. 4
The Times of India with AIR of 3.27 lakh.
(English daily)

No. 5
Gujarat Mitra & Darpan with AIR of stands at 1.7 lakh
(Surat based daily)

No.6
Kutch Mitra with AIR of 1.21 lakh.
(Kutch district’s Gujarati daily headquartered at Bhuj)

No.7
Rajasthan Patrika with AIR of 71,000.
(It’s a Hindi daily that targets Hindi speaking and Rajasthani people living in Gujarat with focus on Ahmedabad)

No.8
Ahmedabad Mirror with 37,000 readers.
(Times of India group’s English tabloid in Ahmedabad)

No.9
Economic Times with 24,000 readers.

No.10
Indian Express with 23,000 readers.