List of newspapers in Germany

The number of national daily newspapers in Germany was 598 in 1950, whereas it was 375 in 1965. Below is a list of newspapers in Germany, sorted according to printed run as of 2015, as listed at which tracks circulations of all publications in Germany.

National

Daily national subscription papers

No. Newspaper Abbrv. Circulation
(Jan 2018)		 Days of
publication		 Political alignment Publisher/Parent Company
1 Bild Bild 1,150,181 Mon–Sat Centre-right

Populist

 Axel Springer AG (Axel Springer Gesellschaft für Publizistik GmbH & Co. (Friede Springer))
2 Süddeutsche Zeitung SZ 361,507 Mon–Sat Centre-left/ left-liberal or "critical-liberal" Südwestdeutsche Medien Holding (Gruppe Württembergischer Verleger (Neue Pressegesellschaft mbh & Co. KG (Eberhard Ebner))), Medien Union (Dieter Schaub)
3 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung FAZ 254,263 Mon–Fri Centre-right/ moderately conservative to liberal Fazit-Stiftung
4 Die Welt 165,686 Mon–Fri Centre-right/ conservative to liberal Axel Springer AG (Axel Springer Gesellschaft für Publizistik GmbH & Co. (Friede Springer))
5 Handelsblatt 130,864 Mon–Fri Economically liberal Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Monika Schoeller, Stefan von Holtzbrinck)
6 Der Tagesspiegel 113,716 Mon–Sun Liberal, centrist Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Monika Schoeller, Stefan von Holtzbrinck)
7 Die Tageszeitung taz 51,873 Mon–Sat Left-wing, green taz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG
8 Neues Deutschland ND 25,158 Mon–Sat Left-wing, socialist Neues Deutschland Druckerei und Verlags GmbH and The Left Party
9 Junge Welt jW c. 19,000 Mon–Sat Far-left, Marxist Verlag 8. Mai
10 Westfalen-Blatt

Weekly national subscription papers

No. Newspaper Abbrv. Circulation Political alignment Publisher/Parent Company
4/2015 Change
1 Die Zeit 511,806 Increase0.2% / center-leftSocial democracy
SPD endorsement		 Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Monika Schoeller, Stefan von Holtzbrinck)
2 Junge Freiheit JF 25,868 Increase16.5% Right-wing, conservative Junge Freiheit Verlag GmbH & Co (Dieter Stein)
3 Der Freitag 19,708 Left-wing, left-liberal Jakob Augstein
4 Preußische Allgemeine Zeitung PAZ 18,000 Right-wing, "Prussian conservative" Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen
5 Jungle World JW c. 11,585 Far-left, undogmatic Jungle World Verlags GmbH

News magazines

Regional

Here are 20 large newspapers in the regions of Germany.

Boulevard papers ("tabloid" style)

A Bild kiosk

Boulevardzeitungen (sometimes translated as "popular papers") is a style of newspapers, characterised by big, colourful headlines, pictures and sensationalist stories, comparable to the English term "red top" or "tabloid", but independent from the paper format (the most widespread boulevard paper actually has a Broadsheet format). Also called Kaufzeitungen or Straßenverkaufszeitungen ("street sale papers"), as they can only be bought day by day at kiosks or from street vendors and are not usually delivered to subscribers (Munich's Abendzeitung being a notable exception).

National boulevard papers

also called "Bildzeitung"; with several regional editions like Bild Hamburg or Bild Köln. The Bild can be compared to tabloids, but the page size is bigger (broadsheet).
Bild has a Sunday sister newspaper (which is a tabloid both in terms of style and paper format), Bild am Sonntag (1,118,497 copies), edited by a separate desk.

Regional or local boulevard papers

Non-German-language

TitleLanguageCity of publication
Flensborg AvisDanishFlensburg
Handelsblatt Global EditionEnglishDüsseldorf
HürriyetTurkishMörfelden-Walldorf
The Munich EyeEnglishMunich
Serbske NowinySorbianBautzen, Saxony
Stars and StripesEnglishGriesheim
VestiSerbianFrankfurt am Main
Yeni Özgür PolitikaKurdishNeu-Isenburg
BerlinObserverEnglish
PPC LandEnglishFrankfurt am Main

See also

References

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