With internet penetration increasing in India, the online news consumption is also on the rise. According to latest ComScore report, India’s daily readership of online news and information has increased significantly. It has jumped by 34 percent in past one year.to 9.4 million average daily visitors to this category
The increase is not only in the number of visitors, but also the amount of time spent by Indians on these news sites. The report points that in August 2012, average minutes spent on news sites were pegged at 31.6 minutes as compared to 41.6 minutes in August 2013, an increase on 31 percent!.
Total user visits in month of August 2013 were 364.6 million as compared to 259.7 million in the same month last year.
Times of India is the clear leader in the news category with 12.7 million unique visitors in August 2013.
Here is the list of Top 20 Indian online news website:
1. The Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/)
2. Yahoo-ABC News Network (http://abcnews.go.com/)
3. HT Media Ltd. (http://www.htmedia.in/)
4. India Today Group (http://www.indiatodaygroup.com/)
5. India.com Sites (http://www.india.com/)
6. About (http://www.about.com/newsissues/)
7. Jagran Sites (http://www.jagran.com/)
8. NDTV (http://www.ndtv.com/)
9. Oneindia.com Sites (http://news.oneindia.in/)
10. The Economic Times (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/)
11. The Hindu Group (http://www.thehindu.com/)
12. IBN Live (http://ibnlive.in.com/)
13. The Indian Express Group (http://www.indianexpress.com/)
14. Bhaskar (http://www.bhaskar.com/)
15. CNN Network (http://edition.cnn.com/)
16. BBC (http://www.bbc.com/)
17. Sify News & Information (http://www.sify.com/)
18. Navbharat Times (http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/)
20. HPMG News (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/)
Interestingly, 16 of the top 20 news sites in India are from local news publishers. India.com sites showed significant 25 percent growth and is now the 5th highest visited news site in India.
