The posting benchmark
News brands in India on Facebook
Our count of public Facebook posts from 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026 holds 98 news brands in India. Here they are side by side, each beside the median in India, then the median news brand's day, hours and formats.
Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.
At a glance
- Median posts a day
- 93.1
- Median engagement a day
- 34,104
- Median engagement per post
- 31
- Total engagement, 12 weeks to 20 September 2026
- at least 644 million
Engagement is reactions, comments and shares. Each median is across the news brands in India; the total adds up all of their posts.
Brand by brand
Every news brand in India, side by side
Each dot is one news brand in India, placed by the measure you choose, with the median and middle half across them. 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026.
Our count
Posts a day on each news brand's Facebook Page.
- Median in India: 93.1 a day
- Middle half in India: 41.6 to 171
Point at a dot, or tab to the dots and use the arrow keys (they move A to Z), to see which news brand it is. Press Enter to open its page. The table below lists every one, A to Z.
Posts each day, news brand by news brand
Each faint line is one news brand. Point at a dot above, or pick one here, to pick out its line.
- Median in India
- Middle half in India
- Each news brand
Days above 600 posts are cut off at the edge of the chart.
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| Day | Median in India | Middle half in India |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 29 June | 97.5 | 41.5 to 176 |
| Tuesday 30 June | 101 | 40.3 to 191 |
| Wednesday 1 July | 97.5 | 42.3 to 183 |
| Thursday 2 July | 98.5 | 42.3 to 170 |
| Friday 3 July | 88.5 | 38.8 to 179 |
| Saturday 4 July | 82 | 34.3 to 138 |
| Sunday 5 July | 77.5 | 29.3 to 122 |
| Monday 6 July | 89 | 42.3 to 179 |
| Tuesday 7 July | 96 | 43.3 to 185 |
| Wednesday 8 July | 96 | 46.5 to 186 |
| Thursday 9 July | 92.5 | 43.3 to 180 |
| Friday 10 July | 86 | 43.3 to 175 |
| Saturday 11 July | 73 | 35.5 to 162 |
| Sunday 12 July | 64.5 | 31 to 136 |
| Monday 13 July | 92 | 41.3 to 173 |
| Tuesday 14 July | 94 | 47.5 to 182 |
| Wednesday 15 July | 101 | 48 to 186 |
| Thursday 16 July | 96 | 45 to 180 |
| Friday 17 July | 89.5 | 42 to 179 |
| Saturday 18 July | 84 | 38.3 to 151 |
| Sunday 19 July | 67 | 28.5 to 136 |
| Monday 20 July | 103 | 44 to 180 |
| Tuesday 21 July | 98.5 | 50.3 to 194 |
| Wednesday 22 July | 96 | 47.5 to 183 |
| Thursday 23 July | 100 | 47 to 182 |
| Friday 24 July | 94 | 43.3 to 168 |
| Saturday 25 July | 85 | 40 to 150 |
| Sunday 26 July | 73 | 28.8 to 142 |
| Monday 27 July | 102 | 47.5 to 188 |
| Tuesday 28 July | 100 | 45 to 191 |
| Wednesday 29 July | 105 | 46.8 to 191 |
| Thursday 30 July | 102 | 50.3 to 181 |
| Friday 31 July | 94 | 45.3 to 170 |
| Saturday 1 August | 87 | 38.3 to 151 |
| Sunday 2 August | 74.5 | 28.3 to 140 |
| Monday 3 August | 97.5 | 44 to 192 |
| Tuesday 4 August | 98.5 | 49.8 to 176 |
| Wednesday 5 August | 107 | 50.3 to 178 |
| Thursday 6 August | 99.5 | 46.3 to 182 |
| Friday 7 August | 98 | 41.5 to 183 |
| Saturday 8 August | 84.5 | 36 to 151 |
| Sunday 9 August | 76.5 | 32.3 to 148 |
| Monday 10 August | 106 | 44 to 199 |
| Tuesday 11 August | 101 | 47.3 to 195 |
| Wednesday 12 August | 106 | 52.3 to 190 |
| Thursday 13 August | 102 | 51.8 to 183 |
| Friday 14 August | 91.5 | 48 to 181 |
| Saturday 15 August | 81 | 36.3 to 170 |
| Sunday 16 August | 67.5 | 30.3 to 141 |
| Monday 17 August | 98.5 | 45.3 to 186 |
| Tuesday 18 August | 104 | 47.3 to 178 |
| Wednesday 19 August | 106 | 56 to 181 |
| Thursday 20 August | 101 | 43.8 to 179 |
| Friday 21 August | 98.5 | 45.5 to 180 |
| Saturday 22 August | 81 | 35.3 to 152 |
| Sunday 23 August | 69.5 | 31.5 to 140 |
| Monday 24 August | 102 | 48.3 to 188 |
| Tuesday 25 August | 105 | 50.5 to 189 |
| Wednesday 26 August | 101 | 50.5 to 185 |
| Thursday 27 August | 104 | 44.3 to 189 |
| Friday 28 August | 103 | 43.5 to 163 |
| Saturday 29 August | 77.5 | 34 to 172 |
| Sunday 30 August | 66.5 | 28.5 to 151 |
| Monday 31 August | 108 | 43.8 to 190 |
| Tuesday 1 September | 105 | 48.3 to 194 |
| Wednesday 2 September | 105 | 48.5 to 189 |
| Thursday 3 September | 88.5 | 50 to 192 |
| Friday 4 September | 107 | 44.5 to 191 |
| Saturday 5 September | 79.5 | 37.3 to 159 |
| Sunday 6 September | 77.5 | 32.3 to 128 |
| Monday 7 September | 98.5 | 47.3 to 171 |
| Tuesday 8 September | 95.5 | 52 to 169 |
| Wednesday 9 September | 97.5 | 48 to 185 |
| Thursday 10 September | 93.5 | 47 to 176 |
| Friday 11 September | 93 | 44.3 to 190 |
| Saturday 12 September | 84 | 38.3 to 177 |
| Sunday 13 September | 83 | 32.5 to 138 |
| Monday 14 September | 88 | 39.3 to 175 |
| Tuesday 15 September | 99.5 | 46 to 199 |
| Wednesday 16 September | 109 | 47.5 to 194 |
| Thursday 17 September | 104 | 46.3 to 190 |
| Friday 18 September | 102 | 47.3 to 197 |
| Saturday 19 September | 86 | 39.3 to 158 |
| Sunday 20 September | 77 | 32.3 to 152 |
The median news brand
The median news brand in India
Medians across the 98 news brands we compared in India, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Days are UTC days; hours and weekdays are each news brand's local time.
Share of posts by local hour
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| Local hour | Median share |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 0.6% |
| 01:00 | 0.2% |
| 02:00 | 0.1% |
| 03:00 | 0.1% |
| 04:00 | 0% |
| 05:00 | 0.1% |
| 06:00 | 1.3% |
| 07:00 | 3.3% |
| 08:00 | 4.6% |
| 09:00 | 5.3% |
| 10:00 | 6.5% |
| 11:00 | 6.8% |
| 12:00 | 7% |
| 13:00 | 7% |
| 14:00 | 6.7% |
| 15:00 | 7% |
| 16:00 | 7.2% |
| 17:00 | 6.9% |
| 18:00 | 6.2% |
| 19:00 | 6% |
| 20:00 | 5.6% |
| 21:00 | 4.8% |
| 22:00 | 4% |
| 23:00 | 2.7% |
Posts a day by weekday
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| Weekday | Median posts a day |
|---|---|
| Monday | 102 |
| Tuesday | 96.7 |
| Wednesday | 98.7 |
| Thursday | 106 |
| Friday | 95.2 |
| Saturday | 81.4 |
| Sunday | 71.4 |
What they posted
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| Format | Median in India |
|---|---|
| Photo | 40% |
| Video or reel | 35% |
| Album | 1% |
| Link | 23% |
| Text only | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
The news brands
Every news brand in India
Each news brand's own figures. Sort by any column, and choose which columns to show. Being counted says nothing about which tools a newsroom uses.
Columns
News brands in India, A to Z: their figures, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.
| Aaj Tak | Over 10m | 357 | 564,290 | 310 | 35,577 | 96% | 35% | 71.9% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaj Tak Bangla | 100k to 1m | 51.6 | 5,599 | 4 | 786 | 36.9% | 20% | 70% |
| ABP Ananda | Over 10m | 244 | 504,670 | 315 | 30,183 | 67% | 29% | 87% |
| ABP Asmita | 1m to 10m | 89.1 | 39,338 | 35 | 936 | 37.4% | 38% | 95% |
| ABP Live (English) | Over 10m | 82.3 | 37,906 | 44 | 3,301 | 39% | 32% | 62% |
| ABP Majha | 1m to 10m | 184 | 135,060 | 123 | 12,496 | 91% | 26% | 87% |
| ABP Nadu | 1m to 10m | 134 | 71,395 | 42 | 4,827 | 74% | 27% | 78% |
| ABP News | Over 10m | 163 | 369,450 | 363 | 29,338 | 100% | 30% | 84% |
| ABP Sanjha | 1m to 10m | 90.5 | 2,318 | 9 | 264 | 32% | 26% | 63% |
| Amar Ujala | 1m to 10m | 137 | 47,624 | 22 | 4,017 | 70% | 20% | 64% |
| Anandabazar Patrika | 1m to 10m | 186 | 103,370 | 42 | 8,805 | 43% | 33% | 87% |
| BBC News Gujarati | 1m to 10m | 32.4 | 55,421 | 227 | 1,743 | over 99% | 38% | 101% |
| BBC News Hindi | Over 10m | 58.6 | 226,440 | 657 | 15,351 | 79% | 29% | 93% |
| BBC News Marathi | 1m to 10m | 39 | 55,186 | 164 | 2,884 | 88% | 30% | 97% |
| BBC News Punjabi | 1m to 10m | 21.9 | 16,610 | 166 | 444 | over 99% | 28% | 93% |
| BBC News Tamil | 1m to 10m | 26.5 | 34,595 | 195 | 1,608 | over 99% | 32% | 87% |
| BBC News Telugu | 1m to 10m | 23.6 | 21,706 | 110 | 898 | 63% | 31% | 87% |
| Business Standard | 100k to 1m | 45.3 | 950 | 2 | 110 | 15% | 9% | 40% |
| Business Standard Hindi | 100k to 1m | 30.6 | 885 | 1 | 53 | 19% | 17% | 28% |
| CNBC Awaaz | 1m to 10m | 153 | 17,358 | 25 | 1,264 | 58% | 24% | 35% |
| CNBC-TV18 | 1m to 10m | 40.7 | 12,673 | 8 | 641 | over 99% | 36% | 64% |
| CNN-News18 / News18 | 1m to 10m | 198 | 51,293 | 5 | 4,721 | 55% | 24% | 71% |
| Dainik Bhaskar | Over 10m | 103 | 78,909 | 48 | 3,505 | 41% | 32% | 94% |
| Dainik Jagran | Over 10m | 248 | 135,930 | 41 | 10,832 | 87% | 34% | 82% |
| Deccan Herald | 100k to 1m | 79.4 | 10,396 | 14 | 1,471 | 85% | 36.7% | 102% |
| Divya Bhaskar | 1m to 10m | 114 | 6,381 | 8 | 301 | 24% | 35% | 103% |
| Divya Marathi | 100k to 1m | 29 | 485 | 0 | 45 | 47% | 8% | 44% |
| DNA India | 1m to 10m | 126 | 59,580 | 32 | 9,631 | 86% | 30% | 93% |
| Eenadu | 1m to 10m | 52.4 | 5,679 | 32 | 143 | 77% | 20% | 103% |
| Ei Samay | 1m to 10m | 173 | 123,180 | 51 | 7,300 | 89% | 28% | 104% |
| ET Now | 1m to 10m | 63 | 7,208 | 13 | 515 | 93% | 19% | 68% |
| ETV Bharat | 100k to 1m | 82.6 | 10,552 | 4 | 571 | 67% | 26% | 102% |
| Firstpost | 1m to 10m | 95.7 | 74,137 | 79 | 8,189 | 93% | 32% | 65% |
| Gujarati Mid-day | Under 100k | 41.4 | 205 | 0 | 22 | 34% | 8% | 67% |
| Hindu Tamil Thisai | 1m to 10m | 126 | 28,568 | 28 | 4,115 | 39% | 19% | 73% |
| Hindustan (Live Hindustan) | 1m to 10m | 102 | 18,243 | 40 | 2,775 | 55% | 29% | 100% |
| Hindustan Times | 1m to 10m | 108 | 17,310 | 12 | 1,783 | 51% | 25% | 101% |
| HT Telugu | Under 100k | 33 | 14 | 0 | 0.5 | 0% | 14% | 99% |
| I am Gujarat | 100k to 1m | 36.8 | 3,711 | 34 | 177 | 100% | 30% | 92% |
| India Today | Over 10m | 350 | 48,788 | 12 | 4,133 | 87% | 33% | 65% |
| India Today NE | 100k to 1m | 75 | 45,778 | 24 | 2,769 | 75% | 37.4% | 80% |
| India.com | 1m to 10m | 68.4 | 41,086 | 35 | 5,924 | 97% | 31% | 79% |
| Indian Express Malayalam | 100k to 1m | 52.2 | 422 | 1 | 43 | 41% | 29% | 75% |
| Indian Express Tamil | 100k to 1m | 34.5 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.5 | 3% | 32% | 32% |
| Inext Live (i-next) | 1m to 10m | 16 | 56,374 | 51 | 2,175 | over 99% | 31% | 88% |
| Inquilab | 100k to 1m | 18.4 | 2,117 | 6 | 39 | 74% | 21.4% | 43% |
| Jansatta | 1m to 10m | 134 | 5,380 | 3 | 717 | 9% | 29% | 74% |
| Lokmat | 1m to 10m | 287 | 79,664 | 16 | 7,915 | 34% | 30% | 68% |
| Lokmat Times | 100k to 1m | 35.6 | 499 | 0 | 11 | 52% | 21.0% | 54% |
| Loksatta | 1m to 10m | 343 | 48,415 | 7 | 4,392 | 47% | 32% | 90% |
| Maharashtra Times | 1m to 10m | 131 | 144,360 | 163 | 16,278 | 95% | 26% | 77% |
| Manorama News | 1m to 10m | 224 | 187,990 | 78 | 24,600 | 65% | 23% | 97% |
| Manorama Online (Malayala Manorama) | 1m to 10m | 242 | 33,612 | 9 | 5,086 | 36% | 20% | 88% |
| Mathrubhumi | 1m to 10m | 219 | 118,630 | 36 | 14,998 | 41% | 22% | 90% |
| Mid-day | 1m to 10m | 27.4 | 3,632 | 18 | 439 | over 99% | 27% | 63% |
| Mint | 1m to 10m | 61.2 | 1,249 | 2 | 199 | 49% | 20% | 56% |
| Moneycontrol | 1m to 10m | 39.6 | 5,566 | 31 | 583 | 99% | 27% | 46% |
| Nai Dunia | 1m to 10m | 17.8 | 6,780 | 20 | 333 | 87% | 9% | 11% |
| Navbharat Times | Over 10m | 345 | 564,830 | 297 | 50,106 | 99% | 30% | 65% |
| NDTV | Over 10m | 174 | 76,748 | 11 | 5,312 | 68% | 28% | 85% |
| NDTV India | 1m to 10m | 297 | 316,450 | 75 | 24,059 | 83% | 30% | 71.6% |
| NDTV Marathi | 100k to 1m | 67.5 | 16,543 | 5 | 1,133 | 87% | 30% | 89% |
| NDTV Profit | 100k to 1m | 62 | 16,690 | 1 | 575 | 42% | 22% | 30% |
| News18 Bangla | Over 10m | 325 | 381,890 | 162 | 21,069 | 86% | 31% | 86% |
| News18 Gujarati | 1m to 10m | 201 | 64,643 | 72 | 2,518 | 82% | 29% | 92% |
| News18 India | Over 10m | at least 287 | at least 241,610 | 108 | at least 18,130 | 89% | 32% | Not counted |
| News18 Kerala | 1m to 10m | 159 | 46,963 | 31 | 5,245 | 92% | 28% | 84% |
| News18 Marathi | 1m to 10m | 216 | 155,590 | 82 | 8,670 | 88% | 29% | 87% |
| News18 Tamil Nadu | 1m to 10m | 195 | 92,496 | 72 | 6,950 | 83% | 25% | 71% |
| Onmanorama | 100k to 1m | 13.9 | 736 | 2 | 70 | 78% | 17% | 86% |
| Prajavani | 1m to 10m | 145 | 20,145 | 18 | 1,949 | 44% | 32% | 84% |
| Punjabi Jagran | Under 100k | 86.8 | 22 | 0 | 1.4 | 1% | 20% | 106% |
| Sakshi | 1m to 10m | 156 | 23,398 | 9 | 1,173 | 39% | 22% | 95% |
| Samayam Malayalam | 100k to 1m | 26.8 | 6,411 | 29 | 472 | 99% | 19% | 95% |
| Samayam Tamil | 1m to 10m | 44.1 | 13,281 | 39 | 1,477 | over 99% | 26% | 54% |
| Samayam Telugu | 1m to 10m | 42.3 | 25,260 | 115 | 2,549 | over 99% | 25% | 81% |
| Scroll.in | 1m to 10m | 80.4 | 5,043 | 4 | 775 | 26% | 31% | 87% |
| The Economic Times | 1m to 10m | 162 | 25,454 | 13 | 3,536 | 66% | 38% | 79% |
| The Financial Express | 1m to 10m | 98.3 | 2,809 | 7 | 331 | 62% | 36% | 65% |
| The Hindu | 1m to 10m | 38.9 | 18,731 | 39 | 1,324 | 85% | 36% | 95% |
| The Hindu BusinessLine | 100k to 1m | 68.1 | 240 | 1 | 14 | 7% | 39% | 75% |
| The Indian Express | 1m to 10m | 254 | 46,118 | 12 | 4,265 | 56% | 45% | 79% |
| The Lallantop | 1m to 10m | 83.8 | 152,610 | 106 | 4,661 | 49% | 41% | 66% |
| The Pioneer | Under 100k | 5 | 204 | 3 | 23 | 100% | 8% | 81% |
| The Quint | 1m to 10m | 12.9 | 6,556 | 9 | 544 | 55% | 30% | 43% |
| The Telegraph (India) | 100k to 1m | 31.3 | 29,984 | 14 | 2,513 | 46% | 15% | 67% |
| The Times of India | Over 10m | 117 | 162,760 | 198 | 17,688 | 98% | 34% | 94% |
| Times Now | 1m to 10m | 133 | 195,600 | 139 | 13,833 | 99% | 28% | 78% |
| Times Now Navbharat | 1m to 10m | 198 | 210,110 | 97 | 18,074 | 81% | 34% | 88% |
| Vijay Karnataka | 1m to 10m | 27.1 | 13,469 | 114 | 612 | 96% | 20.7% | 57% |
| WION | 1m to 10m | 221 | 61,053 | 17 | 4,138 | 70% | 34% | 75% |
| Zee 24 Ghanta | Over 10m | 150 | 323,390 | 422 | 23,627 | 99% | 40% | 80% |
| Zee 24 Taas | 1m to 10m | 157 | 98,535 | 87 | 5,915 | 87% | 34% | 88% |
| Zee Bihar Jharkhand | 1m to 10m | 88.6 | 41,721 | 31 | 1,254 | 69% | 28% | 87% |
| Zee Business | 1m to 10m | 122 | 14,923 | 31 | 758 | 92% | 25% | 32% |
| Zee News | Over 10m | 289 | 291,030 | 106 | 20,941 | 83% | 33% | 74% |
| Zee Rajasthan | 1m to 10m | 152 | 79,023 | 47 | 1,668 | 72.4% | 42% | 87% |
| Zee Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand | 1m to 10m | 78.2 | 42,296 | 18 | 1,283 | 66% | 36% | 93% |
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