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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, from one country. Here are its countries and news brands side by side, each beside the median in India.

Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.

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Every news brand, A to Z

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.

The map

How often news brands post in India, country by country

Median posts a day across the news brands we compared in each country, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. A country shows a median only where we compared at least five Facebook Pages from at least three owners, none owning more than half. The shades run across India's own range, from its lowest country median to its highest.

Median posts a day

  • Under 10
  • 10 to 20
  • 20 to 30
  • 30 to 50
  • 50 or more
  • Compared, no median printed
  • Not in the comparison

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Median posts a day by country, A to Z, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026
CountryMedian posts a dayNews brands
India93.198

Each country, week by week

Median posts a week across each country's news brands, A to Z, all on one scale.

Places

Countries in India

Countries in India
CountryNews brandsMedian posts a day
India9889.8

Median posts a day across the news brands of each place in India, A to Z, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.

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.

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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

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98 news brands in India, placed by posts a day, with the median and middle half across them. The scale is logarithmic, so 1 to 10 takes the same width as 10 to 100. Public Facebook posts, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026. Dataset peers-2026-09-v4.

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.

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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 TakIndiaOver 10m357564,29031035,57796%35%71.9%
Aaj Tak BanglaIndia100k to 1m51.65,599478636.9%20%70%
ABP AnandaIndiaOver 10m244504,67031530,18367%29%87%
ABP AsmitaIndia1m to 10m89.139,3383593637.4%38%95%
ABP Live (English)IndiaOver 10m82.337,906443,30139%32%62%
ABP MajhaIndia1m to 10m184135,06012312,49691%26%87%
ABP NaduIndia1m to 10m13471,395424,82774%27%78%
ABP NewsIndiaOver 10m163369,45036329,338100%30%84%
ABP SanjhaIndia1m to 10m90.52,318926432%26%63%
Amar UjalaIndia1m to 10m13747,624224,01770%20%64%
Anandabazar PatrikaIndia1m to 10m186103,370428,80543%33%87%
BBC News GujaratiIndia1m to 10m32.455,4212271,743over 99%38%101%
BBC News HindiIndiaOver 10m58.6226,44065715,35179%29%93%
BBC News MarathiIndia1m to 10m3955,1861642,88488%30%97%
BBC News PunjabiIndia1m to 10m21.916,610166444over 99%28%93%
BBC News TamilIndia1m to 10m26.534,5951951,608over 99%32%87%
BBC News TeluguIndia1m to 10m23.621,70611089863%31%87%
Business StandardIndia100k to 1m45.3950211015%9%40%
Business Standard HindiIndia100k to 1m30.688515319%17%28%
CNBC AwaazIndia1m to 10m15317,358251,26458%24%35%
CNBC-TV18India1m to 10m40.712,6738641over 99%36%64%
CNN-News18 / News18India1m to 10m19851,29354,72155%24%71%
Dainik BhaskarIndiaOver 10m10378,909483,50541%32%94%
Dainik JagranIndiaOver 10m248135,9304110,83287%34%82%
Deccan HeraldIndia100k to 1m79.410,396141,47185%36.7%102%
Divya BhaskarIndia1m to 10m1146,381830124%35%103%
Divya MarathiIndia100k to 1m2948504547%8%44%
DNA IndiaIndia1m to 10m12659,580329,63186%30%93%
EenaduIndia1m to 10m52.45,6793214377%20%103%
Ei SamayIndia1m to 10m173123,180517,30089%28%104%
ET NowIndia1m to 10m637,2081351593%19%68%
ETV BharatIndia100k to 1m82.610,552457167%26%102%
FirstpostIndia1m to 10m95.774,137798,18993%32%65%
Gujarati Mid-dayIndiaUnder 100k41.420502234%8%67%
Hindu Tamil ThisaiIndia1m to 10m12628,568284,11539%19%73%
Hindustan (Live Hindustan)India1m to 10m10218,243402,77555%29%100%
Hindustan TimesIndia1m to 10m10817,310121,78351%25%101%
HT TeluguIndiaUnder 100k331400.50%14%99%
I am GujaratIndia100k to 1m36.83,71134177100%30%92%
India TodayIndiaOver 10m35048,788124,13387%33%65%
India Today NEIndia100k to 1m7545,778242,76975%37.4%80%
India.comIndia1m to 10m68.441,086355,92497%31%79%
Indian Express MalayalamIndia100k to 1m52.242214341%29%75%
Indian Express TamilIndia100k to 1m34.56.300.53%32%32%
Inext Live (i-next)India1m to 10m1656,374512,175over 99%31%88%
InquilabIndia100k to 1m18.42,11763974%21.4%43%
JansattaIndia1m to 10m1345,38037179%29%74%
LokmatIndia1m to 10m28779,664167,91534%30%68%
Lokmat TimesIndia100k to 1m35.649901152%21.0%54%
LoksattaIndia1m to 10m34348,41574,39247%32%90%
Maharashtra TimesIndia1m to 10m131144,36016316,27895%26%77%
Manorama NewsIndia1m to 10m224187,9907824,60065%23%97%
Manorama Online (Malayala Manorama)India1m to 10m24233,61295,08636%20%88%
MathrubhumiIndia1m to 10m219118,6303614,99841%22%90%
Mid-dayIndia1m to 10m27.43,63218439over 99%27%63%
MintIndia1m to 10m61.21,249219949%20%56%
MoneycontrolIndia1m to 10m39.65,5663158399%27%46%
Nai DuniaIndia1m to 10m17.86,7802033387%9%11%
Navbharat TimesIndiaOver 10m345564,83029750,10699%30%65%
NDTVIndiaOver 10m17476,748115,31268%28%85%
NDTV IndiaIndia1m to 10m297316,4507524,05983%30%71.6%
NDTV MarathiIndia100k to 1m67.516,54351,13387%30%89%
NDTV ProfitIndia100k to 1m6216,690157542%22%30%
News18 BanglaIndiaOver 10m325381,89016221,06986%31%86%
News18 GujaratiIndia1m to 10m20164,643722,51882%29%92%
News18 IndiaIndiaOver 10mat least 287at least 241,610108at least 18,13089%32%Not counted
News18 KeralaIndia1m to 10m15946,963315,24592%28%84%
News18 MarathiIndia1m to 10m216155,590828,67088%29%87%
News18 Tamil NaduIndia1m to 10m19592,496726,95083%25%71%
OnmanoramaIndia100k to 1m13.973627078%17%86%
PrajavaniIndia1m to 10m14520,145181,94944%32%84%
Punjabi JagranIndiaUnder 100k86.82201.41%20%106%
SakshiIndia1m to 10m15623,39891,17339%22%95%
Samayam MalayalamIndia100k to 1m26.86,4112947299%19%95%
Samayam TamilIndia1m to 10m44.113,281391,477over 99%26%54%
Samayam TeluguIndia1m to 10m42.325,2601152,549over 99%25%81%
Scroll.inIndia1m to 10m80.45,043477526%31%87%
The Economic TimesIndia1m to 10m16225,454133,53666%38%79%
The Financial ExpressIndia1m to 10m98.32,809733162%36%65%
The HinduIndia1m to 10m38.918,731391,32485%36%95%
The Hindu BusinessLineIndia100k to 1m68.12401147%39%75%
The Indian ExpressIndia1m to 10m25446,118124,26556%45%79%
The LallantopIndia1m to 10m83.8152,6101064,66149%41%66%
The PioneerIndiaUnder 100k5204323100%8%81%
The QuintIndia1m to 10m12.96,556954455%30%43%
The Telegraph (India)India100k to 1m31.329,984142,51346%15%67%
The Times of IndiaIndiaOver 10m117162,76019817,68898%34%94%
Times NowIndia1m to 10m133195,60013913,83399%28%78%
Times Now NavbharatIndia1m to 10m198210,1109718,07481%34%88%
Vijay KarnatakaIndia1m to 10m27.113,46911461296%20.7%57%
WIONIndia1m to 10m22161,053174,13870%34%75%
Zee 24 GhantaIndiaOver 10m150323,39042223,62799%40%80%
Zee 24 TaasIndia1m to 10m15798,535875,91587%34%88%
Zee Bihar JharkhandIndia1m to 10m88.641,721311,25469%28%87%
Zee BusinessIndia1m to 10m12214,9233175892%25%32%
Zee NewsIndiaOver 10m289291,03010620,94183%33%74%
Zee RajasthanIndia1m to 10m15279,023471,66872.4%42%87%
Zee Uttar Pradesh UttarakhandIndia1m to 10m78.242,296181,28366%36%93%

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.

Posts each day

  • Median in India
  • Middle half in India
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Median posts each day across news brands in India, with the middle half of them shaded, 29 June 2026 to 20 September 2026.
DayMedian in IndiaMiddle half in India
Monday 29 June97.541.5 to 176
Tuesday 30 June10140.3 to 191
Wednesday 1 July97.542.3 to 183
Thursday 2 July98.542.3 to 170
Friday 3 July88.538.8 to 179
Saturday 4 July8234.3 to 138
Sunday 5 July77.529.3 to 122
Monday 6 July8942.3 to 179
Tuesday 7 July9643.3 to 185
Wednesday 8 July9646.5 to 186
Thursday 9 July92.543.3 to 180
Friday 10 July8643.3 to 175
Saturday 11 July7335.5 to 162
Sunday 12 July64.531 to 136
Monday 13 July9241.3 to 173
Tuesday 14 July9447.5 to 182
Wednesday 15 July10148 to 186
Thursday 16 July9645 to 180
Friday 17 July89.542 to 179
Saturday 18 July8438.3 to 151
Sunday 19 July6728.5 to 136
Monday 20 July10344 to 180
Tuesday 21 July98.550.3 to 194
Wednesday 22 July9647.5 to 183
Thursday 23 July10047 to 182
Friday 24 July9443.3 to 168
Saturday 25 July8540 to 150
Sunday 26 July7328.8 to 142
Monday 27 July10247.5 to 188
Tuesday 28 July10045 to 191
Wednesday 29 July10546.8 to 191
Thursday 30 July10250.3 to 181
Friday 31 July9445.3 to 170
Saturday 1 August8738.3 to 151
Sunday 2 August74.528.3 to 140
Monday 3 August97.544 to 192
Tuesday 4 August98.549.8 to 176
Wednesday 5 August10750.3 to 178
Thursday 6 August99.546.3 to 182
Friday 7 August9841.5 to 183
Saturday 8 August84.536 to 151
Sunday 9 August76.532.3 to 148
Monday 10 August10644 to 199
Tuesday 11 August10147.3 to 195
Wednesday 12 August10652.3 to 190
Thursday 13 August10251.8 to 183
Friday 14 August91.548 to 181
Saturday 15 August8136.3 to 170
Sunday 16 August67.530.3 to 141
Monday 17 August98.545.3 to 186
Tuesday 18 August10447.3 to 178
Wednesday 19 August10656 to 181
Thursday 20 August10143.8 to 179
Friday 21 August98.545.5 to 180
Saturday 22 August8135.3 to 152
Sunday 23 August69.531.5 to 140
Monday 24 August10248.3 to 188
Tuesday 25 August10550.5 to 189
Wednesday 26 August10150.5 to 185
Thursday 27 August10444.3 to 189
Friday 28 August10343.5 to 163
Saturday 29 August77.534 to 172
Sunday 30 August66.528.5 to 151
Monday 31 August10843.8 to 190
Tuesday 1 September10548.3 to 194
Wednesday 2 September10548.5 to 189
Thursday 3 September88.550 to 192
Friday 4 September10744.5 to 191
Saturday 5 September79.537.3 to 159
Sunday 6 September77.532.3 to 128
Monday 7 September98.547.3 to 171
Tuesday 8 September95.552 to 169
Wednesday 9 September97.548 to 185
Thursday 10 September93.547 to 176
Friday 11 September9344.3 to 190
Saturday 12 September8438.3 to 177
Sunday 13 September8332.5 to 138
Monday 14 September8839.3 to 175
Tuesday 15 September99.546 to 199
Wednesday 16 September10947.5 to 194
Thursday 17 September10446.3 to 190
Friday 18 September10247.3 to 197
Saturday 19 September8639.3 to 158
Sunday 20 September7732.3 to 152

Share of posts by local hour

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Median share of posts in each local hour across news brands in India.
Local hourMedian share
00:000.6%
01:000.2%
02:000.1%
03:000.1%
04:000%
05:000.1%
06:001.3%
07:003.3%
08:004.6%
09:005.3%
10:006.5%
11:006.8%
12:007%
13:007%
14:006.7%
15:007%
16:007.2%
17:006.9%
18:006.2%
19:006%
20:005.6%
21:004.8%
22:004%
23:002.7%

Posts a day by weekday

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Median posts a day on each local weekday across news brands in India.
WeekdayMedian posts a day
Monday102
Tuesday96.7
Wednesday98.7
Thursday106
Friday95.2
Saturday81.4
Sunday71.4

What they posted

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Median share of each format among posts by news brands in India.
FormatMedian in India
Photo40%
Video or reel35%
Album1%
Link23%
Text only0%
Other0%

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