The World's Most Read Newspapers

The Guardian:
The Guardian is next on the list. Founded in 1821 by John Edward Taylor in Manchester, this British national daily newspaper has grown from a 19th-century local paper to a national paper associated with a complex organizational structure and international multimedia and web presence. In December last year The Guardian in paper form had an average daily circulation of 2, 04,222. The newspaper's online version is the second most popular British newspaper website. The paper is also powerful in the design and publishing arena.

Recent notable news include the newspaper breaking the news of the secret collection of Verizon telephone records held by Barack Obama's administration and subsequently revealed the existence of the PRISM surveillance program after it was leaked to the paper by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

People's Daily:
The People's Daily is the fourth most read newspaper in the world. It is a daily newspaper in the People's Republic of China. It is controlled by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The paper is published globally with a circulation of 3 to 4 million. Its main edition is in Chinese language, but it also has editions in English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Korean.

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