This is a list of newspapers in Italy , ordered according to category/scope and circulation .
The number of daily print newspapers in Italy was 107 in 1950, whereas it was 78 in 1965.[1] It has further declined since and 74 are listed in this article: 21 countrywide newspapers (including some "opinion" or "political" newspapers with very limited circulation, that are available only in Rome and few other places), 50 regional or local newspapers (some of which have a larger circulation than most countrywide ones) and 3 sports newspapers (all three having a much larger circulation on Mondays).[2] The total circulation (both in print and digital) of the 57 newspapers tracked by Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa (ADS) was 1,891,819 in January 2023, down from 2,292,549 for 57 newspapers in January 2020.[3] [4] Corriere della Sera , based in Milan , has the largest circulation — more than 250,000 on average —, and has more than 500,000 digital subscribers.[5]
Political parties used to have their own newspapers, most of which have been either disbanded or transformed into online publications. They have included Avanti! (est. 1896, Italian Socialist Party ), Il Popolo d'Italia (est. 1914, Italian Socialist Party / National Fascist Party ), La Voce Repubblicana (est. 1921, Italian Republican Party ), Il Popolo (est. 1923, Italian People's Party / Christian Democracy / Italian People's Party ), L'Unità (est. 1924, Italian Communist Party / Democratic Party of the Left / Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party ), L'Umanità (est. 1947, Italian Democratic Socialist Party ), La Discussione (est. 1952, Christian Democracy), Secolo d'Italia (est. 1952, Italian Social Movement ), Liberazione (est. 1991, Communist Refoundation Party ), La Padania (est. 1997, Lega Nord ) and Europa (est. 2003, Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy / Democratic Party).
Countrywide
Listed according to circulation , updated to December 2023.[4]
Newspaper
Circulation
Headquarters
Est.
Orientation
Corriere della Sera
239,581
Milan
1876
Liberalism [6] [7]
La Repubblica
138,093
Rome
1976
Progressivism [8] [9] [10] [11]
Il Sole 24 Ore
126,619
Milan
1865[12]
Liberalism [13]
Avvenire
100,767
Milan
1968
Christian democracy
La Stampa
81,246
Turin
1867
Progressivism [14]
Il Fatto Quotidiano
50,679
Rome
2009
Left-wing populism [6] [15] [16]
La Verità
28,977
Milan
2016
Right-wing populism
Il Giornale
28,032
Milan
1974
Liberal conservatism [17] [18]
Libero
20,378
Milan
2000
Liberal conservatism
Italia Oggi
15,308
Milan
1991
Liberal conservatism
Il manifesto
12,945
Rome
1969
Socialism
L'Unità
n.a.
Rome
1924
Social democracy
La Discussione
n.a.
Rome
1952
Christian democracy
MF Milano Finanza
n.a.
Milan
1989
Liberal conservatism
Il Foglio
n.a.
Rome
1996
Liberalism
L'Opinione delle Libertà
n.a.
Rome
1996
Liberalism
Il Riformista
n.a.
Rome
2002
Liberalism
La Notizia
n.a.
Rome
2013
Populism
Il Dubbio
n.a.
Rome
2016
Liberalism
Domani
n.a.
Rome
2020
Progressivism
La Ragione
n.a.
Rome
2021
Liberalism
L'Identità
n.a.
Rome
2022
Populism
Regional/local
Listed according to circulation , updated to December 2023.[4]
Newspaper
Circulation
Headquarters
Est.
Area
Il Messaggero
62,364
Rome
1878
Lazio , Marche , Umbria , Abruzzo
Il Resto del Carlino
57,969
Bologna
1885
Emilia-Romagna , Marche , southern Veneto
Il Gazzettino
44,377
Venice
1887
Veneto , western Friuli-Venezia Giulia
La Nazione
37,421
Florence
1859
Tuscany , Umbria , eastern Liguria
Dolomiten
34,351
Bolzano
1882
South Tyrol
L'Eco di Bergamo
29,788
Bergamo
1880
Province of Bergamo (Lombardy )
L'Unione Sarda
26,720
Cagliari
1889
Sardinia
Messaggero Veneto
26,364
Udine
1946
western Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Il Secolo XIX
22,975
Genoa
1886
Liguria , southern Piedmont
Giornale di Brescia
22,653
Brescia
1945
Province of Brescia (Lombardy )
Il Mattino
22,464
Naples
1892
Campania
Gazzetta di Parma
21,745
Parma
1735
Province of Parma (Emilia-Romagna )
L'Arena
19,401
Verona
1866
Province of Verona (Veneto )
La Nuova Sardegna
19,362
Sassari
1891
Sardinia
L'Adige
19,358
Trento
1945
South Tyrol
Il Giornale di Vicenza
18,016
Vicenza
1915
Province of Vicenza (Veneto )
Il Tirreno
17,995
Livorno
1877
Tuscany
Il Giorno
17,865
Milan
1956
Lombardy
Libertà
14,446
Piacenza
1883
Province of Piacenza (Emilia-Romagna )
La Provincia
13,521
Como
1892
northern Lombardy
Il Piccolo
13,213
Trieste
1881
eastern Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Gazzetta di Mantova
11,954
Mantua
1664
Province of Mantua (Lombardy )
Il Mattino di Padova
10,845
Padua
1978
Province of Padua (Veneto )
La Provincia di Cremona
10,157
Cremona
1947
Province of Cremona (Lombardy )
Quotidiano di Sicilia
9,853
Catania
1979
Sicily
Gazzetta del Sud
9,450
Messina
1952
north-western Sicily , Calabria
Corriere Adriatico
8,159
Ancona
1860
Marche
La Sicilia
8,085
Catania
1945
Sicily
Alto Adige
7,892
Bolzano
1945
South Tyrol
Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia
7,568
Lecce
1979
southern Apulia
Il Centro
7,286
Pescara
1986
Abruzzo
Il Tempo
7,045
Rome
1944
Lazio , Umbria
La Provincia Pavese
6,995
Pavia
1879
Province of Pavia (Lombardy )
La Tribuna di Treviso
6,678
Treviso
1978
Province of Treviso (Veneto )
Giornale di Sicilia
6,273
Palermo
1860
Sicily
La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
5,853
Bari
1887
Apulia
Gazzetta di Modena
5,506
Modena
1859
Province of Modena (Emilia-Romagna )
Gazzetta di Reggio
5,496
Reggio Emilia
1860
Province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna )
Corriere dell'Umbria
4,970
Perugia
1983
Umbria
La Nuova Venezia
4,691
Venice
1978
Province of Venice (Veneto )
La Nuova Ferrara
4,165
Ferrara
1989
Province of Ferrara (Emilia-Romagna )
Corriere delle Alpi
3,933
Belluno
1978
Province of Belluno (Veneto )
Editoriale Oggi
n.a.
Frosinone
1988
Lazio
Trentino
n.a.
Trento
1945
Trentino
Il T
n.a.
Trento
2022
Trentino
Roma
n.a.
Naples
1862
Campania
Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung
n.a.
Bolzano
1996
South Tyrol
Il Quotidiano del Sud
n.a.
Castrolibero
1995
Calabria , Basilicata , Campania
La Voce di Rovigo
n.a.
Rovigo
2004
Province of Rovigo (Veneto )
Primorski dnevnik
n.a.
Trieste
1945
Slovene minority in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Sports
Listed according to circulation , updated to December 2023.[4]