This is a list of newspapers in Italy. 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]

Corriere della Sera, based in Milan, has the largest circulation — more than 250,000 on average —, and has more than 500,000 digital subscribers.[4]

Political parties in Italy used to have their own newspapers, most of which have been either disbanded or transformed into online publications. Party newspapers 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 March 2023.[3]

Newspaper Circulation Headquarters Est. Orientation
Corriere della Sera 250,098 Milan 1876 Liberalism
La Repubblica 153,406 Rome 1976 Social liberalism
Il Sole 24 Ore 132,616 Milan 1865[5] Economic liberalism
Avvenire 102,332 Milan 1968 Christian democracy
La Stampa 88,993 Turin 1867 Social liberalism
Il Fatto Quotidiano 49,686 Rome 2009 Left-wing populism
La Verità 33,783 Milan 2016 Right-wing populism
Il Giornale 29,218 Milan 1974 Liberal conservatism
Libero 22,569 Milan 2000 National conservatism
Il manifesto 12,649 Rome 1969 Socialism
Italia Oggi 12,276 Milan 1991 Liberal conservatism
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 Classical liberalism
L'Opinione delle Libertà n.a. Rome 1996 Liberalism
Il Riformista n.a. Rome 2002 Social liberalism
La Notizia n.a. Rome 2013 Populism
Il Dubbio n.a. Rome 2016 Liberalism
Domani n.a. Rome 2020 Social liberalism
La Ragione n.a. Rome 2021 Liberalism
L'Identità n.a. Rome 2022 Social liberalism

Regional/local

Listed according to circulation, updated to March 2023.[3]

Newspaper Circulation Headquarters Est. Area
Il Messaggero 67,161 Rome 1878 Lazio, Marche, Umbria, Abruzzo
Il Resto del Carlino 63,388 Bologna 1885 Emilia-Romagna, Marche, southern Veneto
Il Gazzettino 46,200 Venice 1887 Veneto, western Friuli-Venezia Giulia
La Nazione 42,179 Florence 1859 Tuscany, Umbria, eastern Liguria
Dolomiten 34,288 Bolzano 1882 South Tyrol
L'Eco di Bergamo 30,281 Bergamo 1880 Province of Bergamo (Lombardy)
L'Unione Sarda 28,484 Cagliari 1889 Sardinia
Messaggero Veneto 28,172 Udine 1946 western Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Il Secolo XIX 24,569 Genoa 1886 Liguria, southern Piedmont
Il Mattino 24,439 Naples 1892 Campania
Giornale di Brescia 23,441 Brescia 1945 Province of Brescia (Lombardy)
Gazzetta di Parma 22,309 Parma 1735 Province of Parma (Emilia-Romagna)
Il Tirreno 21,832 Livorno 1877 Tuscany
L'Arena 21,206 Verona 1866 Province of Verona (Veneto)
La Nuova Sardegna 20,894 Sassari 1891 Sardinia
Il Giorno 20,457 Milan 1956 Lombardy
L'Adige 20,264 Bolzano 1945 South Tyrol
Il Giornale di Vicenza 19,835 Vicenza 1915 Province of Vicenza (Veneto)
La Provincia 18,918 Como 1892 northern Lombardy
Libertà 14,726 Piacenza 1883 Province of Piacenza (Emilia-Romagna)
Il Piccolo 14,142 Trieste 1881 eastern Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Gazzetta di Mantova 12,665 Mantua 1664 Province of Mantua (Lombardy)
Il Mattino di Padova 11,567 Padua 1978 Province of Padua (Veneto)
La Provincia di Cremona 10,657 Cremona 1947 Province of Cremona (Lombardy)
Quotidiano di Sicilia 10,446 Catania 1979 Sicily
Gazzetta del Sud 10,364 Messina 1952 north-western Sicily, Calabria
La Sicilia 8,857 Catania 1945 Sicily
Corriere Adriatico 8,657 Ancona 1860 Marche
Alto Adige 8,079 Bolzano 1945 South Tyrol
Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia 7,871 Lecce 1979 southern Apulia
Il Tempo 7,803 Rome 1944 Lazio, Umbria
Il Centro 7,704 Pescara 1986 Abruzzo
La Provincia Pavese 7,341 Pavia 1879 Province of Pavia (Lombardy)
Giornale di Sicilia 6,939 Palermo 1860 Sicily
La Tribuna di Treviso 6,924 Treviso 1978 Province of Treviso (Veneto)
La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno 6,512 Bari 1887 Apulia
Gazzetta di Reggio 5,770 Reggio Emilia 1860 Province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna)
Gazzetta di Modena 5,650 Modena 1859 Province of Modena (Emilia-Romagna)
La Nuova Venezia 5,170 Venice 1978 Province of Venice (Veneto)
La Nuova Ferrara 4,399 Ferrara 1989 Province of Ferrara (Emilia-Romagna)
Corriere delle Alpi 4,081 Belluno 1978 Province of Belluno (Veneto)
Corriere dell'Umbria 3,513 Perugia 1983 Umbria
Editoriale Oggi 3,206 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 March 2023.[3]

Newspaper Circulation Headquarters Est.
La Gazzetta dello Sport 166,680[6] Milan 1896
Corriere dello Sport – Stadio 36,656[7] Rome 1924
Tuttosport 20,044[8] Turin 1945

Publishers

Some media companies publish several newspapers:

See also

References

  1. ^ Pippa Norris (Fall 2000). "Chapter 4 The Decline of Newspapers?". A Virtuous Circle: Political Communications in Post-Industrial Societies (PDF). New York: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ^ "European Publishing Monitor" (PDF). Turku School of Economics (Media Group). March 2007. Archived from the original (Report) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "ADS - Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa".
  4. ^ "Il Corriere della Sera raggiunge i 500 mila abbonati digitali". 14 December 2022.
  5. ^ The newspaper started as Il Sole in 1865 and was merged with 24 Ore, started in 1933, in order to form the current newspaper, in 1965.
  6. ^ 170,691 on Mondays.
  7. ^ 43,886 on Mondays.
  8. ^ 24,003 on Mondays.

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