The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) publishes a list of newspapers with the largest circulation. In 2005, China topped the list in term of total newspaper circulation with 93.5 million a day, India came second with 78.8 million, followed by Japan, with 70.4 million; the United States, with 48.3 million; and जर्मनी, with 22.1 million. Around 75 of the 100 best selling newspapers are in Asia and seven out of top ten are Japanese newspapers. 

The Japanese "Yomiuri Shimbun", "Asahi Shimbun", "Mainichi Shimbun" and "Seikyo Shimbun" are still the best-selling newspapers in the world. जर्मनी's "Bild" became the only entry in the top ten from outside of Asia. "Reference News" (參考消息) is the most popular paper in China. The highest selling from the United States is "USA Today", which is 13th in the world.

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the daily circulation of the Soviet newspaper "Trud" exceeded 21,500,000 in 1990, while the Soviet weekly "Argumenty i Fakty" boasted the circulation of 33,500,000 in 1991.

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