The historic seat of the Corriere della Sera in via Solferino in Milan
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 76 are listed in this article: 22 countrywide newspapers (including some "opinion" or "political" newspapers with very limited circulation, that are available only in Rome and few other places), 51 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 56 newspapers tracked by Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa (ADS) was 1,755,092 in January 2024, 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 200,000 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).
Listed according to circulation , updated to August 2024.[ 4]
Newspaper
Circulation
Headquarters
Est.
Orientation
Corriere della Sera
227,931
Milan
1876
Liberalism [ 6] [ 7]
La Repubblica
149,022
Rome
1976
Progressivism [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Il Sole 24 Ore
117,198
Milan
1865[ 12]
Liberalism [ 13]
Avvenire
97,308
Milan
1968
Christian democracy
La Stampa
75,679
Turin
1867
Progressivism [ 14]
Il Fatto Quotidiano
54,393
Rome
2009
Left-wing populism [ 6] [ 15] [ 16]
Il Giornale
28,370
Milan
1974
Liberal conservatism [ 17] [ 18]
La Verità
27,174
Milan
2016
Right-wing populism
Libero
21,037
Milan
2000
Liberal conservatism
Italia Oggi
14,237
Milan
1991
Liberal conservatism
Il manifesto
13,166
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
Listed according to circulation , updated to August 2024.[ 4]
Newspaper
Circulation
Headquarters
Est.
Area
Il Messaggero
61,000
Rome
1878
Lazio , Marche , Umbria , Abruzzo
Il Resto del Carlino
53,621
Bologna
1885
Emilia-Romagna , Marche , southern Veneto
Il Gazzettino
42,224
Venice
1887
Veneto , western Friuli-Venezia Giulia
La Nazione
35,626
Florence
1859
Tuscany , Umbria , eastern Liguria
Dolomiten
31,987
Bolzano
1882
South Tyrol
L'Unione Sarda
27,252
Cagliari
1889
Sardinia
L'Eco di Bergamo
27,089
Bergamo
1880
Province of Bergamo (Lombardy )
Messaggero Veneto
25,308
Udine
1946
western Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Il Secolo XIX
21,675
Genoa
1886
Liguria , southern Piedmont
Giornale di Brescia
21,352
Brescia
1945
Province of Brescia (Lombardy )
Il Mattino
21,015
Naples
1892
Campania
Gazzetta di Parma
20,655
Parma
1735
Province of Parma (Emilia-Romagna )
La Nuova Sardegna
19,485
Sassari
1891
Sardinia
L'Adige
18,587
Trento
1945
South Tyrol
Il Tirreno
18,186
Livorno
1877
Tuscany
L'Arena
17,898
Verona
1866
Province of Verona (Veneto )
Il Giornale di Vicenza
16,994
Vicenza
1915
Province of Vicenza (Veneto )
Il Giorno
15,026
Milan
1956
Lombardy
Libertà
13,480
Piacenza
1883
Province of Piacenza (Emilia-Romagna )
Il Piccolo
12,689
Trieste
1881
eastern Friuli-Venezia Giulia
La Provincia
12,286
Como
1892
northern Lombardy
Gazzetta di Mantova
10,800
Mantua
1664
Province of Mantua (Lombardy )
Il Mattino di Padova
10,202
Padua
1978
Province of Padua (Veneto )
Quotidiano di Sicilia
9,773
Catania
1979
Sicily
Il Tempo
9,742
Rome
1944
Lazio , Umbria
La Provincia di Cremona
9,490
Cremona
1947
Province of Cremona (Lombardy )
Gazzetta del Sud
8,816
Messina
1952
north-western Sicily , Calabria
Corriere Adriatico
8,767
Ancona
1860
Marche
La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
7,817
Bari
1887
Apulia
Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia
7,563
Lecce
1979
southern Apulia
Alto Adige
7,492
Bolzano
1945
South Tyrol
La Sicilia
7,449
Catania
1945
Sicily
Il Centro
7,152
Pescara
1986
Abruzzo
La Tribuna di Treviso
6,491
Treviso
1978
Province of Treviso (Veneto )
La Provincia Pavese
6,274
Pavia
1879
Province of Pavia (Lombardy )
Giornale di Sicilia
5,325
Palermo
1860
Sicily
Gazzetta di Modena
5,259
Modena
1859
Province of Modena (Emilia-Romagna )
Gazzetta di Reggio
5,100
Reggio Emilia
1860
Province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna )
La Nuova Venezia
5,022
Venice
1978
Province of Venice (Veneto )
Corriere delle Alpi
4,111
Belluno
1978
Province of Belluno (Veneto )
La Nuova Ferrara
3,904
Ferrara
1989
Province of Ferrara (Emilia-Romagna )
Corriere dell'Umbria
3,532
Perugia
1983
Umbria
L'Edicola
3,520
Bari
2021
Apulia , Basilicata
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
Listed according to circulation , updated to August 2024.[ 4]
Some media companies publish several newspapers, ordered by cumulative circulation :
RCS MediaGroup – Corriere della Sera , La Gazzetta dello Sport
GEDI Gruppo Editoriale – La Repubblica , La Stampa , Il Secolo XIX , La Provincia Pavese
Caltagirone Editore – Il Messaggero , Il Gazzettino , Il Mattino , Corriere Adriatico , Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia
Editoriale Nazionale – Il Resto del Carlino , La Nazione , Il Giorno
Gruppo Amodei – Corriere dello Sport , Tuttosport
Nord Est Multimedia – Messaggero Veneto , Il Piccolo , Il Mattino di Padova , La Tribuna di Treviso , La Nuova Venezia , Corriere delle Alpi
Antonio Angelucci – Il Giornale , Libero , Il Tempo
Gruppo SAE – Il Tirreno , La Nuova Sardegna , Gazzetta di Modena , Gazzetta di Reggio , La Nuova Ferrara
Gruppo Athesis – L'Arena , Il Giornale di Vicenza , Gazzetta di Mantova
Società Iniziative Editoriali – L'Adige , Alto Adige
Class Editori – Italia Oggi , MF Milano Finanza
Romeo Editore – L'Unità , Il Riformista
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^ 44,309 on Mondays.
^ 30,516 on Mondays.
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