List of newspapers in Italy

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 daily print newspapers in Italy were 107 in 1950, whereas there were 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 1,661,682 in January 2025, down from 2,292,549 for 57 newspapers in January 2020.[3][4] Corriere della Sera, based in Milan, has the largest circulation, above 200,000 copies, and more than 500,000 digital subscribers.[5] Corriere della Sera is distantly followed by La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore, Avvenire and La Stampa. The circulation of some leading "opinion" newspapers, including Il Foglio and Domani, is not tracked by ADS.

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 February 2026.[4]

Newspaper Circulation Headquarters Est. Orientation
Corriere della Sera 208,950 Milan 1876 Liberalism[6][7]
La Repubblica 116,199 Rome 1976 Progressivism[8][9][10][11]
Il Sole 24 Ore 106,919 Milan 1865[12] Liberalism[13]
Avvenire 104,428 Milan 1968 Christian democracy
La Stampa 66,405 Turin 1867 Progressivism[14]
Il Fatto Quotidiano 59,253 Rome 2009 Left-wing populism[6][15][16]
Il Giornale 25,539 Milan 1974 Liberal conservatism[17][18]
La Verità 22,209 Milan 2016 Right-wing populism
Libero 16,151 Milan 2000 Liberal conservatism
Il manifesto 15,497 Rome 1969 Socialism
Italia Oggi 13,760 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 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 February 2026.[4]

Newspaper Circulation Headquarters Est. Area
Il Messaggero 54,024 Rome 1878 Lazio, Marche, Umbria, Abruzzo
Il Resto del Carlino 47,998 Bologna 1885 Emilia-Romagna, Marche, southern Veneto
Il Gazzettino 39,668 Venice 1887 Veneto, western Friuli-Venezia Giulia
La Nazione 30,618 Florence 1859 Tuscany, Umbria, eastern Liguria
Dolomiten 28,285 Bolzano 1882 South Tyrol
L'Eco di Bergamo 25,467 Bergamo 1880 Province of Bergamo (Lombardy)
L'Unione Sarda 22,874 Cagliari 1889 Sardinia
Messaggero Veneto 22,513 Udine 1946 western Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Il Mattino 21,225 Naples 1892 Campania
Giornale di Brescia 19,788 Brescia 1945 Province of Brescia (Lombardy)
Gazzetta di Parma 19,300 Parma 1735 Province of Parma (Emilia-Romagna)
Il Secolo XIX 18,307 Genoa 1886 Liguria, southern Piedmont
L'Adige 17,446 Trento 1945 South Tyrol
L'Edicola 17,288 Bari 2021 Apulia, Basilicata
La Nuova Sardegna 16,286 Sassari 1891 Sardinia
L'Arena 15,422 Verona 1866 Province of Verona (Veneto)
Il Giornale di Vicenza 15,058 Vicenza 1915 Province of Vicenza (Veneto)
Il Tirreno 14,404 Livorno 1877 Tuscany
Il Giorno 13,676 Milan 1956 Lombardy
Libertà 12,473 Piacenza 1883 Province of Piacenza (Emilia-Romagna)
La Provincia 11,647 Como 1892 northern Lombardy
Il Piccolo 10,912 Trieste 1881 eastern Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Gazzetta di Mantova 9,633 Mantua 1664 Province of Mantua (Lombardy)
Quotidiano di Sicilia 8,987 Catania 1979 Sicily
La Provincia di Cremona 8,938 Cremona 1947 Province of Cremona (Lombardy)
Il Mattino di Padova 8,937 Padua 1978 Province of Padua (Veneto)
Il Tempo 7,709 Rome 1944 Lazio, Umbria
Corriere Adriatico 7,236 Ancona 1860 Marche
Gazzetta del Sud 7,221 Messina 1952 north-western Sicily, Calabria
Alto Adige 7,189 Bolzano 1945 South Tyrol
La Sicilia 6,350 Catania 1945 Sicily
La Provincia Pavese 6,191 Pavia 1879 Province of Pavia (Lombardy)
Il Centro 6,177 Pescara 1986 Abruzzo
Quotidiano di Puglia 5,985 Lecce 1979 southern Apulia
La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno 5,933 Bari 1887 Apulia
La Tribuna di Treviso 5,459 Treviso 1978 Province of Treviso (Veneto)
Gazzetta di Modena 4,818 Modena 1859 Province of Modena (Emilia-Romagna)
Gazzetta di Reggio 4,733 Reggio Emilia 1860 Province of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna)
Giornale di Sicilia 4,303 Palermo 1860 Sicily
Corriere dell'Umbria 4,106 Perugia 1983 Umbria
La Nuova Venezia 3,867 Venice 1978 Province of Venice (Veneto)
Corriere delle Alpi 3,620 Belluno 1978 Province of Belluno (Veneto)
La Nuova Ferrara 3,566 Ferrara 1989 Province of Ferrara (Emilia-Romagna)
Bresciaoggi n.a. Brescia 1974 Province of Brescia
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 February 2026.[4]

Newspaper Circulation Headquarters Est.
La Gazzetta dello Sport 119,148[a] Milan 1896
Corriere dello Sport 36,680[b] Rome 1924
Tuttosport 19,278[c] Turin 1945
  1. ^ 128,688 on Mondays.
  2. ^ 42,275 on Mondays.
  3. ^ 19,066 on Mondays.

Publishers

Some media companies publish several newspapers, ordered by cumulative circulation:

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. ^ "ADS - Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa".
  4. ^ a b c d "ADS - Accertamenti Diffusione Stampa".
  5. ^ "Il Corriere della Sera raggiunge i 500 mila abbonati digitali". 14 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b Fenzl, Michele; Stedtnitz, Christine (May 2023). "The News We Choose: Unfair Inequality and the Growing Success of Populist News" (PDF). Universität Zürich. URPP Equality of Opportunity Discussion Paper Series.
  7. ^ "Southern European populisms as counter-hegemonic discourses? Podemos and M5S in comparative perspective" (PDF). Political Studies Association.
  8. ^ Papathanassopoulos, Stylianos (2007). "The Mediterranean or Polarized Pluralist Model Countries". In Terzis, G. (ed.). European Media Governance: National and Regional Dimensions. Bristol: Intellect Book. pp. 191–200.
  9. ^ Castaldi, Simone (6 October 2010). Drawn and Dangerous: Italian Comics of the 1970s and 1980s. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781628468397.
  10. ^ Zamponi, Lorenzo (26 February 2018). Social Movements, Memory and Media: Narrative in Action in the Italian and Spanish Student Movements. Springer. ISBN 9783319685519.
  11. ^ "The Secret of Benedict XVI's Popularity. In Spite of Everything".
  12. ^ The newspaper started as Il Sole in 1865 and was merged with 24 Ore, started in 1933, in 1965.
  13. ^ "Il Sole 24 Ore".
  14. ^ "The Italian Media's Relation with Armenia and Azerbaijan". 11 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Where to get the news in Italy".
  16. ^ "Institutionalized Populism: The "Strange Case" of the Italian Five Star Movement - ECPS". 8 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Intimate Fusion: Media and Political Power in Silvio Berlusconi's Italy". 17 May 2013.
  18. ^ "Private ownership in the Italian media landscape — JOUR3421". University of Oslo. 6 March 2005. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016.

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