The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, remained as the most influential newspaper in China in 2019. Other state-run newspapers - the Global Times and Guang Ming Daily - occupied the second and third spot in the annual ranking.
Leading newspapers in China in 2019, based on media power score
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The latest report in 2021 has not disclosed the media power scores but only the ranking of the leading newspapers, thus this statistic can not be updated.
The report examines a total of 295 main newspapers, covering their printed versions, websites, Weibo accounts, WeChat accounts, Douyin accounts, and client-network news aggregators, as well as the newspapers' own dedicated news apps.
The index ranges from zero to 100 with 100 as the highest value.
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People's Daily. (April 30, 2020). Leading newspapers in China in 2019, based on media power score [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127478/china-media-influence-index-of-leading-newspapers/
People's Daily. "Leading newspapers in China in 2019, based on media power score." Chart. April 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127478/china-media-influence-index-of-leading-newspapers/
People's Daily. (2020). Leading newspapers in China in 2019, based on media power score. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127478/china-media-influence-index-of-leading-newspapers/
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