Top 5 online Telugu news papers

With the arrival of “Sakshi” newspaper, top Telugu newspapers are once again facing intense competition. Currently, Eenadu and Andhrajyothy are dominating circulation with Vaarttha gradually losing readership. While Eenadu is the number one newspaper in Andhra Pradesh, Andhrajyothy is the fastest growing one. We have to wait for some more time before coming to conclusion on Sakshi. But, this analysis is on top Telugu newspapers on Internet. With rising overseas population, online Telugu newspaper websites are commanding huge readership over internet. But many sites are not properly utilising the real power of internet and its user generated content.

Reader’s experience is still bad with these sites due to popup ads and bad fonts. But Sakshi website design is really wonderful with its uncluttered interface.

Top 5 online Telugu newspaper websites:

1. Eenadu: It is number one Telugu newspaper both online and offline. Like Malayala Manorama, it needs to build english version of website to properly monetise news content.

Current rank: 1,446.

2. Andhrajyothy: My personal favourite Telugu newspaper site on internet.

Current rank: 12,147.

3. Sakshi: It is the fastest rising Telugu website in the last month. Congrats to Sakshi team for its uncluttered interface. It is one of the best designed Telugu website. But some sections are still underdeveloped.

Current rank: 22,953.

4. Vaarttha: It is quickly losing readership both online and offline. Vaarttha was number one Telugu newspaer on internet in 2003-04.

Current rank: 26,070.

5. Andhrabhoomi:

Current rank: 54,430.

But all Telugu newspapers are plagued of lack of user participation and user generated content. Multimedia sections are neither absent nor underdeveloped in most of the sites.

I can’t understand why managements are not showing enough interest over its internet properties. They should learn lessons from foreign media and Malayala Manorama.