List of newspapers in Saudi Arabia

Most of the early newspapers in the Persian Gulf region were established in Saudi Arabia.^[1] The first newspaper founded in the country and in the Persian Gulf area is Al Fallah, which was launched in Mecca in 1920.^[1] All of the newspapers published in Saudi Arabia are privately owned.^[2]

Arabic daily newspapers

• Al-Bilad
• Al Eqtisadiah
• Al Jazirah
• Al Madina
• Al Riyadeyyah
• Al Riyadh
• Al Watan
• Al Yaum
• Makkah News Paper
• Asharq Al Awsat
• Okaz

English daily newspapers

• Arab News
• Saudi Gazette

Urdu daily newspaper

• Urdu News

Malayalam daily newspapers-Kerala

• Malayalam News^[3]
  • Dammam edition
  • Jeddah edition - launched in 1999
  • Riyadh edition
• Madhyamam
  • Abha edition - 1 January 2011^[4]
  • Dammam edition - 24 May 2008
  • Jeddah edition - 16 January 2006
  • Riyadh edition - 10 December 2007
• Gulf Thejas
  • Dammam edition - March 2011
  • Jeddah edition - March 2011^[5]
  • Riyadh edition - March 2011
• Chandrika

Defunct daily newspapers

These newspapers are no longer published:

• Akhbar Al Dhahran (1954–1956)
• Al-Hayat (1946–2020)
• Al Nadwa (newspaper) (1958-2013)
• Riyadh Daily (1967–1 January 2004)^[6]
• Shams

See also

• Journalism portal
• Lists portal
• Saudi Arabia portal

• List of magazines in Saudi Arabia
• Media of Saudi Arabia
• List of companies of Saudi Arabia