List of newspapers in the Netherlands

Below is a list of newspapers in the Netherlands.

Rack with Dutch newspapers

Newspapers in the Netherlands are issued every day, with the exception of Sunday and some general holidays. The total number of printed daily newspapers is 27 in 2019, down from 35 in 2009.^[1] Of the 27 dailies, 10 are national, 16 regional and 1 local. Some of the regional newspapers offer editions for smaller regions, as does the national Algemeen Dagblad for its readers in South Holland and Utrecht.

National dailies

The number of national daily newspapers in the Netherlands was 108 in 1950, 38 in 1965,^[2] 10 in the 2010s, 9 since March 2020, and 8 since March 2021.

Newspaper	Headquarters	Circulation	Publisher	Earliest predecessor	First issue
De Telegraaf	Amsterdam	385,501	Mediahuis	Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c.[3]	1618-06-18 or earlier
Algemeen Dagblad	Rotterdam	340,758	DPG	Goudsche Courant?	1862-04-03
De Volkskrant	Amsterdam	239,219	DPG	De Volkskrant	1919-10-02
NRC	Amsterdam	138,589	Mediahuis	Algemeen Handelsblad	1828‑01‑05
Trouw	Amsterdam	98,882	DPG	Oranje-Bode	1943-02-18
Het Financieele Dagblad	Amsterdam	47,363	FD Mediagroep	Prys-Courant der Effecten[4]	1796-08-02
Reformatorisch Dagblad	Apeldoorn	42,967	Erdee Media Groep	Reformatorisch Dagblad	1971-04-01
Nederlands Dagblad	Amersfoort	19,593	Nederlands Dagblad	Reformatie Stemmen	1944 (summer)

• Circulation data was for 2017,^[5] the last year precise numbers were published. For 2019, a list is available that does not control for returned newspapers.^[6] Since, only exposure is published, not separating print from online.

Regional dailies

Newspaper	Headquarters	Circulation	Region	Publisher	Earliest predecessor	First issue
De Limburger[7]	Sittard	122,269	Limburg	Mediahuis	Nieuwsblad van de stad en het district Roermond	1856‑01‑05
De Gelderlander	Nijmegen	111,311	Gelderland	DPG	De Batavier, Staat- en Letterkundig Weekblad	1843‑08‑24[8]
De Stentor	Zwolle	96,008	Gelderland (north), Overijssel (west)	DPG	Overijsselsch Weekblad	1790‑06‑05
Noordhollands Dagblad	Alkmaar	95,767	North Holland (center/north)	Mediahuis	Noord-Hollandsche Courant	1796‑12‑14
Dagblad van het Noorden	Groningen	95,202	Groningen, Drenthe	Mediahuis	Nieuws- en Advertentieblad voor de Provincie Drenthe (Assen)	1823‑04‑01
Brabants Dagblad	's-Hertogenbosch	92,318	North Brabant (center/northeast)	DPG	Eerste 's-Hertogenbossche Dinsdagse Courant	1771‑07‑02
Tubantia	Enschede	85,096	Overijssel (east)	DPG	Tubantia, Volkscourant voor Twenthe	1872‑01‑06
Eindhovens Dagblad	Eindhoven	81,217	North Brabant (southeast)	DPG	Peel- en Kempenbode[9]	1876‑?‑?
BN De Stem	Breda	78,827	North Brabant (west)	DPG	Weekblad voor Oosterhout en Omstreken[10] De Marktkrant (Roosendaal)	1860‑05‑20[11] 1860‑?‑?[10]
Leeuwarder Courant	Leeuwarden	64,639	Friesland	Mediahuis	Leeuwarder Saturdagse Courant	1752‑07‑29
Het Parool	Amsterdam	49,483	North Holland (southeast)	DPG	Nieuwsbrief van Pieter 't Hoen	1940‑07‑25
Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant	Vlissingen	41,111	Zeeland	DPG	Middelburgsche Courant	1758-04-26[12]
Haarlems Dagblad	Haarlem	25,464	North Holland (southwest)	Mediahuis	Weeckelycke Courante van Europa	1656-01-08
Leidsch Dagblad	Leiden	21,318	South Holland (north)	Mediahuis	Leidsch Dagblad	1860-03-01
De Gooi- en Eemlander	Hilversum	17,020	North Holland (southeast)	Mediahuis	Gooisch Nieuwsblad	1871-11-11[13]
Friesch Dagblad	Leeuwarden	12,112	Friesland	Mediahuis	Provinciale Friesche Courant	1842-?-?[14][15][16]

• All titles are paid and in tabloid format.
• Circulation data is for 2017.

Local dailies

Newspaper	Headquarters	Distribution	Municipality	Publisher	Earliest predecessor	First issue
Barneveldse Krant	Barneveld	9,614	Barneveld	BDU Media[17]	Barneveldsche Courant	1871-10-06

Former newspapers

• Hoornsche Courant

References

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15. Jensma, Goffe (January 1998). "Provinciale+Friesche+Courant"+1842 Het rode tasje van Salverda: Burgerlijk bewustzijn en Friese identiteit in de negentiende eeuw. Fryske Akademy. ISBN 9789061718529.
16. "Provinciale+Friesche+Courant"+1842 "De Vrije Fries". 1976.
17. "Welkom bij BDUmedia". BDUmedia.nl. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

Bibliography

• British Museum (1885), "Amsterdam", Periodical Publications, Catalogue of Printed Books, London{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Arthur der Weduwen (2017). Dutch and Flemish Newspapers of the Seventeenth Century. Brill. ISBN 9789004317314.