Blesk remains Czechia’s most read daily newspaper

The tabloid daily Blesk was the most widely read national newspaper in Czechia last year, with an average of 429,000 readers per issue. That was down by 61,000 compared to the previous year. It was followed by Mladá fronta Dnes with 367,000 readers and the sports daily Sport with 148,000, according to data released by the Czech Publishers’ Union.

Overall, printed media reached 76 percent of the population last year, or nearly 6.9 million people. Daily newspapers were read by 48 percent of Czechs, while magazines reached 70 percent.