Pakistan newspaper advertising statistics
DailyAds.pk has indexed 90,214 classified advertisements from 11 Pakistani daily newspapers, published between Wednesday, 14 January 2026 and Saturday, 10 October 2026.
Counted from the archive on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. Every figure describes what DailyAds.pk has indexed, which is not everything printed in Pakistan: a newspaper, an edition or a city enters these counts only once an advertisement from it has been added.
At a glance
| Advertisements indexed | 90,214 |
|---|---|
| Earliest publication date | Wednesday, 14 January 2026 |
| Latest publication date | Saturday, 10 October 2026 |
| Newspapers covered | 11 |
| Cities named on advertisements | 2,661 |
| With a last date that reads as a calendar date | 51,823 (57.4%) |
| Closing within 7 days | 3,636 — see them |
By ad type
How the archive divides across the 5 advertisement types it holds. The site recognises more types than this; one appears here once an advertisement has been filed under it.
| Ad type | Advertisements | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tenders | 41,390 | 45.9% |
| Notices | 27,990 | 31.0% |
| Jobs | 17,509 | 19.4% |
| Admissions | 3,324 | 3.7% |
| Results | 1 | 0.0% |
By newspaper
Advertisements indexed from each title. A low count means the archive holds fewer of that paper's editions, not that the paper carries fewer advertisements.
| Newspaper | Advertisements | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Express | 18,512 | 20.5% |
| Jang | 18,006 | 20.0% |
| Nawa-i-Waqt | 12,268 | 13.6% |
| The News International | 8,573 | 9.5% |
| The Nation | 8,130 | 9.0% |
| Dunya | 7,765 | 8.6% |
| Dawn | 5,174 | 5.7% |
| The Express Tribune | 4,912 | 5.4% |
| Daily Aaj | 2,488 | 2.8% |
| Daily Kawish | 2,406 | 2.7% |
| Daily Mashriq | 1,980 | 2.2% |
Most-advertised cities
The 15 cities named most often, out of 2,661 in the archive. The city is taken from the advertisement as printed, so some entries name a district or several places at once.
| City | Advertisements | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lahore | 17,262 | 19.1% |
| Islamabad | 16,555 | 18.4% |
| Karachi | 11,590 | 12.8% |
| Peshawar | 4,231 | 4.7% |
| Rawalpindi | 2,742 | 3.0% |
| Multan | 2,627 | 2.9% |
| Quetta | 2,342 | 2.6% |
| Faisalabad | 2,250 | 2.5% |
| Gujranwala | 2,234 | 2.5% |
| Pakistan | 1,494 | 1.7% |
| Hyderabad | 1,421 | 1.6% |
| Rawalpindi/Islamabad | 1,080 | 1.2% |
| Sheikhupura | 1,023 | 1.1% |
| Sargodha | 998 | 1.1% |
| Sukkur | 697 | 0.8% |
Volume by month
Advertisements by the month they were published, for the last 10 months the archive covers.
| Month | Advertisements |
|---|---|
| January 2026 | 26 |
| February 2026 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 42 |
| April 2026 | 449 |
| May 2026 | 29 |
| June 2026 | 18,069 |
| July 2026 | 23,215 |
| August 2026 | 18,478 |
| September 2026 | 22,676 |
| October 2026 | 7,200 |
How these figures are counted
- Only advertisements currently published on the site are counted; withdrawn ones are excluded.
- Each advertisement counts once, under the newspaper, ad type and city recorded for it.
- A deadline counts only where the printed last date reads as a calendar date. Many advertisements print something like “within fifteen days”, which is left as written rather than converted into a date.
- Counts are recalculated through the day; the date above is when this copy was counted.
- The same advertisement sometimes runs in more than one newspaper. Each printing is counted separately, because each is a separate clipping.
Citing this page
These counts may be quoted with attribution. Suggested form:
DailyAds.pk, “Pakistan newspaper advertising statistics”, counted Tuesday, 13 October 2026, https://dailyads.pk/statistics
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and the figures above are also published as structured data on this page.
Advertisements remain the copyright of the newspapers and organisations that published them. DailyAds.pk indexes them and does not issue them.
