The tabloid Õhtuleht was published for the first time in 1944 straight after the withdrawal of the German Wehrmacht.It passed into the hands of the Ekspress Grupp once Estonia achieved independence. The Eesti Meedia group founded the Sõnumileht newspaper to compete with Õhtuleht in 1995. This resulted in losses for both papers, prompting them to merge into SL Õhtuleht in 2000. In 2008 the paper switched back to its old name. The focus is on classic tabloid content, but since the beginning of 2019 has increasingly had good political analysis texts.
| Political orientation | Liberal |
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| Circulation | 40,900 Print, 12,000 Digitalabonnenten (2020). |
| Frequency of publication | Monday to Saturday |
| Visits | 500.000 – 1.000.000 |
| Online payment model | Content partially fee-based |
| Location | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Publisher | AS SL Őhtuleht |
| Area of distribution | Nationwide |
| Established | 1944 |
| Address | Narva mnt 13, 10151 Tallinn |
| Phone | 00372 614 40 00 |
| leht@ohtuleht.ee | |
| @ohtuleht |