Top 20 Most-Published Christmas Hymns in History

Here are the top 20 most-published Christmas hymns of all time, as reported by Hymnary.org, using data from the Dictionary of North American Hymnology (DNAH). The numbers following the hymn are the number of hymnals in which it was published as of 1978, according to the DNAH.

1. Joy to the world! (1,387)
2. Hark! the herald angels sing (974)
3. When shepherds watched their flocks by night (800)
4. Brightest and best of the sons of the morning (665)
5. It came upon the midnight clear (614)
6. O little town of Bethlehem (564)
7. Angels from the realms of glory (532)
8. O come, all ye faithful (450)
9. As with gladness men of old (441)
10. All people that on earth do dwell (430)
11. Come, thou long-expected Jesus (362)
12. O Word of God incarnate (360)
13. All my heart again rejoices (203)
14. There's a song in the air (160)
15. Wake, awake, for night is flying (157)
16. Angels we have heard on high (144)
17. What child is this who, laid to rest (111)
18. From heaven above to earth I come (106)
19. Christians awake, salute the happy morn (102)
20. See amid the winter's snow (101)

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