Together with Bosniak-oriented Dnevni avaz from Sarajevo and Croat-oriented Dnevni list from Mostar, Glas Srpske is Serb-oriented and one of three main ethnic newspapers in Bosnia and Herzegovina addressing various issues primarily from the mainstream or elite perspective among Serbs of Republika Srpska.

[1][2] Glas Srpske is together with Nezavisne novine one of the two newspapers in widest circulation in the entity of Republika Srpska.

[5] It was first issued as Glas on 31 July 1943 as a bulletin of the People's Liberation Movement in Krajina region during World War II in Yugoslavia.

[5] The issue was published in the village of Župica with the first editorial office including Skender Kulenović, Ilija Došen, Đuro Pucar, Rada Vranješević, Vilko Vinterhalter, Osman Karabegović and Boško Šiljegović.

Between 1973 and 2007 the newspaper published the David Štrbac daily comic created by Miro Mlađenović (1949–2007) who was inspired by Petar Kočić’s literary work.