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The 100 most popular News audiences in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest news audiences in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 3.9k news audiences tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. CNN, Fox News Channel and Local news lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 214M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 11M, and the largest, CNN, reaches around 100M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each news audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are updated quarterly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United States. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in United States, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in United States. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 CNN 100M 44.1 50.4% News
2 Fox News Channel 58M 44.0 50.1% News
3 Local news 57M 45.4 53.3%
4 NBC News 45M 45.4 61.8% News
5 MSN 38M 45.2 58.1%
6 USA Today 35M 41.6 54.3% Newspaper
7 Yahoo! News 34M 40.3 61.2%
8 CBS News 33M 45.4 49.7% News
9 The New York Times 33M 42.4 57.8% Newspaper
10 Daily Mail 32M 42.2 55.1% Newspaper
11 Electronic publishing 31M 46.2 56.8%
12 Online newspaper 30M 45.5 50.2%
13 Google News 28M 42.1 52.5%
14 New York Post 27M 43.8 55.9% Newspaper
15 CNBC 26M 43.5 44.9% Business
16 Journalist 23M 43.8 52.7%
17 News magazine 23M 44.6 51.8%
18 The Washington Post 20M 44.8 49.1% Newspaper
19 Drudge Report 18M 48.1 48.4%
20 The Weather Channel 16M 41.6 55.6% News
21 Newsweek 13M 45.3 52.2%
22 MSNBC 13M 38.5 25.3% News
23 Opinion poll 12M 47.3 47.7%
24 ABC News 11M 42.6 57.9% News
25 Gateway Pundit 11M 50.4 43.2%
26 Time (magazine) 9.1M 42.0 53.5%
27 The Guardian 8.4M 40.6 50.3% Newspaper
28 Reuters 7.7M 45.4 46.4%
29 The Hill (newspaper) 7.6M 46.3 53.2%
30 Investigative journalism 7.4M 45.3 47.7%
31 The New Yorker 7.2M 43.7 60.4%
32 abc7 6.9M 41.2 56.4% Entertainment
33 The Huffington Post 6.9M 38.7 60.6% News
34 The Atlantic 6.7M 46.2 54.2% Newspaper
35 ABC News (Australia) 6.6M 49.1 47.7% News
36 Métro (Canadian newspaper) 6.2M 29.8 45.1%
37 The Chive 5.9M 39.8 44.0%
38 The Independent 5.8M 43.2 54.3% Newspaper
39 Paparazzi 5.7M 43.1 65.4% Video game
40 The Daily 5.7M 41.9 52.3% News
41 Deadline.com 5.6M 44.6 52.8%
42 The Raw Story 5.4M 43.6 65.7% Newspaper
43 Daily News (New York) 5.4M 43.2 45.5%
44 Serial (podcast) 5.4M — — News
45 NBCNews.com 5.2M 43.4 60.7%
46 ABC 7 Chicago 5.2M 40.2 60.8% Entertainment
47 OK! 5.1M 39.9 76.8%
48 KMOV 5M 43.7 60.6% Entertainment
49 Today (Singapore newspaper) 4.9M 40.8 61.2%
50 Newsagent's shop 4.8M 42.9 46.2%
51 CNN en Español 4.8M 37.5 56.1% News
52 Associated Press 4.7M 45.3 49.7% Charity
53 The Times of India 4.6M 35.8 48.4% Newspaper
54 Sports journalism 4.6M 37.2 26.6%
55 Dawn (newspaper) 4.5M 38.1 58.0%
56 Star (Turkish newspaper) 4.4M 35.4 49.7%
57 Slate (magazine) 4.4M 42.5 61.0%
58 Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad 4.3M 43.6 54.4%
59 FOX 4 News 4.1M 40.8 58.3% Entertainment
60 Democrat and Chronicle 3.8M 44.3 61.6% Newspaper
61 Bloomberg 3.8M 40.9 37.8% Business
62 Infographic 3.7M 40.6 34.9%
63 WINK News 3.7M 45.9 57.3% News
64 Focus 3.6M — — Newspaper
65 Fox 8 News 3.6M 41.8 62.1% Entertainment
66 News agency 3.5M 44.0 44.5%
67 The Washington Examiner 3.5M 51.1 33.7% Newspaper
68 The Source (magazine) 3.4M 31.1 41.6%
69 The Current 3.3M 43.3 50.5% News
70 Tribune 3.3M 50.0 54.5%
71 Boston (magazine) 3.3M 45.3 64.8%
72 11Alive 3.3M 48.3 67.1% Entertainment
73 Algemeen Dagblad 3.3M 39.0 44.3% Newspaper
74 National Review 3.2M 48.8 41.3%
75 Interactive media 3.1M 43.1 54.3%
76 C-SPAN 3.1M 46.8 39.9% News
77 Philadelphia (magazine) 3.1M 45.2 58.6%
78 Alternative media 3.1M 44.7 67.2%
79 WGN-TV 3M 43.7 58.0% Entertainment
80 Christianity Today 2.9M 43.1 73.0%
81 Mother Jones (magazine) 2.9M 46.3 61.6%
82 The Standard (Hong Kong) 2.9M 38.3 100.0% Newspaper
83 Chicago Tribune 2.8M 44.9 46.7% Newspaper
84 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 2.8M 44.0 52.9% Newspaper
85 nbc chicago 2.8M 41.8 59.9% Entertainment
86 Resumé (magazine) 2.8M 32.4 45.5% Newspaper
87 The Jerusalem Post 2.8M 43.1 53.5% Newspaper
88 News 4 San Antonio 2.8M 40.5 59.4% Entertainment
89 Ynet 2.8M 42.8 46.5%
90 Celebrity Gossip 2.8M 33.7 66.3%
91 The Grio 2.8M 43.0 66.5%
92 Star Tribune 2.8M 44.4 55.4% Newspaper
93 Financial Times 2.7M 38.7 47.2% Newspaper
94 WTXF-TV 2.7M 42.5 64.8% Entertainment
95 WABC-TV 2.7M 44.0 61.3% Entertainment
96 Fox Nation 2.6M 51.9 40.5% News
97 ATTN: 2.6M 40.1 59.9%
98 Reader's Digest 2.5M 48.2 71.3%
99 RT (TV network) 2.5M 39.3 38.7% News
100 WAVE (TV) 2.5M 39.5 52.9% Entertainment

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular news audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each news audience by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest news audience in United States?

CNN currently leads with an estimated audience of 100M people in United States.

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