Popularity ranking · Belgium

The 100 most popular News audiences in Belgium

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest news audiences in Belgium, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 782 news audiences tracked in Belgium, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Het Laatste Nieuws, Het Nieuwsblad and De Staandard lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 20M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 699k, and the largest, Het Laatste Nieuws, reaches around 8M people in Belgium. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Belgium who actively engage with each news audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Belgium and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

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

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Belgium. 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 Belgium, 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 Belgium. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Het Laatste Nieuws 8M 42.1 56.1%
2 Het Nieuwsblad 6.4M 41.6 58.1%
3 De Staandard 5.1M 43.1 57.6%
4 De Standaard 3.9M 41.4 57.8%
5 Le Soir 3.9M 43.0 53.0%
6 De Morgen 3.3M 40.9 57.4% Newspaper
7 De Tijd 3.1M 45.8 43.3%
8 Sudinfo 1.9M 43.5 51.9% Newspaper
9 Online newspaper 1.9M 45.8 53.9%
10 Gazet van Antwerpen 1.6M 41.8 59.8% Newspaper
11 Nieuwsblad.be 1.6M 41.0 58.4%
12 L'Avenir 1.5M 43.8 52.3% Newspaper
13 Le Monde 1.4M 40.8 54.1% Newspaper
14 Electronic publishing 1.4M 44.7 55.9%
15 Het Belang van Limburg 1.3M 41.7 58.3%
16 Le Figaro 1M 38.5 55.0% Newspaper
17 Algemeen Dagblad 999k 45.2 63.0% Newspaper
18 La Libre Belgique 977k 43.2 54.8%
19 El País (Uruguay) 911k 48.3 54.2% Newspaper
20 News magazine 900k 42.9 53.7%
21 MSN 867k 45.0 54.7%
22 lavenir.net 810k 41.8 59.3%
23 Knack (magazine) 782k 44.2 53.4%
24 Bild 677k 43.6 20.3% Newspaper
25 De Telegraaf 665k 43.1 47.7% Newspaper

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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 Belgium 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 refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest news audience in Belgium?

Het Laatste Nieuws currently leads with an estimated audience of 8M people in Belgium.

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