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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How to read this list

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
51 L’Express 214k 38.1 43.6% Newspaper
52 The Voice (newspaper) 211k 43.9 78.0%
53 Boston (magazine) 211k 47.7 69.9%
54 Fanatik 186k 42.0 51.2%
55 Corriere della Sera 172k 34.7 56.7% Newspaper
56 Nord Eclair 172k 43.6 52.5% Newspaper
57 Habertürk 171k 45.6 45.6%
58 Investigative journalism 169k 41.5 44.8%
59 Panorama (newspaper) 161k 46.1 35.6%
60 Ynet 158k 41.2 53.7%
61 Madame Figaro 155k 38.4 73.5%
62 Philadelphia (magazine) 154k 47.6 64.1%
63 Time (magazine) 149k 38.1 54.4%
64 De Gelderlander 145k 46.0 67.8% Newspaper
65 Le Point 145k 43.6 49.7% Newspaper
66 De Zondag 137k 42.5 53.8%
67 La Repubblica 134k 35.3 58.1% Newspaper
68 News agency 134k 41.3 41.1%
69 Financial Times 133k 45.6 42.9% Newspaper
70 Daily Express 126k 49.4 88.6% Newspaper
71 The New Yorker 124k 41.5 55.9%
72 NRC Handelsblad 119k 50.0 50.8%
73 Ouest-France 118k 47.1 51.1% Newspaper
74 Daily News and Analysis 115k 45.2 34.6% Newspaper
75 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 115k 46.2 53.0% 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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