Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular News audiences in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest news audiences in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.4k news audiences tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. MSN, La Presse (Canadian newspaper) and TVA Nouvelles lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 19M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.3M, and the largest, MSN, reaches around 7M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each news audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada 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 Canada who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 MSN 7M 45.5 59.3%
2 La Presse (Canadian newspaper) 6.8M 42.4 54.9%
3 TVA Nouvelles 5.7M 39.7 54.6% TV series
4 Toronto Sun 4.6M 45.3 44.0% Newspaper
5 Local news 4.4M 44.2 52.6%
6 Online newspaper 4.4M 43.8 48.0%
7 Electronic publishing 3.8M 44.7 53.3%
8 National Post 3.8M 45.8 49.0% Newspaper
9 Daily Mail 3.2M 40.7 50.4% Newspaper
10 Google News 3.1M 39.7 38.6%
11 blogTO 3M 38.0 54.1%
12 Global News 2.9M 40.7 56.0%
13 News magazine 2.8M 43.3 49.8%
14 Toronto Star 2.8M 45.3 52.6% Newspaper
15 Le Journal de Montréal 2.3M 38.7 53.6% Newspaper
16 The Globe and Mail 2.2M 43.0 53.0% Newspaper
17 Journalist 2.1M 42.1 51.0%
18 The Guardian 2M 39.5 52.3% Newspaper
19 Monde de Stars 1.7M 43.4 64.3%
20 New York Post 1.7M 42.6 60.7% Newspaper
21 USA Today 1.7M 37.8 55.2% Newspaper
22 The New York Times 1.6M 39.0 57.6% Newspaper
23 CityNews 1.6M 43.6 52.6% TV series
24 CBC Newfoundland and Labrador 1.5M 42.9 58.1%
25 The Independent 1.5M 40.3 55.9% 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 Canada 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 Canada?

MSN currently leads with an estimated audience of 7M people in Canada.

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