Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular Newspapers in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 588 newspapers tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Toronto Sun, National Post and Daily Mail lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 12M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 639k, and the largest, Toronto Sun, reaches around 4.6M people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each newspaper, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada 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 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 Toronto Sun 4.6M 45.3 44.0% Newspaper
2 National Post 3.8M 45.8 49.0% Newspaper
3 Daily Mail 3.2M 40.7 50.4% Newspaper
4 Toronto Star 2.8M 45.3 52.6% Newspaper
5 Le Journal de Montréal 2.3M 38.7 53.6% Newspaper
6 The Globe and Mail 2.2M 43.0 53.0% Newspaper
7 The Guardian 2M 39.5 52.3% Newspaper
8 New York Post 1.7M 42.6 60.7% Newspaper
9 USA Today 1.7M 37.8 55.2% Newspaper
10 The New York Times 1.6M 39.0 57.6% Newspaper
11 The Independent 1.5M 40.3 55.9% Newspaper
12 Sarnia Observer 1.4M 46.8 58.9% Newspaper
13 Le Devoir 1.4M 41.2 53.1% Newspaper
14 Calgary Herald 1.3M 43.6 54.9% Newspaper
15 Ottawa Citizen 1.1M 42.8 60.4% Newspaper
16 Edmonton Journal 983k 41.5 54.9% Newspaper
17 Le Monde 973k 37.4 58.6% Newspaper
18 The Gazette (Montreal) 973k 43.4 50.7% Newspaper
19 The London Free Press 932k 42.8 59.2% Newspaper
20 Divya Bhaskar 893k 35.5 38.2% Newspaper
21 Resumé (magazine) 801k 29.0 54.3% Newspaper
22 Calgary Sun 800k 41.8 53.3% Newspaper
23 The Washington Post 766k 43.8 46.3% Newspaper
24 Winnipeg Free Press 709k 43.6 61.3% Newspaper
25 Le Soleil (Senegal) 697k 26.0 61.1% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular newspapers compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each newspaper 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 newspaper in Canada?

Toronto Sun currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.6M people in Canada.

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