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
26 The Hamilton Spectator 688k 42.7 60.6% Newspaper
27 lexpress 681k Newspaper
28 Cape Breton Post 678k 45.0 57.8% Newspaper
29 L’Express 646k 38.7 51.3% Newspaper
30 The Vancouver Sun 643k 43.4 54.9% Newspaper
31 Edmonton Sun 623k 42.0 49.6% Newspaper
32 St. Catharines Standard 614k 42.6 60.6% Newspaper
33 Daily Express 605k 47.0 64.5% Newspaper
34 The Raw Story 575k 39.3 67.9% Newspaper
35 Daily Mirror 567k 40.7 48.2% Newspaper
36 Gujarat Samachar 559k 44.7 44.7% Newspaper
37 The Atlantic 559k 42.7 53.6% Newspaper
38 Le Figaro 542k 36.8 52.6% Newspaper
39 Prothom Alo 492k 31.9 48.1% Newspaper
40 The Chronicle Herald 484k 44.8 61.0% Newspaper
41 Trinidad Express Newspapers 477k 46.9 79.8% Newspaper
42 El País (Uruguay) 456k 46.4 51.0% Newspaper
43 Winnipeg Sun 456k 43.4 42.7% Newspaper
44 Večernje novosti 412k 46.2 58.0% Newspaper
45 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 381k 43.2 49.9% Newspaper
46 Anandabazar Patrika 379k 40.6 51.3% Newspaper
47 Al-Quds (newspaper) 367k 29.3 64.1% Newspaper
48 The Times 365k 41.9 61.3% Newspaper
49 Večernji list 354k 46.5 49.4% Newspaper
50 Financial Times 330k 40.7 38.7% 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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