Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular News audiences in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest news audiences in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.5k news audiences tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ouest France, Le Monde and Le Parisien lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 59M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.7M, and the largest, Ouest France, reaches around 29M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each news audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across France 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 France who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Le Populaire du Centre 2.1M 43.6 54.3% Newspaper
52 Daily News and Analysis 2.1M 45.2 61.9% Newspaper
53 Le Maine Libre 2M 43.7 50.1% Newspaper
54 Femme Actuelle 2M 45.3 73.6% Newspaper
55 Citation 2M 36.6 69.6%
56 lexpress 2M Newspaper
57 Paris Normandie 1.9M 43.7 53.2% Newspaper
58 L’Express 1.9M 40.7 50.5% Newspaper
59 Le Républicain Lorrain 1.9M 43.2 52.4% Newspaper
60 L'Ardennais 1.8M 44.6 51.8% Newspaper
61 Courrier International 1.8M 41.7 51.3% Newspaper
62 Journal des Femmes 1.8M 48.5 73.3%
63 La Nouvelle République 1.7M 44.1 52.5% Newspaper
64 The Voice (newspaper) 1.7M 44.4 77.2%
65 Marianne (magazine) 1.7M 47.4 46.3%
66 Marca (newspaper) 1.6M 39.1 19.9% Newspaper
67 Boulevard Voltaire 1.6M 49.6 35.9%
68 L'Est Eclair 1.5M 43.9 54.2% Newspaper
69 Daily Mail 1.5M 41.8 38.8% Newspaper
70 L'Union 1.5M 42.2 59.1%
71 Les Inrockuptibles 1.5M 35.0 57.1% Newspaper
72 The Guardian 1.4M 39.0 54.9% Newspaper
73 Presse Océan 1.4M 44.7 53.2% Newspaper
74 Newsagent's shop 1.3M 40.6 51.1%
75 Investigative journalism 1.2M 41.7 41.2%

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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 France 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 France?

Ouest France currently leads with an estimated audience of 29M people in France.

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