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Top 100 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 62M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 4M, and the largest, Ouest France, reaches around 31M 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
76 Presse Océan 1.4M 45.5 52.4% Newspaper
77 The Guardian 1.4M 39.0 54.9% Newspaper
78 Newsagent's shop 1.3M 40.6 51.1%
79 La République des Pyrénées 1.3M 46.3 51.5% Newspaper
80 La Presse de la Manche 1.2M 46.8 52.9% Newspaper
81 Investigative journalism 1.2M 41.7 41.2%
82 The Independent 1.1M 43.9 53.2% Newspaper
83 Les Numériques 1.1M 46.5 23.9%
84 La République du Centre 1.1M 42.4 58.3%
85 HESPRESS 1M 37.3 35.7%
86 L'Eveil de la Haute Loire 978k 45.5 53.2% Newspaper
87 Le Courrier Picard 962k 44.9 51.2% Newspaper
88 L'Express (Mauritius) 902k 40.8 55.5%
89 Le Journal de Saône et Loire 855k 46.1 51.8% Newspaper
90 Bild 851k 40.4 36.2% Newspaper
91 L'Indépendant 851k 45.3 53.4% Newspaper
92 Free newspaper 841k 42.5 58.8%
93 Le JDD 841k 43.8 49.0% Newspaper
94 La Presse (Canadian newspaper) 838k 45.6 55.6%
95 Yahoo! News 826k 39.6 64.3%
96 Le Soir 813k 43.3 57.7%
97 Panorama (newspaper) 810k 46.6 33.9%
98 El País 771k 37.0 53.9% Newspaper
99 Le Journal de la Haute-Marne 727k 46.2 53.1% Newspaper
100 Numéro 704k 43.5 69.9%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list 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 31M people in France.

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