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Top 100 Newspapers in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 569 newspapers 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 2.6M, 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 newspaper, 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 Courrier Picard 962k 44.9 51.2% Newspaper
52 Le Journal de Saône et Loire 855k 46.1 51.8% Newspaper
53 Bild 851k 40.4 36.2% Newspaper
54 L'Indépendant 851k 45.3 53.4% Newspaper
55 Le JDD 841k 43.8 49.0% Newspaper
56 El País 771k 37.0 53.9% Newspaper
57 Le Journal de la Haute-Marne 727k 46.2 53.1% Newspaper
58 Vaucluse Matin 700k 46.5 51.8% Newspaper
59 Algemeen Dagblad 681k 41.8 40.9% Newspaper
60 The Times 674k 42.9 52.7% Newspaper
61 Le Temps 626k 43.5 52.8% Newspaper
62 Le Courrier de l'Ouest 595k 44.8 52.2% Newspaper
63 Corriere della Sera 577k 36.8 51.5% Newspaper
64 Financial Times 577k 39.0 40.1% Newspaper
65 Correio da Manhã 557k 43.1 54.2% Newspaper
66 Le Petit Bleu 556k 47.4 54.5% Newspaper
67 The Atlantic 536k 44.5 51.5% Newspaper
68 Nord Littoral 535k 45.7 52.4% Newspaper
69 El Khabar 519k 37.0 26.0% Newspaper
70 La Gazzetta dello Sport 484k 32.3 28.8% Newspaper
71 La Repubblica 479k 34.6 57.3% Newspaper
72 DH.be 478k 44.7 49.2% Newspaper
73 L'Humanité 471k 43.0 54.0% Newspaper
74 Le Monde diplomatique 470k 40.6 50.1% Newspaper
75 USA Today 464k 37.9 57.2% Newspaper

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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 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 France?

Ouest France currently leads with an estimated audience of 31M people in France.

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