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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
76 La Dernière Heure 436k 43.9 58.4% Newspaper
77 The New York Times 431k 42.1 53.7% Newspaper
78 The Wall Street Journal 421k 39.0 44.0% Newspaper
79 An-Nahar 403k 38.9 37.6% Newspaper
80 The Times (Shreveport) 363k 43.4 60.9% Newspaper
81 20 Minuten 335k 42.3 57.8% Newspaper
82 La Stampa 305k 41.7 52.6% Newspaper
83 The Stranger (newspaper) 302k 26.6 41.3% Newspaper
84 Le Moniteur des travaux publics et du bâtiment 301k 46.2 21.9% Newspaper
85 Tuttosport 282k 40.7 21.0% Newspaper
86 La Vanguardia 275k 42.5 46.4% Newspaper
87 Monaco Matin 271k 45.3 48.7% Newspaper
88 Tempo (Indonesian magazine) 259k 28.8 69.7% Newspaper
89 The Washington Post 258k 38.4 42.7% Newspaper
90 Version Femina 254k 43.5 82.0% Newspaper
91 Automotive news 242k 46.7 16.9% Newspaper
92 Tribune de Genève 236k 42.5 48.6% Newspaper
93 Daily Express 232k 44.2 61.5% Newspaper
94 Morning star 200k 42.8 43.3% Newspaper
95 The Telegraph 196k 33.3 52.5% Newspaper
96 El Mundo Deportivo (newspaper) 196k 39.7 9.1% Newspaper
97 Expressen 189k 44.5 59.6% Newspaper
98 B.Z. (newspaper) 183k 40.1 50.8% Newspaper
99 Defense News 180k 38.7 46.3% Newspaper
100 Le Journal du Dimanche 178k 46.1 48.7% 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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