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Top 100 News audiences in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest news audiences in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.7k news audiences tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Daily Express, Daily Mirror and The Guardian lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 53M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3M, and the largest, Daily Express, reaches around 20M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each news audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United Kingdom. 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 United Kingdom, 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 United Kingdom. 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 Sun News 3.2M 44.8 71.2% Newspaper
27 The Sunday Telegraph 3M 51.3 47.5%
28 Financial Times 2.8M 44.5 48.5% Newspaper
29 RTÉ News 2.7M 43.8 54.0%
30 Time (magazine) 2.6M 43.8 57.7%
31 Free newspaper 2.5M 44.0 59.3%
32 OK! 2.3M 44.9 81.5%
33 Daily Record (Scotland) 2.2M 42.1 63.2%
34 Express & Star 2.2M 42.7 57.5% Newspaper
35 The Observer 2M 45.5 61.7% Newspaper
36 Google News 2M 45.3 56.0%
37 Birmingham Mail 2M 40.7 57.5% Newspaper
38 USA Today 1.9M 39.1 57.7% Newspaper
39 El País (Uruguay) 1.8M 48.4 54.7% Newspaper
40 News UK 1.7M 41.0 58.8%
41 Hull Daily Mail 1.7M 40.8 63.9%
42 Daily Mail Celebrity 1.7M 43.3 80.3%
43 Globes 1.7M 49.4 66.5%
44 Shropshire Star 1.6M 42.9 64.0% Newspaper
45 Gala 1.6M 39.4 70.8%
46 Tatler 1.6M 46.9 79.0%
47 New York Post 1.6M 43.0 67.3% Newspaper
48 Edinburgh Evening News 1.6M 43.1 60.8%
49 Swindon Advertiser 1.5M 42.2 61.4%
50 Worcester News 1.5M 42.8 63.5% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom?

Daily Express currently leads with an estimated audience of 20M people in United Kingdom.

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