Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular Newspapers in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 707 newspapers 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 2M, 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 newspaper, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom 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 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 Yorkshire Evening Post 1.5M 45.6 60.2% Newspaper
27 News and Star 1.2M 42.9 58.8% Newspaper
28 Sunderland Echo 1.1M 42.9 57.0% Newspaper
29 The Scotsman 1.1M 46.8 58.9% Newspaper
30 Sunday Mirror 941k 41.8 70.9% Newspaper
31 Coventry Telegraph 874k 43.2 62.1% Newspaper
32 The Standard (Kenya) 859k 45.7 53.2% Newspaper
33 Oxford Mail 782k 42.9 64.0% Newspaper
34 The Washington Post 750k 44.1 52.9% Newspaper
35 Irish Independent 747k 42.9 59.0% Newspaper
36 Dorset Echo 731k 45.3 62.9% Newspaper
37 Doncaster Free Press 692k 42.3 62.7% Newspaper
38 The Yorkshire Post 677k 47.9 61.1% Newspaper
39 Prothom Alo 677k 34.2 46.8% Newspaper
40 Manorama Online 661k 39.2 52.3% Newspaper
41 Bournemouth Daily Echo 629k 41.9 60.5% Newspaper
42 El País 617k 40.7 56.6% Newspaper
43 Al-Quds (newspaper) 608k 34.4 67.3% Newspaper
44 The Spectator 588k 48.1 46.4% Newspaper
45 Daily News and Analysis 564k 42.4 42.5% Newspaper
46 Marca (newspaper) 552k 42.2 37.6% Newspaper
47 The Bolton News 546k 43.1 59.2% Newspaper
48 Evening Times 538k 43.3 61.9% Newspaper
49 Le Monde 531k 37.0 57.0% Newspaper
50 Algemeen Dagblad 495k 35.5 58.1% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular newspapers compiled?

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

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

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