Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular Website / Newspaper / Magazines in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest website / newspaper / magazines in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 7.3k website / newspaper / magazines tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. BBC iPlayer (Global), Instagram and YouTube lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 103M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 7.5M, and the largest, BBC iPlayer (Global), reaches around 46M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each website / newspaper / magazine, 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
1 BBC iPlayer (Global) 46M
2 Instagram 30M 42.4 57.1% Social media
3 YouTube 27M 43.1 52.6%
4 X 23M 42.8 54.9% Social media
5 TikTok 20M 21.6 59.6% Social media
6 Daily Express 20M 48.3 62.1% Newspaper
7 Very (online retailer) 18M
8 Daily Mirror 18M 42.9 64.9% Newspaper
9 Spotify 17M 36.8 49.8% TV / music streaming
10 Pinterest 15M 41.9 65.3% Social media
11 Facebook 15M 44.1 55.5% Social media
12 The Guardian 15M 42.3 60.9% Newspaper
13 WhatsApp 14M 41.1 53.3% Social media
14 Mail Online 14M 47.3 70.1%
15 Google Maps 13M 45.1 51.3%
16 Google 12M 44.3 54.0% Search engine
17 Google Docs 12M 44.0 46.6%
18 Daily Mail 12M 43.8 59.4% Newspaper
19 TripAdvisor 12M 45.7 58.6%
20 Wikipedia 11M 44.5 55.0%
21 Racing Post 11M 47.6 36.8% Newspaper
22 Liverpool Echo 11M 44.2 58.3% Newspaper
23 Newcast 11M 37.8 63.7%
24 Gmail 10M 41.0 50.9%
25 Daily Express (Sabah) 10M 44.3 49.9%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular website / newspaper / magazines compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom and ranks each website / newspaper / magazine 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 website / newspaper / magazine in United Kingdom?

BBC iPlayer (Global) currently leads with an estimated audience of 46M people in United Kingdom.

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