Top 50 Website / Newspaper / Magazines in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest website / newspaper / magazines in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 7,008 website / newspaper / magazines tracked in United Kingdom, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. BBC iPlayer (Global), Instagram and YouTube lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 101,150,981 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 11,696,433, and the largest, BBC iPlayer (Global), reaches around 44,084,000 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.

Ranking

Rank Name Audience size Country share Subtype Category
1 BBC iPlayer (Global) BBC iPlayer (Global) 44,084,000 91.4% Movies & TV
2 Instagram Instagram 29,815,932 2.5% Social media Internet & Social Media
3 YouTube YouTube 27,251,049 1.4% Social media Movies & TV
4 X X 23,339,906 3.8% Social media Internet & Social Media
5 TikTok TikTok 21,429,272 3.2% Social media Internet & Social Media
6 Daily Express Daily Express 20,214,446 67.3% Newspaper News
7 Very (online retailer) Very (online retailer) 18,398,476 60.5%
8 Daily Mirror Daily Mirror 18,137,552 65.1% Newspaper News
9 Spotify Spotify 16,523,398 4.0% TV / music streaming Internet & Social Media
10 Pinterest Pinterest 15,334,110 3.4% Social media Internet & Social Media
11 The Guardian The Guardian 15,004,613 28.5% Newspaper News
12 Facebook Facebook 14,561,960 2.2% Social media Internet & Social Media
13 Mail Online Mail Online 13,559,936 72.6% News
14 WhatsApp WhatsApp 13,546,866 2.3% Social media Internet & Social Media
15 Google Maps Google Maps 13,449,029 2.8% Internet & Social Media
16 Liverpool Echo Liverpool Echo 11,915,157 85.9% Newspaper News
17 Google Google 11,868,628 2.1% Search engine Internet & Social Media
18 TripAdvisor TripAdvisor 11,834,453 8.2% Travel & Leisure
19 Daily Mail Daily Mail 11,689,918 15.2% Newspaper News
20 Google Docs Google Docs 11,000,613 6.8% Internet & Social Media
21 Gmail Gmail 10,403,247 1.3% Internet & Social Media
22 Wikipedia Wikipedia 10,391,633 5.2% Internet & Social Media
23 Daily Express (Sabah) Daily Express (Sabah) 10,291,870 73.2% News
24 Racing Post Racing Post 10,106,406 72.8% Newspaper Sports
25 OnlyFans OnlyFans 9,738,770 9.7% Technology & Electronics
26 The Independent The Independent 9,737,401 34.1% Newspaper News
27 Daily Star (United Kingdom) Daily Star (United Kingdom) 9,614,664 61.3% Newspaper News
28 Etsy Etsy 9,037,593 8.8% Vintage fashion Fashion & Accessoires
29 Snapchat Snapchat 8,566,225 6.2% Social media Internet & Social Media
30 Reddit Reddit 8,528,528 4.7% Social media Internet & Social Media
31 MSN MSN 8,507,203 4.5% News
32 Facebook Messenger Facebook Messenger 8,010,017 4.3% Social media Internet & Social Media
33 Sporting Life (British newspaper) Sporting Life (British newspaper) 7,725,750 51.1% Sports
34 Bluesky Bluesky 7,393,430 10.2% Social media Internet & Social Media
35 Groupon Groupon 7,309,096 11.8% Consulting Internet & Social Media
36 Gov.uk Gov.uk 7,088,511 74.8% Politics & Society
37 Manchester Evening News Manchester Evening News 7,052,930 81.8% Newspaper News
38 The Times The Times 7,041,775 31.8% Newspaper News
39 TopCashBack TopCashBack 6,386,371 63.3% Shopping
40 Mumsnet Mumsnet 6,230,771 69.0% Kids & Family
41 Apple TV Apple TV 6,201,152 6.9% TV / music streaming Movies & TV
42 ancestry ancestry 5,599,196 12.9% Kids & Family
43 The Daily Star (Bangladesh) The Daily Star (Bangladesh) 5,555,064 84.5% Newspaper News
44 GeoGuessr GeoGuessr 5,539,865 8.8% Internet & Social Media
45 Google Flights Google Flights 5,351,978 4.1% Travel & Leisure
46 The Times (Shreveport) The Times (Shreveport) 5,263,336 50.0% Newspaper News
47 London Evening Standard London Evening Standard 4,945,081 57.6% News
48 Imdb Imdb 4,891,401 9.0% Movies & TV
49 Wallpaper Wallpaper 4,715,862 5.5% Home & Garden
50 Wales Online Wales Online 4,637,243 97.4% Newspaper News

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 50 list 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 44,084,000 people in United Kingdom.

Methodology

Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.

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