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
26 The Independent 9.8M 44.4 59.9% Newspaper
27 Daily Star (United Kingdom) 9.2M 43.9 59.9% Newspaper
28 OnlyFans 9.1M 42.3 51.7%
29 Etsy 9M 41.8 73.7% Vintage fashion
30 Reddit 8.5M 34.1 53.1% Social media
31 Snapchat 8.4M 38.4 54.5% Social media
32 Sporting Life (British newspaper) 8.1M 44.3 19.0%
33 Facebook Messenger 8M 40.7 54.1% Social media
34 Groupon 7.3M 44.8 70.5%
35 The Times 7.2M 46.4 61.0% Newspaper
36 Gov.uk 7.1M 44.0 58.8%
37 Manchester Evening News 6.7M 43.9 62.0% Newspaper
38 Mumsnet 6.3M 36.5 78.6%
39 Bluesky 6M 37.4 49.9% Social media
40 H.O.M.E. 5.9M 40.7 66.5%
41 TopCashBack 5.9M 47.9 65.1%
42 Apple TV 5.8M 42.8 49.9% TV / music streaming
43 Google Flights 5.7M 46.6 57.3%
44 ancestry 5.6M 45.0 65.1%
45 MSN 5.6M 47.7 65.1%
46 The Daily Star (Bangladesh) 5.5M Newspaper
47 The Times (Shreveport) 5.5M 43.3 61.6% Newspaper
48 GeoGuessr 5.3M 40.1 43.3%
49 Wales Online 4.8M 39.9 62.5% Newspaper
50 Wallpaper 4.7M 46.2 72.7%

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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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