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Top 100 Newspapers in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.3k newspapers tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera and Il Fatto Quotidiano lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 71M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.8M, and the largest, La Repubblica, reaches around 24M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each newspaper, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy 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 Italy who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Italy. 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 Italy, 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 Italy. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 La Repubblica 24M 42.6 56.9% Newspaper
2 Corriere della Sera 24M 42.2 51.6% Newspaper
3 Il Fatto Quotidiano 22M 45.1 54.8% Newspaper
4 La Stampa 19M 46.1 55.2% Newspaper
5 Il Messaggero 19M 45.8 56.3% Newspaper
6 La Gazzetta dello Sport 18M 41.1 27.4% Newspaper
7 Il Giornale 17M 41.3 48.4% Newspaper
8 Tuttosport 14M 42.3 24.0% Newspaper
9 Libero (newspaper) 14M 46.6 49.1% Newspaper
10 Il Sole 24 Ore 13M 40.1 46.1% Newspaper
11 Il Mattino 12M 44.1 56.3% Newspaper
12 corriere dello sport 12M 38.3 17.7% Newspaper
13 Corriere Adriatico 8.4M 44.4 53.8% Newspaper
14 La Prealpina 5.9M 42.9 54.1% Newspaper
15 Gazzetta del Sud 3.8M 43.9 51.4% Newspaper
16 il mattino di Padova 3.6M 42.2 55.8% Newspaper
17 The Times 2.4M 44.8 57.0% Newspaper
18 Bild 2.2M 30.0 29.9% Newspaper
19 Avvenire 2.2M 47.0 60.4% Newspaper
20 El País (Uruguay) 2M 46.7 56.0% Newspaper
21 Secolo d'Italia 1.9M 44.1 55.0% Newspaper
22 The Guardian 1.8M 39.9 50.6% Newspaper
23 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 1.7M 46.4 53.0% Newspaper
24 Dagens Industri 1.5M 19.8 80.2% Newspaper
25 Now (newspaper) 1.5M 41.5 55.5% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy 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 Italy?

La Repubblica currently leads with an estimated audience of 24M people in Italy.

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