Popularity ranking · Italy

The 100 most popular 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
26 L'espresso 1.3M 45.7 51.7% Newspaper
27 Le Monde 1.2M 37.7 49.2% Newspaper
28 The New York Times 1.2M 44.4 56.8% Newspaper
29 Daily Mail 1M 42.0 36.8% Newspaper
30 Posta (newspaper) 1M 31.8 72.4% Newspaper
31 Financial Times 1000k 41.0 41.6% Newspaper
32 Marca (newspaper) 948k 40.2 47.6% Newspaper
33 Quotidiano Di Puglia 859k 45.3 53.7% Newspaper
34 Le Figaro 844k 35.9 53.8% Newspaper
35 Libération 831k 48.3 63.3% Newspaper
36 La Provincia 815k 43.3 60.7% Newspaper
37 Daily News and Analysis 807k 49.5 32.6% Newspaper
38 El Mundo (Colombia) 800k 35.0 42.8% Newspaper
39 El País 751k 35.6 53.3% Newspaper
40 Automotive news 745k 48.2 15.4% Newspaper
41 Algemeen Dagblad 646k 45.5 27.9% Newspaper
42 MF Milano Finanza 596k 44.4 33.9% Newspaper
43 Al-Quds (newspaper) 582k 39.6 59.2% Newspaper
44 The Wall Street Journal 581k 42.4 38.0% Newspaper
45 Göteborgs-Posten 543k 42.0 53.5% Newspaper
46 Il Quotidiano del Sud 444k 42.9 55.2% Newspaper
47 USA Today 435k 36.2 48.8% Newspaper
48 ADN (newspaper) 429k 35.4 0.0% Newspaper
49 Free Times 376k 44.6 62.0% Newspaper
50 Il Dubbio 360k 45.6 49.5% 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 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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