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
51 The Stranger (newspaper) 359k 22.9 21.0% Newspaper
52 Corriere del Mezzogiorno 355k 43.0 32.3% Newspaper
53 The Telegraph 352k 36.6 53.5% Newspaper
54 Morning star 332k 40.4 41.8% Newspaper
55 Expressen 327k 41.7 60.1% Newspaper
56 Slobodna Dalmacija 321k 42.4 60.4% Newspaper
57 The Washington Post 311k 40.5 46.3% Newspaper
58 Aftonbladet 303k 41.0 58.2% Newspaper
59 Adevărul 301k 44.3 60.9% Newspaper
60 Clarín (Argentine newspaper) 300k 34.7 44.4% Newspaper
61 The Times (Shreveport) 292k 40.9 60.4% Newspaper
62 La Vanguardia 280k 40.5 48.8% Newspaper
63 Gazeta Shqip 272k 34.5 38.6% Newspaper
64 Le Point 255k 30.9 41.2% Newspaper
65 The Atlantic 244k 42.9 56.6% Newspaper
66 Slobodna Bosna 240k 44.3 0.0% Newspaper
67 Gazeta Sporturilor 232k 48.3 36.3% Newspaper
68 Times of Malta 228k 49.0 57.4% Newspaper
69 Focus 221k Newspaper
70 Les Échos 212k 29.6 40.0% Newspaper
71 Nice Matin 200k 43.4 56.1% Newspaper
72 Prothom Alo 199k 31.4 34.5% Newspaper
73 Gândul 191k 44.1 55.2% Newspaper
74 The Independent 189k 45.2 58.3% Newspaper
75 Novi list 174k 42.1 41.7% 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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