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Top 100 News audiences in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest news audiences in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.1k news audiences tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. MSN, Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad and Online newspaper lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 21M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.1M, and the largest, MSN, reaches around 11M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each news audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan 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 Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Jewish Telegraphic Agency 586k 50.8 61.5% News
52 Sports journalism 582k 35.8 25.3%
53 Gala 559k 29.1 66.2%
54 Kompas 553k 31.8 41.8%
55 Sputnik (news agency) 529k 48.1 30.4%
56 Says 520k 37.2 51.2%
57 Métro (Canadian newspaper) 518k 28.6 46.5%
58 Boston (magazine) 514k 38.5 64.7%
59 Deutsche Presse-Agentur 500k 40.0 40.6%
60 Reuters 493k 41.2 35.3%
61 El País (Uruguay) 482k 46.1 55.5% Newspaper
62 New Straits Times 478k 47.7 33.0% Newspaper
63 Travel Holiday 468k 30.0 66.1%
64 Interactive media 464k 39.4 46.8%
65 TES (magazine) 451k 39.3 85.3%
66 Today (Singapore newspaper) 439k 22.4 48.2%
67 Tempo (Indonesian magazine) 439k 27.4 54.9% Newspaper
68 Daily Mail 407k 37.4 43.4% Newspaper
69 BT (tabloid) 389k 36.3 56.8%
70 Parade (magazine) 385k 49.9 83.8%
71 OnlineKhabar 378k 27.7 26.2%
72 Purple Fashion magazine 377k 31.6 66.3%
73 Avanti! (Italian newspaper) 367k 41.8 81.2%
74 Le Monde 367k 37.4 50.1% Newspaper
75 The Independent 365k 36.8 37.3% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each news audience 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 news audience in Japan?

MSN currently leads with an estimated audience of 11M people in Japan.

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