Top 39 News in Japan
This curated ranking covers the 39 largest news in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Online newspaper, The Huffington Post and Jewish Telegraphic Agency lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5,917,087 people. Across all 39 entries the average audience size is 191,019, and the largest, Online newspaper, reaches around 4,169,400 people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each news, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Online newspaper |
4,169,400 | 2.1% | News | News |
| 2 |  The Huffington Post |
1,162,037 | 5.3% | News | News |
| 3 |  Jewish Telegraphic Agency |
585,650 | 70.0% | News | News |
| 4 |  BuzzFeed |
372,825 | 1.7% | News | Internet & Social Media |
| 5 |  Época |
238,229 | 13.2% | News | News |
| 6 |  Politico |
208,922 | 1.1% | News | Politics & Society |
| 7 |  NewsNow |
116,890 | 0.3% | News | News |
| 8 |  FOCUS Online |
80,632 | 0.7% | News | News |
| 9 |  Spiegel Online |
26,650 | 0.1% | News | News |
| 10 |  David Muir |
26,173 | 0.9% | News | Movies & TV |
| 11 |  Full Frontal with Samantha Bee |
12,872 | 2.0% | News | Movies & TV |
| 12 | X-Play |
12,552 | 1.3% | News | Movies & TV |
| 13 |  BBC Online |
11,541 | 1.6% | News | News |
| 14 |  Erin Burnett |
8,683 | 0.8% | News | Movies & TV |
| 15 |  Dateline |
7,069 | 0.3% | News | Movies & TV |
| 16 |  Four Corners (TV series) |
6,877 | 0.7% | News | Movies & TV |
| 17 |  Tasnim News Agency |
3,394 | 2.8% | News | News |
| 18 |  Mike Enriquez |
3,104 | 8.2% | News | Movies & TV |
| 19 |  CBS Sunday Morning |
2,319 | 0.1% | News | Movies & TV |
| 20 |  Modrykonik.sk |
1,604 | 0.3% | News | News |
| 21 | BBC World News America |
1,487 | 1.4% | News | Movies & TV |
| 22 |  NewsWatch (branding) |
1,331 | 0.0% | News | Movies & TV |
| 23 | BBC News Online |
1,084 | 0.9% | News | News |
| 24 |  TeleShow |
1,073 | 0.1% | News | Movies & TV |
| 25 |  This Hour Has 22 Minutes |
794 | 0.2% | News | Movies & TV |
| 26 |  aristegui noticias |
743 | 0.1% | News | Movies & TV |
| 27 |  ISTOÉ |
614 | 0.1% | News | News |
| 28 |  NDR.de |
604 | 0.1% | News | News |
| 29 |  De Correspondent |
600 | 0.3% | News | News |
| 30 |  KTLA Morning News |
521 | 1.5% | News | Movies & TV |
| 31 |  RTL aktuell |
341 | 0.0% | News | Movies & TV |
| 32 |  Gma Kapuso |
337 | 7.2% | News | Movies & TV |
| 33 |  hessenschau.de |
315 | 0.2% | News | News |
| 34 |  meinestadt.de |
245 | 0.1% | News | News |
| 35 |  Domingo Espetacular Record |
88 | 0.2% | News | Movies & TV |
| 36 |  presseportal.de |
70 | 0.7% | News | News |
| 37 |  heidelberg24.de |
35 | 0.7% | News | News |
| 38 |  NewsWatch (Philippine TV program) |
0 | 0.0% | News | Movies & TV |
| 39 |  wetterau.news |
0 | 0.0% | News | News |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 39 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each news 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 in Japan?
Online newspaper currently leads with an estimated audience of 4,169,400 people in Japan.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.