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Top 100 Newspapers in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 861 newspapers tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Algemeen Dagblad, Daily News and Analysis and Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 430k, and the largest, Algemeen Dagblad, reaches around 3.3M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each newspaper, 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
1 Algemeen Dagblad 3.3M 38.1 60.2% Newspaper
2 Daily News and Analysis 2.7M 43.0 37.5% Newspaper
3 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 2.5M 38.7 46.9% Newspaper
4 Jyllands-Posten 2.4M 41.9 53.0% Newspaper
5 Asahi Shimbun 1.7M 42.6 47.3% Newspaper
6 The Times (Shreveport) 1.7M 38.8 58.7% Newspaper
7 Le Figaro 1.6M 35.3 72.1% Newspaper
8 Mainichi Shimbun 1.5M 46.5 41.3% Newspaper
9 Nepali Times 1.4M 31.6 24.2% Newspaper
10 B.Z. (newspaper) 1.2M 38.1 41.1% Newspaper
11 The Times 1.2M 38.8 34.9% Newspaper
12 The Journal Standard 1.2M 38.8 59.0% Newspaper
13 The Wall Street Journal 931k 42.5 29.4% Newspaper
14 The Guardian 896k 37.7 48.1% Newspaper
15 Yomiuri Shimbun 823k 44.0 34.9% Newspaper
16 Resumé (magazine) 764k 28.9 55.0% Newspaper
17 Helsingin Sanomat 747k 37.3 59.6% Newspaper
18 Financial Times 665k 44.0 39.9% Newspaper
19 USA Today 636k 36.3 52.2% Newspaper
20 Göteborgs-Posten 607k 39.8 53.5% Newspaper
21 Now (newspaper) 603k 23.1 5.3% Newspaper
22 RedEye 530k 37.2 25.2% Newspaper
23 Dagens Industri 517k 39.9 42.4% Newspaper
24 El País (Uruguay) 482k 46.1 55.5% Newspaper
25 New Straits Times 478k 47.7 33.0% 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 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 Japan?

Algemeen Dagblad currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.3M people in Japan.

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