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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
26 Tempo (Indonesian magazine) 439k 27.4 54.9% Newspaper
27 Daily Mail 407k 37.4 43.4% Newspaper
28 Le Monde 367k 37.4 50.1% Newspaper
29 The Independent 365k 36.8 37.3% Newspaper
30 The Gazette (Montreal) 364k 43.1 55.1% Newspaper
31 The Gazette (Colorado Springs) 358k 42.1 56.7% Newspaper
32 The Japan Times 322k 32.0 47.2% Newspaper
33 Corriere della Sera 304k 36.1 56.9% Newspaper
34 La Repubblica 300k 38.1 63.2% Newspaper
35 Prothom Alo 298k 27.5 14.8% Newspaper
36 The Washington Post 289k 42.8 40.5% Newspaper
37 Libero (newspaper) 273k 45.0 47.9% Newspaper
38 Excélsior 240k 34.9 51.3% Newspaper
39 Anandabazar Patrika 236k 30.3 23.8% Newspaper
40 7days 231k 34.3 34.8% Newspaper
41 Marca (newspaper) 225k 42.0 61.8% Newspaper
42 Bild 219k 38.9 13.4% Newspaper
43 South China Morning Post 215k 32.8 46.3% Newspaper
44 La Gazzetta dello Sport 209k 31.5 69.0% Newspaper
45 Los Angeles Times 208k 41.2 40.4% Newspaper
46 National Catholic Reporter 202k 35.7 23.9% Newspaper
47 El País 200k 37.8 42.1% Newspaper
48 The Times of India 194k 31.6 24.6% Newspaper
49 Eenadu 170k 29.0 14.0% Newspaper
50 The Atlantic 161k 43.0 10.1% 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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