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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
51 The Stage 157k 41.2 62.2% Newspaper
52 INQUIRER.net 149k 36.5 67.5% Newspaper
53 Nihon Keizai Shimbun 149k 43.9 44.1% Newspaper
54 Pensacola News Journal 148k 41.6 65.2% Newspaper
55 ekantipur 136k 27.7 31.6% Newspaper
56 Granma (newspaper) 132k 51.6 6.6% Newspaper
57 The New York Times 130k 38.0 46.3% Newspaper
58 Hospodárske noviny 126k 39.9 53.5% Newspaper
59 The Standard (Hong Kong) 125k 37.5 100.0% Newspaper
60 Le Temps 124k 39.3 48.8% Newspaper
61 Le Soleil (Senegal) 124k 25.6 62.0% Newspaper
62 The Age 123k 38.5 73.9% Newspaper
63 Malaysiakini 123k 26.3 80.9% Newspaper
64 NRC 120k 36.7 60.8% Newspaper
65 Clarín (Argentine newspaper) 118k 54.5 56.8% Newspaper
66 The Straits Times 117k 30.8 56.7% Newspaper
67 Dainik Jagran 116k 27.2 37.3% Newspaper
68 Tokyo Shimbun 114k 53.0 36.0% Newspaper
69 The Standard (Kenya) 111k 41.0 56.9% Newspaper
70 New York Post 110k 45.0 70.0% Newspaper
71 Automotive news 110k 29.7 38.9% Newspaper
72 Libération 108k 35.2 53.9% Newspaper
73 Weekender 101k 41.0 68.1% Newspaper
74 Aftonbladet 100k 38.5 56.8% Newspaper
75 Dainik Bhaskar 98k 29.5 20.0% 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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