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Top 100 Website / Newspaper / Magazines in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest website / newspaper / magazines in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 7.4k website / newspaper / magazines tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Instagram, TikTok and YouTube lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 102M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 6.2M, and the largest, Instagram, reaches around 36M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each website / newspaper / magazine, 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
76 Google Docs 1.9M 43.2 34.1%
77 Google Flights 1.8M 35.0 36.2%
78 Nylon (magazine) 1.8M 34.5 79.7% Fashion magazine
79 Numéro 1.8M 35.4 78.9%
80 Skyscanner 1.8M 37.3 56.9% Travel website
81 C't 1.7M 39.9 14.3%
82 Asahi Shimbun 1.7M 42.6 47.3% Newspaper
83 Internet Archive 1.7M 39.7 49.5%
84 The Times (Shreveport) 1.7M 38.8 58.7% Newspaper
85 DuckDuckGo 1.6M 30.0 60.5% Search engine
86 Le Figaro 1.6M 35.3 72.1% Newspaper
87 Skype 1.6M 33.1 50.8% Communication
88 Wallpaper 1.6M 39.2 57.7%
89 Gizmodo 1.6M 40.4 31.9% Tech blog
90 Brutus (magazine) 1.6M 38.5 56.7%
91 Complex (magazine) 1.6M 31.3 54.0%
92 Yahoo! Finance 1.5M 49.8 20.4% Business news
93 Mainichi Shimbun 1.5M 46.5 41.3% Newspaper
94 Keeper (password manager) 1.5M 57.9 38.0%
95 I.D. (magazine) 1.5M 32.0 47.7%
96 Google Calendar 1.5M 40.6 27.1%
97 TechCrunch 1.4M 32.2 37.4% Tech blog
98 Nepali Times 1.4M 31.6 24.2% Newspaper
99 Google Analytics 1.4M 37.4 46.1%
100 Snapchat 1.4M 34.3 50.4% Social media

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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 website / newspaper / magazine 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 website / newspaper / magazine in Japan?

Instagram currently leads with an estimated audience of 36M people in Japan.

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