Top 50 News brands in South Korea
This curated ranking covers the 50 largest news brands in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1,979 news brands tracked in South Korea, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Interactive media, News magazine and Algemeen Dagblad lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1,915,298 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 174,302, and the largest, Interactive media, reaches around 666,245 people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each news brand, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Interactive media |
666,245 | 4.9% | Field of study | News |
| 2 |  News magazine |
665,274 | 0.5% | News | |
| 3 |  Algemeen Dagblad |
583,779 | 0.9% | Newspaper | News |
| 4 |  Journalist |
539,100 | 0.5% | News | |
| 5 |  Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad |
528,431 | 2.1% | News | |
| 6 |  Celebrity Gossip |
510,942 | 3.7% | News | |
| 7 |  Online newspaper |
370,329 | 0.2% | News | News |
| 8 |  Electronic publishing |
358,928 | 0.2% | News | |
| 9 |  Local news |
314,927 | 0.2% | News | |
| 10 |  Current affairs (news format) |
312,583 | 2.1% | News | |
| 11 |  Google News |
265,185 | 0.4% | News | |
| 12 |  MSN |
230,474 | 0.1% | News | |
| 13 |  Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace |
212,044 | 0.6% | Newspaper | News |
| 14 |  Göteborgs-Posten |
210,002 | 1.5% | Newspaper | News |
| 15 |  VnExpress |
171,051 | 1.0% | News | |
| 16 |  Sports journalism |
148,255 | 0.8% | News | |
| 17 |  Star (Turkish newspaper) |
143,546 | 0.7% | News | |
| 18 |  Daily News and Analysis |
122,486 | 0.6% | Newspaper | News |
| 19 |  TES (magazine) |
118,359 | 1.1% | News | |
| 20 |  ATTN: |
114,231 | 1.4% | News | |
| 21 |  Resumé (magazine) |
109,901 | 0.6% | Newspaper | News |
| 22 |  Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace |
106,450 | 1.9% | Newspaper | News |
| 23 |  USA Today |
95,808 | 0.2% | Newspaper | News |
| 24 |  News agency |
93,542 | 0.2% | News | |
| 25 |  Jyllands-Posten |
86,773 | 0.7% | Newspaper | News |
| 26 |  Gala |
85,467 | 0.2% | News | |
| 27 |  Focus |
84,240 | 0.2% | Newspaper | News |
| 28 |  Financial Times |
83,740 | 0.5% | Newspaper | News |
| 29 |  Kompas |
83,079 | 0.9% | News | |
| 30 |  The Wall Street Journal |
78,592 | 0.8% | Newspaper | News |
| 31 |  Vice (magazine) |
78,567 | 1.4% | News | |
| 32 |  The Guardian |
71,833 | 0.1% | Newspaper | News |
| 33 |  Nepali Times |
70,086 | 1.1% | Newspaper | News |
| 34 |  The Epoch Times |
67,881 | 1.3% | Newspaper | News |
| 35 |  DR Nyheder |
67,309 | 0.5% | News | |
| 36 |  BT (tabloid) |
66,975 | 0.5% | News | |
| 37 |  Purple Fashion magazine |
64,846 | 0.7% | News | |
| 38 |  Daily Mail |
64,437 | 0.1% | Newspaper | News |
| 39 |  Báo Mới |
64,259 | 0.8% | News | |
| 40 | The Korea Times |
63,771 | 45.8% | Newspaper | News |
| 41 |  Infographic |
57,916 | 0.4% | News | |
| 42 |  Métro (Canadian newspaper) |
56,701 | 0.1% | News | |
| 43 |  Boston (magazine) |
55,377 | 0.3% | News | |
| 44 |  Globes |
55,366 | 0.5% | News | |
| 45 |  Le Figaro |
54,358 | 0.2% | Newspaper | News |
| 46 |  Helsingin Sanomat |
53,877 | 0.4% | Newspaper | News |
| 47 |  Journal |
53,154 | 0.9% | News | |
| 48 | Quartz (publication) |
52,614 | 1.3% | News | |
| 49 |  Philadelphia (magazine) |
51,167 | 0.4% | News | |
| 50 |  Eenadu |
50,875 | 0.4% | Newspaper | News |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 50 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea and ranks each news brand 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 brand in South Korea?
Interactive media currently leads with an estimated audience of 666,245 people in South Korea.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.