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Top 100 Newspapers in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 860 newspapers tracked in South Korea, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Algemeen Dagblad, Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace and Göteborgs-Posten lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 39k, and the largest, Algemeen Dagblad, reaches around 584k people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each newspaper, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea 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 South Korea who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Korea. 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 South Korea, 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 South Korea. 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 584k 43.4 60.3% Newspaper
2 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 214k 39.5 37.6% Newspaper
3 Göteborgs-Posten 210k 44.7 52.3% Newspaper
4 Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 189k 41.8 55.0% Newspaper
5 Dagens Industri 170k 45.1 42.1% Newspaper
6 Daily News and Analysis 124k 45.1 21.3% Newspaper
7 Resumé (magazine) 110k 34.2 58.4% Newspaper
8 USA Today 95k 29.9 49.8% Newspaper
9 Jyllands-Posten 87k 46.5 53.6% Newspaper
10 The Korea Herald 84k 33.7 48.1% Newspaper
11 Financial Times 83k 41.4 31.6% Newspaper
12 The Wall Street Journal 79k 38.1 34.9% Newspaper
13 Nepali Times 75k 32.4 0.0% Newspaper
14 The Guardian 72k 33.0 44.3% Newspaper
15 Daily Mail 65k 38.1 31.3% Newspaper
16 The Korea Times 62k 35.0 45.5% Newspaper
17 Le Figaro 54k 33.5 47.8% Newspaper
18 Helsingin Sanomat 54k 42.5 60.5% Newspaper
19 Prothom Alo 53k 28.3 27.8% Newspaper
20 New Straits Times 51k 41.9 38.7% Newspaper
21 Eenadu 51k 33.0 15.1% Newspaper
22 Le Monde 50k 28.0 54.6% Newspaper
23 Now (newspaper) 49k 24.5 4.2% Newspaper
24 El País (Uruguay) 41k 48.6 53.4% Newspaper
25 The Stranger (newspaper) 41k 34.6 51.0% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea 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 South Korea?

Algemeen Dagblad currently leads with an estimated audience of 584k people in South Korea.

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