Popularity ranking · Malaysia

The 100 most popular News audiences in Malaysia

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest news audiences in Malaysia, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.1k news audiences tracked in Malaysia, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Malaysiakini, Berita Harian and Harian Metro lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 19M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 785k, and the largest, Malaysiakini, reaches around 7.6M people in Malaysia. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Malaysia who actively engage with each news audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Malaysia and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Malaysia who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Malaysia. 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 Malaysia, 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 Malaysia. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Malaysiakini 7.6M 40.6 41.2% Newspaper
2 Berita Harian 6.3M 36.7 52.4%
3 Harian Metro 5.5M 36.7 53.1%
4 Kosmo 5.2M 39.2 49.6%
5 Sinar Harian 5M 37.1 51.0% Newspaper
6 Berita Harian (Singapore) 4.3M 42.3 57.0%
7 The Star (Malaysia) 2.9M 38.0 53.2%
8 Kosmo! 2.6M 36.6 53.0%
9 Utusan Malaysia 2.5M 36.8 52.1% Newspaper
10 Online newspaper 2.2M 39.5 45.0%
11 Siakap Keli 2M 34.2 53.9%
12 Berita Harian Online 1.8M 36.3 53.5%
13 Free Malaysia Today 1.7M 38.5 49.7% Newspaper
14 Sin Chew Daily 1.6M 38.3 53.7% Newspaper
15 Local news 1.4M 39.8 48.7%
16 Electronic publishing 1.2M 39.5 39.3%
17 News magazine 1.1M 37.2 49.2%
18 New Straits Times 1M 41.4 39.7% Newspaper
19 Journalist 1M 36.8 43.5%
20 Nanyang Siang Pau 1M 40.1 50.4% Newspaper
21 Kwong Wah Yit Poh 995k 39.7 53.7%
22 Utusan Online 794k 40.1 47.6%
23 NST Online 789k 42.2 49.9%
24 Guang Ming Daily (Malaysia) 765k 39.0 55.9%
25 Oriental Daily News 736k 40.4 53.0% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular news audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Malaysia and ranks each news audience 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 audience in Malaysia?

Malaysiakini currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.6M people in Malaysia.

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