Popularity ranking · Netherlands

The 100 most popular News audiences in Netherlands

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest news audiences in Netherlands, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.1k news audiences tracked in Netherlands, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Algemeen Dagblad, NU.nl and De Telegraaf lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 26M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 890k, and the largest, Algemeen Dagblad, reaches around 10M people in Netherlands. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Netherlands who actively engage with each news audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Netherlands 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 Netherlands who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Netherlands. 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 Netherlands, 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 Netherlands. 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 10M 43.2 59.4% Newspaper
2 NU.nl 8.2M 41.3 58.7%
3 De Telegraaf 7.6M 43.2 58.5% Newspaper
4 Nederlandse Omroep Stichting 5.7M 40.7 55.1%
5 De Gelderlander 4.4M 43.8 61.2% Newspaper
6 De Stentor 3.3M 44.1 58.5%
7 Brabants Dagblad 3.2M 43.9 59.0% Newspaper
8 Online newspaper 3M 46.9 54.3%
9 Electronic publishing 2.5M 47.1 62.3%
10 NRC 2.2M 41.8 60.5% Newspaper
11 De Volkskrant 2.1M 44.6 62.6%
12 Eindhovens Dagblad 1.7M 42.8 56.9% Newspaper
13 Trouw 1.7M 46.4 63.5% Newspaper
14 MSN 1.7M 47.3 62.8%
15 Het Laatste Nieuws 1.6M 44.5 55.5%
16 Bild 1.4M 43.7 35.7% Newspaper
17 Dagblad van het Noorden 1.3M 44.4 57.3% Newspaper
18 Het Parool 1.3M 43.9 56.3%
19 Haberler 1.2M 33.9 66.4%
20 NRC Handelsblad 1.2M 45.2 60.1%
21 BN DeStem 1.1M 43.9 58.0%
22 Journalist 891k 44.6 55.3%
23 Daily Mail 847k 41.2 46.8% Newspaper
24 Local news 810k 45.0 52.5%
25 News magazine 758k 45.2 54.2%

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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 Netherlands 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 Netherlands?

Algemeen Dagblad currently leads with an estimated audience of 10M people in Netherlands.

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