Popularity ranking · Netherlands

The 100 most popular Newspapers in Netherlands

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in Netherlands, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 879 newspapers tracked in Netherlands, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Algemeen Dagblad, De Telegraaf and De Gelderlander lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 22M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 468k, 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 newspaper, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Netherlands 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 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 De Telegraaf 7.6M 43.2 58.5% Newspaper
3 De Gelderlander 4.4M 43.8 61.2% Newspaper
4 Brabants Dagblad 3.2M 43.9 59.0% Newspaper
5 NRC 2.2M 41.8 60.5% Newspaper
6 Eindhovens Dagblad 1.7M 42.8 56.9% Newspaper
7 Trouw 1.7M 46.4 63.5% Newspaper
8 Bild 1.4M 43.7 35.7% Newspaper
9 Dagblad van het Noorden 1.3M 44.4 57.3% Newspaper
10 Daily Mail 847k 41.2 46.8% Newspaper
11 Noordhollands Dagblad 687k 46.0 63.1% Newspaper
12 Excélsior 682k 39.3 51.0% Newspaper
13 El País (Uruguay) 643k 48.3 52.6% Newspaper
14 Göteborgs-Posten 568k 44.5 51.2% Newspaper
15 The Guardian 456k 39.8 49.9% Newspaper
16 De Morgen 400k 47.1 65.6% Newspaper
17 Slobodna Bosna 381k 44.7 0.0% Newspaper
18 Reformatorisch Dagblad 348k 46.2 68.6% Newspaper
19 Dagen (Swedish newspaper) 318k 41.8 79.8% Newspaper
20 Expresso 305k 44.1 53.6% Newspaper
21 Marca (newspaper) 275k 41.6 47.7% Newspaper
22 Libération 259k 47.6 57.9% Newspaper
23 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 229k 45.8 51.7% Newspaper
24 Het Financieele Dagblad 217k 44.8 44.3% Newspaper
25 Gazet van Antwerpen 199k 42.2 57.8% Newspaper

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular newspapers compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Netherlands 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 Netherlands?

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

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