Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Newspapers in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest newspapers in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.3k newspapers tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. USA Today, Daily Mail and The New York Times lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 81M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.8M, and the largest, USA Today, reaches around 29M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each newspaper, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are updated quarterly.

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Rank

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

Audience size

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

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 USA Today 29M 41.6 54.3% Newspaper
2 Daily Mail 29M 42.2 55.1% Newspaper
3 The New York Times 23M 42.4 57.8% Newspaper
4 New York Post 22M 43.8 55.9% Newspaper
5 The Independent 9.6M 43.2 54.3% Newspaper
6 The Guardian 8.5M 40.6 50.3% Newspaper
7 The Atlantic 6.3M 46.2 54.2% Newspaper
8 The Raw Story 5.2M 43.6 65.7% Newspaper
9 Democrat and Chronicle 4.8M 44.3 61.6% Newspaper
10 Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace 4.1M 44.0 52.9% Newspaper
11 The Times of India 3.5M 35.8 48.4% Newspaper
12 Focus 3.5M — — Newspaper
13 Tallahassee Democrat 3.3M 42.1 57.3% Newspaper
14 Eenadu 3.2M 37.0 26.3% Newspaper
15 The Washington Examiner 3.2M 51.1 33.7% Newspaper
16 Algemeen Dagblad 3.1M 39.0 44.3% Newspaper
17 Daily Mirror 3M 40.6 58.2% Newspaper
18 The Times 2.8M 41.5 63.1% Newspaper
19 Star Tribune 2.8M 44.4 55.4% Newspaper
20 Financial Times 2.8M 38.7 47.2% Newspaper
21 Daily Express 2.8M 48.4 67.4% Newspaper
22 The Standard (Hong Kong) 2.7M 38.3 100.0% Newspaper
23 Chicago Tribune 2.7M 44.9 46.7% Newspaper
24 The Jerusalem Post 2.7M 43.1 53.5% Newspaper
25 Resumé (magazine) 2.7M 32.4 45.5% Newspaper
26 El País 2.5M 38.9 45.7% Newspaper
27 al.com 2.4M 43.8 55.4% Newspaper
28 Now (newspaper) 2.4M 32.1 36.2% Newspaper
29 The Stranger (newspaper) 2.3M 38.5 56.4% Newspaper
30 Detroit Free Press 2.3M 44.3 47.0% Newspaper
31 Rapport (newspaper) 2.1M — — Newspaper
32 San Francisco Chronicle 1.9M 44.9 54.7% Newspaper
33 Houston Chronicle 1.9M 42.3 49.9% Newspaper
34 South China Morning Post 1.9M 39.5 64.8% Newspaper
35 Daily News and Analysis 1.9M 40.7 37.9% Newspaper
36 Atlanta Times 1.8M 41.5 56.7% Newspaper
37 Automotive news 1.6M 44.7 24.2% Newspaper
38 Marca (newspaper) 1.6M 36.9 25.3% Newspaper
39 Bild 1.5M 37.5 50.0% Newspaper
40 Defense News 1.5M 47.8 25.0% Newspaper
41 Clarín (Argentine newspaper) 1.5M 39.2 48.1% Newspaper
42 The Boston Globe 1.4M 47.0 58.1% Newspaper
43 Hispanic Society of America 1.4M 44.9 50.3% Newspaper
44 San Antonio Express-News 1.4M 37.5 59.6% Newspaper
45 The Oregonian 1.4M 43.3 59.9% Newspaper
46 Deseret News 1.3M 47.1 52.6% Newspaper
47 The Times-Picayune 1.3M 43.8 58.2% Newspaper
48 The Manila Times 1.3M 46.2 36.7% Newspaper
49 Army Times 1.3M 41.7 29.6% Newspaper
50 El Tiempo (Colombia) 1.2M 38.7 48.1% Newspaper
51 The Advocate 1.2M 38.0 47.5% Newspaper
52 ADN (newspaper) 1.2M 35.8 0.0% Newspaper
53 Marine Corps Times 1.2M 40.6 25.6% Newspaper
54 The Press Democrat 1.2M 42.0 63.1% Newspaper
55 The Standard 1.2M 34.9 49.6% Newspaper
56 Chicago Sun-Times 1.1M 47.8 52.9% Newspaper
57 The Seattle Times 1.1M 44.0 53.5% Newspaper
58 Tampa Bay Times 1.1M 45.4 50.6% Newspaper
59 The Philadelphia Inquirer 1M 44.9 49.5% Newspaper
60 Sun-Sentinel 1M 41.9 65.7% Newspaper
61 Navy Times 1M 43.2 29.2% Newspaper
62 Dagens Industri 997k 38.7 82.2% Newspaper
63 Al-Quds (newspaper) 996k 30.1 64.1% Newspaper
64 Prothom Alo 990k 29.6 57.3% Newspaper
65 The Detroit News 989k 45.1 48.1% Newspaper
66 La Gazzetta dello Sport 984k 31.3 33.5% Newspaper
67 El País (Uruguay) 945k 39.0 32.6% Newspaper
68 Roll Call 923k 48.0 50.7% Newspaper
69 Èxtra 916k 34.3 48.4% Newspaper
70 Slobodna Bosna 905k 45.4 0.0% Newspaper
71 The Daily Signal 903k 53.0 42.9% Newspaper
72 Portland Press Herald 900k 45.3 63.1% Newspaper
73 Boston Herald 899k 49.8 44.0% Newspaper
74 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 896k 46.1 40.2% Newspaper
75 The Economic Times 890k 39.0 41.8% Newspaper
76 El Mundo (Colombia) 884k 35.2 40.3% Newspaper
77 The Baltimore Sun 863k 44.1 52.3% Newspaper
78 Orange County Register 858k 41.9 59.7% Newspaper
79 Miami Herald 857k 41.2 53.1% Newspaper
80 The Chronicle of Philanthropy 852k 49.5 71.3% Newspaper
81 Le Monde 840k 34.2 56.3% Newspaper
82 Bangor Daily News 839k 44.1 61.0% Newspaper
83 World Journal 837k 41.8 63.2% Newspaper
84 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 830k 43.7 55.7% Newspaper
85 The New Republic 829k 48.8 37.5% Newspaper
86 The Wall Street Journal 827k 43.9 48.7% Newspaper
87 Hindustan Times 817k 34.8 43.1% Newspaper
88 Excélsior 811k 40.8 45.3% Newspaper
89 The Indian Express 809k 38.1 43.9% Newspaper
90 Daily Herald 804k 42.0 54.9% Newspaper
91 Divya Bhaskar 802k 42.6 46.5% Newspaper
92 La Vanguardia 802k 42.5 51.3% Newspaper
93 The Observer 789k 43.7 52.4% Newspaper
94 Las Vegas Review-Journal 785k 43.8 46.0% Newspaper
95 Belleville News-Democrat 781k 42.5 64.4% Newspaper
96 The Express-Times 781k 43.1 60.9% Newspaper
97 The Star (South Africa) 769k — — Newspaper
98 Le Figaro 755k 34.4 58.0% Newspaper
99 Corriere della Sera 747k 34.0 49.7% Newspaper
100 El Mundo Deportivo (newspaper) 715k 37.7 18.6% 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 United States 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 updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest newspaper in United States?

USA Today currently leads with an estimated audience of 29M people in United States.

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