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 82M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.9M, and the largest, USA Today, reaches around 30M 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 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 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
26 The Stranger (newspaper) 2.5M 37.8 56.4% Newspaper
27 El País 2.5M 38.3 45.7% Newspaper
28 al.com 2.4M 43.1 55.4% Newspaper
29 Detroit Free Press 2.3M 43.6 47.0% Newspaper
30 Rapport (newspaper) 2.1M Newspaper
31 Now (newspaper) 2M 31.4 36.2% Newspaper
32 Houston Chronicle 1.9M 41.6 49.9% Newspaper
33 San Francisco Chronicle 1.9M 44.2 54.7% Newspaper
34 South China Morning Post 1.9M 38.8 64.8% Newspaper
35 Atlanta Times 1.7M 40.7 56.7% Newspaper
36 Automotive news 1.6M 44.0 24.2% Newspaper
37 Marca (newspaper) 1.6M 36.3 25.3% Newspaper
38 Defense News 1.5M 47.1 25.0% Newspaper
39 Clarín (Argentine newspaper) 1.5M 38.5 48.1% Newspaper
40 The Boston Globe 1.5M 46.3 58.1% Newspaper
41 Bild 1.4M 36.8 50.0% Newspaper
42 Hispanic Society of America 1.4M 44.2 50.3% Newspaper
43 The Oregonian 1.4M 42.6 59.9% Newspaper
44 San Antonio Express-News 1.4M 36.9 59.6% Newspaper
45 Deseret News 1.4M 46.4 52.6% Newspaper
46 The Times-Picayune 1.3M 43.2 58.2% Newspaper
47 Education Week 1.3M 44.9 77.4% Newspaper
48 Army Times 1.3M 40.9 29.6% Newspaper
49 El Tiempo (Colombia) 1.2M 38.0 48.1% Newspaper
50 The Advocate 1.2M 37.2 47.5% 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 refreshed weekly 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 30M people in United States.

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